OAG Overseas – Best of Peru + Inca Trail Trek

8 DAYS | 5-12 September 2026

ONLY 14 SPOTS AVAILABLE

(Ability rating: 1 – easy, 2 – moderate, 3 – challenging, 4 – WTF!)

THE TOUR

Since 2023, Outdoor Adventure Girls has been offering bespoke travel tours for their 40,000 members. The international trips will focus on outdoor adventure, pushing guests out of their comfort zone and creating incredible connections with other women in the most sought-after bucket list destinations on Earth.

For this OAG Overseas tour, we are heading to the amazing country of Peru. This magical country is home to the world wonder Machu Picchu, and the Inca Trail, the stunning high-altitude city of Cusco and the vibrant capital of Lima

The trip includes a jam-packed 8 days of adventure taking in the Best of Peru and hiking the Inca Trail. All of this and more is why we are so excited to take you here in 2026

WHAT’S INCLUDED

✓ 7 nights accommodation included as part of the itinerary
✓ 7 x breakfasts, 4 x lunches, and 6 x dinners
✓ Intrepid local guide and OAG host
✓ Welcome and introduction with your OAG host
✓ Arrive in Lima and join the group for an orientation walk and welcome dinner
✓ Four-day/three-night Inca Trail hike, ending at the incredible Machu Picchu
✓ Enjoy a Cusco street food tour and try local delacies!
✓ Transfer to the Sacred Valley including a weaving workshop at a local community
✓ Guided tour of the Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu
✓ Flights from Lima to Cusco (no return)
✓ Welcome gift bag from OAG
✓ Pre-trip virtual Q&A group call + meet your OAG host
✓ WhatsApp group to connect with other guests

ITINERARY

*Please note this itinerary is subject to change.

Day 1 – Lima

Meals included: Dinner

Welcome to Lima, the “City of Kings”

Your local guide will meet you for a welcome briefing & some tips during your stay in Lima.
This evening, head to dinner at La Huaca Pucllana Restaurant, one of the top restaurants in Lima. It has a unique setting overlooking pre-Incan ruins that once served as an important administrative and ceremonial center, many centuries ago.

Included activities

  • Group transfer from Lima airport to the hotel
  • Welcome meeting at hotel with English speaking Tour Leader at 2pm
  • Lima Orientation Walk
  • Welcome dinner

Accommodation: El Tambo ll Hotel or similar

Day 2 – Lima – Cusco

Meals included: Breakfast and Dinner

This morning after breakfast, you’ll fly to Cusco. Upon arrival at Cusco airport, you will be met by your local driver and transfer to your hotel. After check-in, get acquainted with this charming city and its intriguing blend of cultures on a leader-led walking tour. Check out some of Cusco’s main attractions, as well as its lesser-known sights, such as the Qoricancha temple, the main square, the 12 Angled Stone, Regocijo Square and San Blas Square.

Then head to San Pedro market, stroll through vibrant local markets alongside an expert guide, sampling exotic fruits, Andean cheeses, and freshly baked breads. Learn about the region’s rich culinary heritage as you try traditional street snacks and sip on chicha morada, Peru’s iconic purple corn drink.

Included activities

  •  Transfer from hotel to Lima airport, in private service.
  • Domestic flight ticket Lima – Cusco in Economy class.
  • Transfer from Cusco airport to hotel, in private service.
  • Leader-led Cusco orientation walk.
  • Cusco street food tasting, in private service.
  • Dinner at local restaurant.

Accommodation: Hotel Raymi or similar

Day 3 – Sacred Valley

Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch

This morning, drive through the Sacred Valley. Known as Wilcamayo to the Incas, the valley has been a source of livelihood for the locals for hundreds of years. You’ll see maize crops covering the terraced walls and the sacred river beneath.

Included Activities

• Full day visit to the Sacred Valley including weaving workshop at local community, visit & snack at AMA Restaurant, and Ollantaytambo.

Accommodation: Tunupa Lodge Hotel or similar

Day 4 – Ollantaytambo / Inca Trail

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

During the next four days you’ll be hiking the Classic Inca Trail. This morning you will set off on a journey on the Inca Trail by travelling from Ollantaytambo heading to Kilometer 82, where your trek begins. Today you will hike past the ancient hilltop fort of Huillca Raccay and the beautiful archaeological site of Llactapata.

Accommodation: Camping with basic facilities

Note: The Inca Trail is within the abilities of most reasonably fit people but please come prepared as the trail is 45 kilometres long and often steep. Each day’s journey generally consists of seven hours of walking (uphill and downhill), with stops for snacks and lunch. Trekking usually begins at 7am (except on the fourth morning) and you reach the campsite around 5pm. Accommodation on the trek is camping (three nights). Double tents (twin-share) and foam camping mats will be provided. The porters will set up the tents while the cook prepares the meals.

