The Lost World of the Incas
From Machu Picchu through the Andes to Lake Titicaca
Prices reduced by up to £400!
11 nights from £2199
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• VJV Exclusive Event • Reduced Prices (selected dates) • VJV Sightseeing Programme • Extension Options • Upgraded Flight Option • Walking Content: 3 • Group Size: 5 – 30
Hiram Bingham’s sense of wonderment when, in 1911, he discovered the ‘lost’ city of the Incas can scarcely be imagined. Not only was there no written record that Machu Picchu had ever existed but its ruins were extensive, unspoiled and stood in surroundings of outstanding natural beauty. The Inca Empire stretching from Chile to Ecuador was the largest the Americas has ever seen and at its time was the greatest in the western hemisphere. Highly advanced it had nonetheless failed to discover the wheel and had developed no writing system for its language, Quechua. This allied to the fact that its heartlands lay mainly amongst the inaccessible peaks and jungles of the interior of Peru largely explains why these important sites remained undiscovered for so long.
This arrangement explores Machu Picchu and the principal Inca sites in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Several outstanding colonial monuments are also visited in Lima and contact is made with present-day descendants of the Inca, the Quechua-speaking Indians living in Andean mountain villages and on the shores of Lake Titicaca.
VJV Exclusive Event - Larco Museum Private Visit
Enjoy an after-hours guided visit of the museum, showcasing 3,000 years of development of Peruvian pre-Columbian history. From August 2012, also enjoy a cocktail reception.
