Spend 11 days exploring the best of Peru, from Lima's Afro-Peruvian heritage and one of the world's greatest food scenes to the Sacred Valley's ceramics, weavings, and indigenous culture. You'll explore Machu Picchu with the time and space it deserves and end in Cusco, a vibrant city with so many layers you'll want to come back to peel them all back.

• Take an Afro-Peruvian heritage walking tour with lunch at El Rincón que no Conoces, a famed Afro-Peruvian restaurant

• Eat your way through Lima on an immersive food tour in one of the best food cities in the world

• Spend three nights at a five-star resort on the Urubamba River with incredible views

• Stay in a centrally located five-star Cusco hotel set in an 187th-century mansion

• Get hands-on at a ceramics workshop and visit local weaving communities

• Experience Pachamanca, the ancestral meal slow-cooked underground with hot stones

• Visit a traditional chichería to learn about chicha de jora, the ancestral fermented corn drink at the heart of Andean culture

• Explore Machu Picchu with an expert guide, then spend the evening in a mountain town to relax and process

• Start a morning with yoga inside an ancient temple before the crowds arrive

• Cook a three-course farewell dinner alongside a professional Peruvian chef

Go Beyond Look-And-See
Throughout your trip, you'll dive into things you can taste, make, or take home with you. From cooking classes to artisan workshops to community visits, Unfiltered & Fed trips go far beyond a photo stop.

Come Solo, Leave With Friends
Around 70% of Unfiltered & Fed travelers come solo. We do roommate matching ahead of time around things like temperature preferences and noise sensitivity, so you're not walking in blind. Solo is the move and these trips make sure your plans don't get stuck in the group chat.

Moments of Luxury
Each property we stay at is carefully curated to blend luxury design, views, and location. We work exclusively with highly rated boutique properties and four and five-star hotels, chosen for the way they let you rest as hard as you explore.

True Local Flavor
Every Unfiltered & Fed itinerary is built after extensive on-the-ground research to make sure we're getting the best local flavors, meals, and experiences. You'll be guided by local experts who know the food, the history, and the culture in ways no guidebook can capture.

Dietary Restrictions

We can accommodate vegetarian travelers and most allergies or restricted diets throughout this trip. Please note any restrictions at checkout so we can coordinate with hotels, restaurants, and local partners in advance.

Deposits & Refunds

All deposits are non-refundable. In the case of cancellation:

• 75+ days before departure: full refund minus the $1,650 non-refundable deposit

• 75 to 50 days before departure: 50% of total trip cost is non-refundable

• 50 days or less before departure: all costs are non-refundable

Fitness & Altitude

This trip moves at a thoughtful pace with time to rest, but we'll spend several days at higher altitudes. Cusco sits at 11,150 feet. Most days involve walking on cobblestones, uneven stairs, or moderate hiking, and you should be comfortable on your feet for several hours. Machu Picchu involves steep stone steps with no railings in places. If you have specific concerns, email us at contact@feedthemalik.com before booking.

Travel Insurance Is Required

We strongly recommend coverage that includes trip cancellation, curtailment, and emergency medical and repatriation (minimum $200,000 per category).

Who Travels With Us

Our travelers are overwhelmingly women, and U&F trips are woman-centered by design. Travelers of all genders are welcome to register.

Rooms are shared or single occupancy. If you're booking with a partner, friend, or family member, we can arrange a room share for you, just input your information at checkout. Otherwise, we will do our best to match you up with a roommate of the same gender. If we can't pair you with a same-gender roommate, single occupancy rates will apply. At registration we'll ask your gender for rooming purposes.

Welcome to Lima!

Upon arrival you'll be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel.

That evening, we'll gather for a welcome briefing and dinner at Huaca Pucllana, set against the lit-up walls of a pre-Columbian adobe pyramid in the heart of Lima. The setting alone is worth the trip, and the menu showcases contemporary Peruvian cuisine that gives you a first taste of why Lima ranks among the world's great food cities.

Inclusions:

• Welcome Dinner at Huaca Pucllana Restaurant.

• Accommodations at Humano, Lima, a Tribute Portfolio™ Hotel | Boutique Hotel

• Airport transfer
  

Today, you'll dive into Afro-Peruvian heritage in Lima, a thread of the city's history that's often overlooked in the standard tourist route.

You'll visit the Convento de Santo Domingo, home of Martín de Porres, the first Afro American saint in the Catholic Church. You'll see his cell and learn about a life lived inside the rigid racial hierarchies of colonial Lima, where his very existence was a quiet defiance of the social order.

