14-Day Peru and Bolivia Tour: Huacachina, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, and Uyuni Salt Flats
Explore Peru and Bolivia in 14 days: start in Lima with the Ballestas Islands and Huacachina, visit Cusco, Machu Picchu, and Rainbow Mountain, cruise Lake Titicaca, and finish with three days exploring the Uyuni Salt Flats by 4×4.
5,020 m above sea level / 16,470 ft
2 to 5 stars
Small group
Daily departures
TRIP DESCRIPTION
This 14-day package connects the Peruvian coast with the Bolivian Altiplano. You’ll start with the Ballestas Islands and the dunes of Huacachina, continue to Cusco, the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, and Rainbow Mountain, and finish with a three-day 4×4 expedition through the Uyuni Salt Flats and its lagoons.
From Cusco, you’ll travel along the Route of the Sun to Puno to cruise Lake Titicaca and visit the Uros and Taquile Islands. Then you’ll cross into Bolivia via Copacabana and depart from La Paz to Uyuni, where you’ll explore Incahuasi Island, Laguna Colorada with its flamingos, and the Sol de Mañana geysers before returning to La Paz.
PROGRAM SUMMARY
Arrival in Lima
We welcome you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel so you can rest before heading south.
Ballestas Islands, Paracas, and Huacachina
Boat trip to the Ballestas Islands, visit to a winery and pisco distillery, and dune buggy rides and sandboarding in Huacachina. Return to Lima.
Flight to Cusco and Acclimatization
You fly to Cusco and have the afternoon free to adjust to the altitude at your own pace.
Cusco City Tour
Free morning. In the afternoon, you visit Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay.
Sacred Valley and Train to Aguas Calientes
Pisac, buffet lunch in Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, and train to Aguas Calientes.
Machu Picchu and Return to Cusco
Guided tour of the citadel and return to Cusco by train and tourist transportation.
Rainbow Mountain
Hike to Vinicunca with breakfast and buffet lunch in Cusipata.
Route of the Sun: Cusco to Puno
Tourist bus with stops in Andahuaylillas, Raqchi, La Raya, and Pucara.
Lake Titicaca: Uros and Taquile
Speedboat to the Uros Floating Islands and Taquile Island, with a trout lunch.
Border Crossing into Bolivia and Trip to Uyuni
You cross the border, pass through Copacabana and La Paz, and continue overnight to Uyuni.
Uyuni Salt Flats and Incahuasi Island
First day by 4x4: train cemetery, Colchani, Ojos de Sal, Incahuasi, and sunset over the salt flats.
High-Altitude Lagoons and Laguna Colorada
Lagoons with flamingos, Siloli Desert, Stone Tree, and Laguna Colorada.
Geysers, Laguna Verde, and Return to La Paz
Sol de Mañana geysers, Polques hot springs, Laguna Verde, and return to La Paz.
Transfer to La Paz Airport
Breakfast, check-out, and transfer to El Alto Airport for your departure flight.
14-Day Peru and Bolivia Tour Itinerary: Huacachina, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, and Uyuni Salt Flats
DAY 01: ARRIVAL IN LIMA
At Jorge Chávez International Airport, our team will be waiting to welcome you and take you to your hotel.
After check-in, get plenty of rest: the next day, you’ll depart very early for the southern coast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Lima.
DAY 02: BALLESTAS ISLANDS, PARACAS, AND HUACACHINA
We pick you up very early at your hotel and travel along the Pan-American Highway South to Paracas.
From the pier, you take a boat to the Ballestas Islands. Along the way, you see the Candelabra, a geoglyph carved into the sandy hillside, and on the islands, sea lions, Humboldt penguins, and seabirds.
You continue to Ica to visit El Catador winery, where you learn how wine and pisco are made and enjoy a tasting.
In Huacachina, you explore the dunes by buggy and go sandboarding with an instructor. You have free time to have lunch on your own and take photos of the oasis before returning to Lima in the afternoon.
Accommodation: Hotel in Lima.
DAY 03: FLIGHT TO CUSCO AND ACCLIMATIZATION
We transfer you to Lima Airport for your flight to Cusco. At Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport, we welcome you and take you to your hotel.
Cusco is located at 3,400 meters (11,155 feet) above sea level, so the afternoon is for resting. If you feel well, take a slow walk through the historic center and drink coca or muña tea.
Accommodation: Hotel in Cusco.
DAY 04: CUSCO CITY TOUR
The morning is free to rest or explore the Plaza de Armas and the cobblestone streets.
From 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., you take a guided city tour. You start at Qoricancha, the main Inca temple, on whose walls the Santo Domingo Convent was built.
You head up to Sacsayhuaman, with its walls of carved stones that fit together without mortar, and continue to Qenqo, a shrine carved into the rock, the Puka Pukara checkpoint, and Tambomachay, with its water fountains.
Accommodation: Hotel in Cusco.
DAY 05: SACRED VALLEY AND TRAIN TO AGUAS CALIENTES
After breakfast, you depart by tourist transportation to the Sacred Valley. In Pisac, you explore the Inca agricultural terraces on the hillside and the town’s handicraft market.
