11,000-feet above sea level in Peru, Gordon meets a “mad potato scientist,” cooks in a mud oven, and scales a towering cliff face in search of a rare herb.

The group's sixth property, Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, or Urubamba Valley, in-between Cusco and Machu Picchu is a perfect base for wanderings in the area and ...

Rainbow Tours (020 7666 1260; rainbowtours.co.uk) offers a 13-day tour of Peru (peru.travel), including Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, Cusco, Lima and the Amazon rainforest, from £3,685pp.

Explora Peru’s twin room. As with Explora’s properties in Patagonia, the Atacama Desert and Easter Island, Sacred Valley is all about the great outdoors. In this case, immersive Andean adventures ...

The best hotels in Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, chosen by our expert, including luxury hotels, boutique hotels, budget hotels and Sacred Valley hotel deals. Read the reviews and book.

That would be Tambo del Inka, far and away the most lavish place to stay along the route to Machu Picchu (rooms from $515). Designed by Miami's hip Arquitectonica firm and ably run by Starwood’s ...