Continue to the Museo Nacional Afroperuano, located in the historic Casa de las Trece Monedas on Jirón Ancash. The exhibitions trace the African slave trade in Latin America, the experience of enslavement in Peru, and the contributions Afro-Peruvians have made to the country's music, dance, and cuisine. Walk through the surrounding colonial streets as your guide brings the history into the present.

After the visit, enjoy lunch at El Rincón que no Conoces, a traditional restaurant known for its authentic Afro-Peruvian cuisine.

Finally, enjoy an to Afro-Peruvian culture through music and dance. Learn the basics of the cajón while exploring traditional rhythms such as festejo, landó, and zamacueca in a relaxed and interactive way. The class also includes zapateo, the percussive footwork at the heart of Afro-Peruvian dance. It's relaxed, interactive, and gives you a feel for the rhythm of the day's lessons in a different way than a museum can.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at hotel

• Half Day City Tour Lima with Santo Domingo Convent and Museo Nacional Afroperuano.

• Lunch at “El Rincon que no Conoces” restaurant.

• Afro Peruvian music and dance classes.

• Accommodations at Humano, Lima, a Tribute Portfolio™ Hotel | Boutique Hotel

Today you'll take an incredible food tour through one of the best food cities in the world with stops at exclusive restaurants, charming neighborhoods, and must see landmarks.

Enjoy stops across three districts, including Peruvian organic coffee, a fruit tasting at a traditional market, and a Pisco Sour experience. The tour includes a food experience in Miraflores and a short walking tour through Barranco, showcasing the best of Peruvian gastronomy and culture.

The afternoon is yours to keep exploring or rest before tomorrow's flight to the Sacred Valley.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Gastronomic tour with English Speaking local guide.

• Accommodations at Humano, Lima, a Tribute Portfolio™ Hotel | Boutique Hotel

In the morning, you'll be transported to the airport to take your flight to Cusco (included).

Upon arrival in Cusco, you'll make a stop at AMA Restaurant, a project that supports local communities through training and employment opportunities. Here, you will enjoy a fresh and flavorful homemade lunch in a welcoming setting.

Afterward, you'll try your hand at a chocolate-making experience, learning about the process and creating your own truffles and bonbons to take with you.

The drive into the Sacred Valley is its own experience. Known as Wilcamayo in Inca times, this fertile valley has been an agricultural hub for over a thousand years, with fields of maize lining the river and ancient terraces still climbing the mountainsides.

You'll check into Tambo del Inka, a five-star resort right on the Urubamba River. Settle in. Adjust to the altitude. The valley is gentler on the body than Cusco itself, which is part of why we're starting here.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at Hotel

• Transfer from hotel to airport in Lima

• Lima / Cusco flight

• Transfer from airport in Cusco to hotel in Sacred Valley

• Lunch and cacao and chocolate workshop at AMA restaurant.

• Accommodations at Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa

Today, you'll dive deeper into the engineering and artistry of Inca civilization.

Enjoy a private guided trip to Maras Salt Ponds where salty springs have emerged from the hillside for over five hundred years. The Incas built a network of terraces to capture the flow and harvest salt, and families in the region still tend the ponds using the same methods. The result is a hillside of thousands of small white salt pans, layered against the Andes.

Continue the excursion to Moray, here massive circular terraces descend into a limestone sinkhole. Some scholars suggest the site had cosmological significance. The more practical theory is that the Incas used these terraces as an agricultural laboratory, taking advantage of the temperature variation across each level to test optimal growing conditions for crops at different altitudes. Either way, the visual is striking.

Later you will continue the tour visiting Hacienda Huayoccari, a traditional hacienda that reflects Cusco's colonial and pre-Columbian history.

After lunch, you will enjoy a hands-on ceramic workshop in the traditional Andean community of Chichubamba. Working alongside skilled local artisans, you'll shape your own piece on a traditional pottery wheel. Each guest also receives a pre-made ceramic piece to paint and decorate, which means no matter how the wheel-thrown experiment turns out, you'll leave with something real to take home.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Half Day Maras & Moray tour

• Maras entrance ticket

• Lunch at Hacienda Huayoccari

• Ceramic workshop at Chichubamba Community

• Accommodations at Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa

Today is one of the most special days of the trip. We'll head into the highlands above Ollantaytambo to spend the day with the Huilloq community, a village where you'd be hard-pressed to find another tourist.

The day starts with a weaving demonstration. The women of the community will show you the techniques they've used for generations, dyeing wool with plants and insects from the surrounding mountains and weaving textiles whose patterns hold meaning passed down through families.

Lunch is Pachamanca, an ancestral cooking method that involves marinating meats, potatoes, corn, and vegetables with Andean herbs, then slow-cooking them underground over hot stones. The food comes out smoky, tender, and unlike anything you've eaten elsewhere.