A buffet lunch at a countryside restaurant in Urubamba is included.
In the afternoon, you visit Ollantaytambo, its fortress, and its stone streets. From the train station, you board the train that follows the Vilcanota River to Aguas Calientes.
Accommodation: Hotel in Aguas Calientes.
DAY 06: MACHU PICCHU AND RETURN TO CUSCO
After breakfast, you check out of the hotel and take the Consettur bus along Hiram Bingham Road to the entrance of the sanctuary.
The guided tour lasts 2 to 2.5 hours and takes you through temples, plazas, and viewpoints, depending on the circuit available on your ticket.
You return to Aguas Calientes, have lunch on your own, and in the afternoon take the train to Ollantaytambo, where tourist transportation takes you to Cusco.
Accommodation: Hotel in Cusco.
DAY 07: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN
We pick you up at 4:30 a.m. and travel to Cusipata, where you enjoy a buffet breakfast.
From the trailhead, you hike for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours, alongside llamas and alpacas, until you reach the Vinicunca viewpoint at 5,020 meters (16,470 feet) above sea level. From the top, you can see the mountain’s colorful stripes and the snow-capped Ausangate Mountain. If you don’t want to walk the entire route, you can rent a horse (not included).
You hike back down to the trailhead, return to Cusipata for a buffet lunch, and arrive in Cusco around 5:00 p.m.
Accommodation: Hotel in Cusco.
DAY 08: ROUTE OF THE SUN, FROM CUSCO TO PUNO
At 7:00 a.m., you board the tourist bus that takes you to Puno with a guide on board.
You stop in Andahuaylillas to see the murals of its church, known as the Sistine Chapel of the Americas, and then in Raqchi, where the walls of the Temple of Wiracocha are preserved. A buffet lunch is served in Sicuani.
In the afternoon, you cross La Raya Pass (4,335 meters / 14,222 feet above sea level), the border between Cusco and Puno, and visit the Pucara Lithic Museum. You arrive in Puno (3,800 meters / 12,467 feet above sea level) around 5:00 p.m.
Accommodation: Hotel in Puno.
DAY 09: LAKE TITICACA, UROS, AND TAQUILE
We transfer you to the port, where you board a speedboat to the Uros Islands, made of layers of totora reeds. Local families explain how they live on the lake.
You sail to Taquile, where weaving is part of daily life and has been recognized by UNESCO. You walk around the island and have trout from the lake for lunch.
In the afternoon, you return to Puno.
Accommodation: Hotel in Puno.
DAY 10: BORDER CROSSING INTO BOLIVIA AND TRIP TO UYUNI
You depart early from Puno toward the Kasani border, where you complete the procedures to leave Peru and enter Bolivia.
You pass through Copacabana, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, and continue along the lake to La Paz.
In La Paz, you take the overnight sleeper bus to Uyuni, or a flight if you chose that option.
Accommodation: Overnight sleeper bus (or hotel, depending on the option selected).
DAY 11: UYUNI SALT FLATS AND INCAHUASI ISLAND
You arrive in Uyuni in the morning, have breakfast, and board the 4×4 vehicle with your driver-guide.
The first stop is the train cemetery, with 19th-century steam locomotives. Then you visit Colchani, where salt is extracted and processed.
You enter the salt flats, covering 10,582 km², see the Ojos de Sal (Salt Eyes) and the first salt hotel, and reach Incahuasi Island, an island of rock and fossilized coral covered with giant cacti.
You end the day with perspective photos and sunset over the salt flats. Lunch and dinner included.
Accommodation: Salt hotel or lodge.
DAY 12: HIGH-ALTITUDE LAGOONS AND LAGUNA COLORADA
After breakfast, you head south. Along the way, you see Ollagüe Volcano, which is still active.
You stop at the Cañapa, Hedionda, and Chiarkota lagoons, where three species of flamingos feed.
You cross the Siloli Desert to the Stone Tree, a rock shaped by the wind, and finish at Laguna Colorada, within the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.
Accommodation: Lodge or ecolodge in Huayllajara or Villa Mar.
DAY 13: GEYSERS, LAGUNA VERDE, AND RETURN TO LA PAZ
At 5:00 a.m., you depart for the Sol de Mañana geysers, at 4,850 meters above sea level, where you see fumaroles and volcanic mud pools.
You take a bath in the natural hot springs of Polques and pass through the Dalí Desert to Laguna Verde, at the foot of Licancabur Volcano.
You return to Uyuni via Villa Mar and San Cristóbal, and from there travel to La Paz by plane or sleeper bus.
Accommodation: Hotel in La Paz (or overnight sleeper bus, depending on the option selected).
DAY 14: TRANSFER TO LA PAZ AIRPORT
You have breakfast at the hotel and check out.
At the scheduled time according to your flight, we take you by private transfer to El Alto International Airport. Tupananchiskama, until we meet again.
End of our services.
