Richard Gere saddles up for a Peruvian vacation with his wife

So it comes as no surprise that the actor chose to make a second pilgrimage to Peru’s historical Inca citadel of Machu Pichu, this time with his whole family.

Gere, 61, was was joined by wife Carey Lowell and 10-year-old son Homer for what he described as a ‘vacation’ but he also admitted to locals that the trio had planned to climb to the top of Huayna Picchu.

Sadly the weather had other ideas, and the expedition had to be cancelled.

Gere posed for photos in front of the bronze plaque commemorating the explorer Hiram Bingham who discovered Machu Picchu for the Western world.

He also signed autographs for fans by the stone plaque paying tribute to the people who lived in the area before Bingham’s arrival in 1911.