🇵🇪 Travel companions and group trips
Group trips in Peru
Machu Picchu, Cusco and Titicaca: the Andes are best walked as a group, one step at a time.
Peru is the trip of the Andes and the Incas: Cusco and the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu by train or after four days on the Inca Trail, Rainbow Mountain, Lake Titicaca with its floating islands. Lima adds one of the world's most awarded cuisines; Arequipa and the Colca canyon the condors.
As a group altitude is managed better (you wait for each other, keep an eye on each other) and the main costs are shared: guided trek with porters, private transfers in the Sacred Valley, guides at the sites. Modular participation is natural: those skipping the Inca Trail join the group at Machu Picchu by train.
Upcoming trips in Peru
When to go
May to September, dry season in the Andes: clear skies, cold nights. From November to March it rains in the mountains and the Inca Trail closes in February. Lima is overcast and damp in winter (June–September), sunny from December to April.
Don't miss
- Machu Picchu — At dawn, by train from Ollantaytambo or on foot from the Inca Trail.
- Cusco and the Sacred Valley — Pisac, Ollantaytambo, the Maras salt pans.
- Rainbow Mountain — Vinicunca, at 5,000 metres.
- Lake Titicaca — The Uros islands and a night on Amantaní.
- Lima — Miraflores, Barranco and Peruvian cuisine.
💡 The group tip
Book Machu Picchu tickets and the Inca Trail months ahead, for the whole group in the same time slot. Spend two days in Cusco to acclimatise before any trek: above 3,400 metres haste costs you.
Documents and entry
Entry rules depend on your nationality and change over time: always check your foreign office before booking. The official source for Italian citizens is linked below.
Official country page on Viaggiare Sicuri (Italian foreign office) ↗Frequently asked questions
How many days for Peru?
Ten days for Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu; two weeks to add Titicaca or Arequipa. The Inca Trail takes four days within the trip.
Do I need a visa for Peru?
Most European citizens enter visa-free for tourism with a valid passport. Check the current rules with your foreign office.
Is altitude sickness a problem?
In Cusco (3,400 m) almost everyone feels something in the first days: gradual acclimatisation, water, no alcohol and coca tea help. As a group you support each other and match the pace to the slowest.
How Worldmates works
Find a trip or organise your own, join the whole itinerary or only the stops that fit your dates, and the organizer approves who joins. Free, with no payments on the platform: everyone books flights and lodging on their own.
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