INCLUDED - NOT INCLUDED - DETAILS
Included
Accommodation with breakfast (hotel-inclusive rate):
- 2 nights in Lima
- 4 nights in Cusco
- 1 night in Aguas Calientes
- 2 nights in Puno
- 1 night in a salt hotel in Uyuni
- 1 night in a lodge in Huayllajara or Villa Mar
- 1 night in La Paz
Guided tours (Spanish/English):
- Ballestas Islands, El Catador winery, and Huacachina Oasis with dune buggy rides and sandboarding
- Cusco City Tour
- Sacred Valley with buffet lunch
- Machu Picchu with a specialized guide
- Rainbow Mountain with breakfast and buffet lunch
- Route of the Sun, from Cusco to Puno, with buffet lunch
- Lake Titicaca: Uros and Taquile with lunch
- Uyuni Salt Flats and Incahuasi Island
- High-altitude lagoons and Siloli Desert
- Sol de Mañana geysers and Laguna Verde
Transportation and entrance fees:
- Machu Picchu entrance ticket (we recommend booking 2 to 3 months in advance)
- Tourist train Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo
- Consettur bus Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes
- Transportation Puno – Kasani – Copacabana – La Paz
- Sleeper bus La Paz – Uyuni and Uyuni – La Paz (or flights, depending on the option selected)
- 4×4 vehicle with driver-guide during the 3 days in Uyuni
- Cusco Tourist Ticket and admission to Qoricancha
- Rainbow Mountain entrance ticket
- Entrance fees in Bolivia: Incahuasi Island, Eduardo Avaroa Reserve, and Polques hot springs
Transfers:
- Airport – hotel – airport in Lima and Cusco
- Bus terminal – hotel – bus terminal in Puno and La Paz
- Hotel – airport in La Paz on the day of your departure flight
Meals:
- 13 breakfasts
- 7 lunches
- 2 dinners
Illa Kuntur Travel & Wellness Benefits:
- 24-hour assistance in Spanish and English
- Official bilingual guides at each destination
- Personalized service throughout the trip
Not Included
- International flights arriving in Lima and departing from La Paz.
- Lima – Cusco flight (quoted separately).
- Meals not specified in the itinerary.
- Horse rental at Rainbow Mountain.
- Personal expenses, shopping, and tips.
- Travel insurance.
What to Bring?
- Valid original passport and a copy, for Machu Picchu and the border crossing.
- Travel insurance with medical coverage.
- Cash in Peruvian soles and Bolivian bolivianos for meals, tips, and horse rental at Vinicunca, if needed.
- Lightweight clothing and a cap for Paracas and Huacachina.
- Thermal clothing, fleece jacket, down jacket or windbreaker, warm hat, gloves, and scarf for Vinicunca and Uyuni.
- Comfortable hiking shoes and trekking poles if you use them.
- Swimsuit and small towel for the Polques hot springs.
- UV-protection sunglasses, sunscreen, lip balm, and a hat.
- Small backpack, as the train to Machu Picchu only allows carry-on luggage.
- Headlamp and power bank for the lodges in Uyuni.
- Reusable water bottle, toilet paper, and wet wipes.
- Your personal medications for the entire trip.
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Travel Recommendations
Health Recommendations
- If you have heart or respiratory problems, high blood pressure, are pregnant, or have a chronic medical condition, consult your doctor before the trip and inform us when booking. This route includes a hike at 5,020 meters above sea level and overnight stays above 4,000 meters in Uyuni.
- To prevent altitude sickness, rest on the day you arrive in Cusco, drink plenty of water, avoid strenuous activity, and do not consume alcohol during the first few days.
- Bring your personal medications along with their prescriptions. If you want to take any medication for altitude sickness, consult your doctor first.
- At Vinicunca, hike at your own pace and take short breaks. If you experience severe dizziness or shortness of breath, notify your guide immediately.
- The lodges in Uyuni are basic, without heating and with limited hot water. Sleep in thermal clothing and keep your warm jacket close at hand.
- Eat light meals and drink coca or muña tea to help your body adjust to the altitude.
Travel Rules and Recommendations
- Always follow your guide’s instructions and respect the designated circuits. Drones and tripods are not allowed at Machu Picchu, and you must carry your entrance ticket and passport.
- The Ballestas Islands are a protected area: the tour takes place from the boat, without disembarking.
- At Uros and Taquile, ask for permission before photographing people.
- At the lagoons in Uyuni, do not approach the flamingos or leave the paths indicated by your driver-guide.
- Keep your belongings in sight and avoid displaying money or valuables, especially at terminals, markets, and the border.
- In case of an emergency, contact our team. The police emergency numbers are 105 in Peru and 110 in Bolivia.
TOUR PRICES
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14-DAY PERU AND BOLIVIA PACKAGE: FROM HUACACHINA TO THE UYUNI SALT FLATS Price per person |
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Group Service
Without hotel |
US$ 1,479.00 |
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Group Service
With ★★★ hotel |
US$ 1,959.00 |
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Group Service
With ★★★★ hotel |
US$ 2,589.00 |
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Lima - Cusco Flight
Optional, per person |
US$ 119.00 |
Special Rates
- 1 person: Personalized quote
- Groups of 3 or more people: Group discount
- Minors: Special discount
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