Day 5 – Inca Trail

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Today is the most difficult part of the trek as you climb to Warminwanusca, or Dead Woman’s Pass (4200m). Along the way you will trek through some of the most spectacular mountain scenery to be seen anywhere in the Andes.

This is the first and highest of three Andean passes on the Inca Trail, with breathtaking views over the snow-capped Vilcanota and Vilcabama mountain ranges. Ahead of you, you will see the ruins of Runkuracay and in the valley below, Rio Pacamayo (Sunrise River). Here the trail changes from dirt to steps and stone pathways, your route will take you through a landscape dotted with rural hamlets, grazing llamas and well-preserved remnants of the Incan culture. Although it’s not too arduous, you will still need to make a steep descent to the valley below, where you will camp beneath the cliff tops at Pacamayo (3600m), overlooking the cloud forest.

Accommodation: Camping with basic facilities

Day 6 – Inca Trail

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

You will climb up to the oval shaped ruin of Runkurakay, which is believed to have once been an Inca tambo or post house. Pushing on up the Inca staircase and beside two tiny and fast diminishing mountain lakes, you will be rewarded at the summit of your second pass (3900m) with spectacular views of Pumasillo (6245m) and the entire snow-capped Vilcabamba range.

From here it will be a steep descent and then ascent to your third pass and the ruins of Phullupatamarca, where we embark on a long descent into a beautiful orchid-filled cloud forest. The scenery will blow you away! Butterflies flutter across the trail and the air is pure and clean as you head to breathtaking Winaywayna (2650m).

Accommodation: Camping with basic facilities

Day 7 – Inca Trail / Machu Picchu / Aguas Calientes / Cusco

Meals included: Breakfast and Dinner

Today you’ll experience the world wonder of Machu Picchu – the Lost City of the Incas – where you’ll have a guided tour of this great archaeological site. You’ll then take the bus down to the small town of Aguas Calientes where you’ll have some free time to wander around or have some lunch. Afterwards, take the tourist train back to Ollantaytambo Town, followed by a transfer back to Cusco city.

Accommodation: Hotel Raymi or similar

Day 8 – Cusco – Departure

Meals included: Breakfast

Your tour comes to an end today and thre are no activities planned.

Check out is at 09:00am

Departure Transfer is included on a group basis

ACCOMMODATION

Our accommodation for the trip will be a mixture of hotels and camping. We have carefully chosen the accommodation to maximise your experience on this bucket list trip.

*You will be sharing a room/tent with another guest, in a room with twin beds, with an ensuite. Rooms will be allocated randomly, unless specified otherwise.

PRICE

£1,975 per person including all as stated above and must be booked via Intrepid Travel.

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED

✕ Flights to and from the trip (please speak to Intrepid about flights)
✕ Travel insurance for the trip
✕ Any additional meals or drinks not stated above
✕ Any additional activities not stated above
✕ Airport transfers if you arrive or depart outside of the recommended times
✕ Sleeping bags (a sleeping bag is required for this trip)

*There will be one transfer per trip for arrival and one for departure. Attendees will be recommended a flight, but if you book alternative flights, transfers will not be provided and will be at the cost of the guest.

INSURANCE

It is the attendee’s responsibility to have the appropriate travel insurance for this trip. It is compulsory for all guests to have travel insurance. Please let us know if you have appropriate travel insurance before the trip.

FLIGHTS

Flights are not included as we wanted to give you the option of where to fly when and where you want. As a guide, there are flights to Peru from London from around £900 for direct flights.

However, if you want help booking flights, Intrepid Travel is on hand to help you throughout the booking process and can book flights for you if required.

BOOKING

To book your spot, register your details on the link below and we will be in touch to secure your spot.

To secure your place on this tour, you must pay a non-refundable deposit of £200 per person. Do you want to pay in installments? Once you’ve reserved your space you can arrange this with Intrepid – no extra fees.

You can read the terms and conditions via the trip itinerary PDF.

OUR CHARITY INITIATIVE

Each year Outdoor Adventure Girls donates proceeds from their profits to a charity that supports women in a variety of ways in the UK. Thank you to everyone who voted in this year’s charity initiative vote. Our chosen charity of the year is Refuge. Refuge is the largest domestic abuse organisation in the UK. You can find out more about our charity initiative here.


OUR PARTNER FOR THIS TRIP

We have teamed up with Intrepid Travel to help host this OAG Overseas trip. They are experts in group travel with over 30 years of experience, and most importantly they are a B Corp, meaning responsible travel has always been at the core of what they do. Travelling with Intrepid means not just better trips for you, it’s better for local communities, better for wildlife, and better for the planet. Read more about their Foundation here.

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About Me

Sophie is a travel writer, based in the UK, always thinking about her next adventure. Sophie set up Outdoor Adventure Girls in 2020 with the aim to provide safe spaces for women to connect, get outdoors and push themselves out of their comfort zone.