We have plans off the ship for seeing Machu Picchu. In fact, our next port will sort of be a bucket list stop so we can fly up to the most visited site in Peru.
Our group from the ship will depart on the morning of November 30. We'll spend two nights in Cusco, once the capital of the Inca empire. We have some sightseeing there. Next, we will take a very early train out the Urubamba River valley the very next morning and spend two or three hours at the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
We'll then spend our second night back at the hotel. We get up at some unGodly hour to fly back to Lima and drive overland to meet our ship at the next port in Pisco on December 2nd.
This cruise is an excellent way for us to get a taste of South America. As stated previously, although we have been to 70+ countries, we had never set foot south of Panama until a few days ago. We will be able to decide on places that might interest us for future, more thorough, exploration.