This is the journey we have spent the most time refining. Honeymoons require a specific choreography — moments of shared awe alternated with moments of true privacy, evenings that feel earned, mornings that are unhurried. We avoid group anything. We hand-pick guides who understand atmosphere as much as archaeology. We book restaurants on private terraces, dinners in family homes, sunrises that begin before the rest of the world is awake.

Couples sometimes ask if there is a more economical version. There is, but we suggest reading what is included before deciding. The price reflects the quiet structure of having things to yourselves at Machu Picchu in a way that is increasingly rare.

Day 01Cusco arrival
Sacred Valley

Met on landing. Immediate descent to the Sacred Valley — easier on first nights at altitude. Check into Explora Valle Sagrado or Sol y Luna Casita Honeymoon category. Welcome bath drawn with Andean salts, in-villa dinner, sleep.

Day 02Maras & Moray
in private

A late breakfast. Your private archaeologist guides you through Moray and the salineras — but the choreography here is gentle. The Maras salt terraces are at their most photogenic at golden hour; we arrive then. Dinner at Mil, the Mater Iniciativa restaurant above Moray, in a private corner.

Day 03Patacancha
and a private chef

Morning at the Patacancha textile community — not as observers, but as guests in the home of weaver Doña Brígida. Lunch in the village. Afternoon free at lodge. Evening: a private chef from Cusco prepares a six-course Andean tasting menu in your lodge suite. Just the two of you, with your wine.

Day 04Hiram Bingham
to Machu Picchu

Morning Vistadome 360 train to Aguas Calientes. (We deliberately save the Hiram Bingham for the return — it's the better leg.) Lunch at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo. Afternoon Circuit 2 at Machu Picchu with your private archaeologist. Return down for in-cloud-forest dinner at Inkaterra.

Day 05Sun Gate
at sunrise

The hardest morning of the trip, and many couples's favourite. Pre-dawn start. First bus up. Enter Machu Picchu under a separate Circuit 1-B ticket, hike to Inti Punku — the Sun Gate — for sunrise from where the Inca Trail arrives. About 90 minutes up, an hour back. Brunch at Sanctuary Lodge. Hiram Bingham return train: cocktails, three-course dinner, live music. Private transfer to Cusco — Belmond Monasterio Junior Suite.

Day 06Cusco
slow day

Slow morning. Late breakfast in the Monasterio cloister courtyard. Walking tour of Cusco with a different guide — an art historian — focusing on the colonial overlay on Inca stonework. San Blas, the Cathedral, Qorikancha. Couple's massage at the Monasterio spa. Dinner at Cicciolina or Limo, by preference.

Day 07San Pedro
departure

Final breakfast at the San Pedro market with our chef. Sopa de quinua and tamales as Cusqueños actually eat them. Late departure transfer.

What is included

  • 6 nights in honeymoon-category rooms across selected lodges
  • All private transfers in luxury vehicles
  • Vistadome 360 outbound train and Hiram Bingham return train
  • Private archaeologist for all touring days
  • Two separate Machu Picchu tickets (Circuits 2 and 1-B, 2026)
  • In-suite private chef dinner in the Sacred Valley
  • Couple'\''s massage at Belmond Monasterio
  • All described meals including starred-restaurant tables
  • Patacancha textile community private visit
  • Welcome surprise (varies by season — sometimes pisco hampers, sometimes Andean textiles)

What is not included

  • International flights to Lima, and the Lima–Cusco domestic flight
  • Gratuities, personal expenses, travel insurance (mandatory)

Customisation

This itinerary is a starting framework. Common honeymoon-specific add-ons: an overnight at the Belmond Sanctuary Lodge inside the citadel grounds (+ USD 1,400), a vow-renewal ceremony at a Sacred Valley chapel arranged with our priest contact (+ USD 480), or a day extension at Tambopata jungle for couples who want to mix wildlife into the trip (+ USD 1,200 pp).

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