After, you will visit a traditional Chichería in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, where locals gather to enjoy chicha de jora. Learn about this ancestral drink, its preparation process, and its importance in Andean culture and daily life.

Finally, continue your journey to Ollantaytambo where you'll explore the town's archaeological site. The ruins of an Inca city rise above the present-day settlement, and the views from the top let you see how the architecture and the geography fit together as one continuous design.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Full Day tour Sacred Valley: Huilloc Community and Ollantaytambo, including Chicherí stop

• Weaving Demonstration + Pachamanca Lunch at Huilloc Community

• Accommodations at Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa

After breakfast, head to the local train station to board the train toward Aguas Calientes, the small town at the foot of the Machu Picchu sanctuary. The ride takes about an hour and forty-five minutes through one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world. The route descends along the Urubamba River, through the Sacred Valley, and into the cloud forest.

From Aguas Calientes, a short bus ride climbs the steep, zigzagging road up to the Lost City of the Incas.

There's no overstating what it feels like to see Machu Picchu in person. The site is perched high in the Andes, surrounded by verdant cloud forest, with the Urubamba River cutting through the gorge far below. Hidden away on a ridge, Machu Picchu is invisible from below. That's part of why it remained a secret to the outside world until 1911.

Your guide will lead you through the upper terraces first, where the iconic photograph happens, then through the ruins themselves. You'll learn about the temples, the houses, and the agricultural and ceremonial life of the Incas at the height of their empire.

After the guided tour, take the bus back into Aguas Calientes. The afternoon is yours to wander, eat, or rest before checking into the your hotel.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at hotel

• Transfer from hotel to Ollantaytambo train station

• Train Ticket Inca Rail "The 360" from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes

• Visit to Machu Picchu including shuttle bus ticket (shared with other travellers) Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes with private English Speaking Tour Leader

• Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu

• Accommodations at Sumaq Hotel

After breakfast, you'll take the train back to Ollantaytambo through the same magnificent valley you traveled the day before, this time in reverse with the river to the other side.

Lunch is at Chuncho, a restaurant in Ollantaytambo run by farming families committed to preserving traditional recipes, ancestral flavors, and cooking techniques native to the area. The menu uses ingredients grown in the surrounding hills and prepared the way they've been prepared for centuries. A meal here lands differently after a few days in the Sacred Valley. You've seen the fields, met the people, and now you're eating the food of the place.

After lunch, transfer to Cusco and check into the Casa Andina Premium Cusco, a five-star hotel in the city's historic center. Cusco sits at over 11,000 feet, so plan to take it slow this evening. Hydrate. Walk slowly. Coca tea is your friend.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at hotel

• Train Ticket Inca Rail "The 360" from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo

• Lunch at Chuncho restaurant

• Transfer to hotel in Cusco

• Accommodations at Casa Andina Premium Cusco

Today is on your own to explore, shop, and soak in Cusco. Be sure to hydrate and rest well so you can adjust to the higher altitude. There is an optional city tour that you could take to explore some of Cusco's ancient sites, or Anela could direct you to her favorite jeweler in the city.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Accommodations at Casa Andina Premium Cusco Hotel

This morning, head to the Temple of the Moon, located on the outskirts of Cusco and traditionally associated with the worship of Mama Killa (the Moon Goddess).

Here, enjoy a peaceful yoga session among the temple’s ancient stone formations, guided by a skilled instructor. Practicing in this sacred setting makes for a truly special experience, far from a typical yoga class. Afterward, you may return to the hotel by vehicle, or, if you prefer, take an easy downhill walk back toward the city.

In the afternoon, you will learn more about Peruvians (and Peruvian food!) with a cooking class that will teach you to prepare traditional recipes handed down over generations. You’ll stop at a local market to discover some Peruvian treasures. Explore a huge variety of fruits, vegetables, and fiery spices, and maybe make a purchase or two.

Next, you’ll head to the studio where you will have a practical class and will learn to prepare dishes guided by our Peruvian professional chef. The meal that follows is the trip's farewell dinner, and you'll have made it yourselves. A fitting way to close out two weeks in one of the world's great food countries.

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at hotel

• Morning Yoga class

• Cooking class and farewell dinner

• Accommodations at Casa Andina Premium Cusco Hotel

Your tour concludes today, and no activities are planned.

If you’d like to explore more of Cusco, consider extending your stay to visit sites you may have missed at the start of the trip. We’d be happy to assist with accommodation arrangements, subject to availability.

At the appropriate time, your guide will meet you in your hotel foyer and transfer you to the airport for your departure flight.

For folks who booked the extension, today you'll depart Cusco to head to the Amazon!

Inclusions:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Transfer to airport