Best Cusco tours itinerary:
Day 1: Sacred Valley – Pisac town – Pisac Market – Moray, Salt mine – Urubamba – Ollantaytambo
We will start the best Cusco tours exploring the Sacred Valley. On the way to Pisac, We will stop at the weaving center of Awana cancha, also at Mirador of Taray to take in the view of the Urubamba valley. The valley has crops that dress the mountains like carpets. We will arrive in the town of Pisac, a touristy place because its popular souvenir Market, driving 20 minutes higher we will visit one of the most popular Inca ruins in the Sacred Valley. Afterward, we will continue to the town of Urubamba to enjoy our box lunch.
After lunch we will visit the awesome Salt mine of Maras, afterwards we drive to the always impressive Inca laboratory of Moray, on the way back to Cusco, we will visit the popular town of Chinchero, where local native women will make a complete demonstration of the whole weaving process using the old Inca Techniques. Finally you will be take back to the hotel in Cusco.
- Meals provided: Lunch
- Hotel in Aguas Calientes: included
Day 2: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Cusco
In the morning the scheduled time you will be taken to the Train station of Poroy and then the train ride to Aguas Calientes is approx. 3hours. You will meet your guide and go to the bust station, the drive to Machu Picchu is 30 minutes the guide will transmit us all the history of this mysterious and mystical place (Sun Temple, Royal Palace, Main Temple, Three Windows Temple and Sun Dial). It will be an unforgettable experience. After the guided tour, you will have some extra free time to explore the area on your own, you can also do the additional hikes around (Sun gate or Inca Bridge). At the appropriate time we will go down to Aguas Calientes and then return to Cusco.
- Cusco hotel:
- Meals: Breakfast.
Day 3: Cusco – Rainbow Mountain – Cusco.
We will start our trip with the pick-up from your hotel in Cusco at 4:30am and start driving through the South Valley of Cusco. The bus ride to arrive at Kayrabiry (4,326 m / 14,189 ft.) is approx. for 3 hours. After we arrived to the trail head, our professional chef will prepare and serve us a nutritious breakfast.
After breakfast, we will take our day packs with some essential things for the day and start our trip uphill, following a clear marked trail along a lovely stream, we will observe many alpacas and llamas on the hillsides; this area is home of numerous indigenous Quechua people who are herders of those animals. As we go to the Rainbow Mountain, we will have some great views of the Mt Ausangate. A long the way, we will pass small villages which are home of the indigenous people.
After 2 hours of horseback ride we will arrive close to the spectacular colorful Mountains (5,100 m / 16,500 ft.), the last 20 minutes you need to walk to reach the lookout for the rainbow mountain, horses are not allowed to take you all the way to the hill-top from where you will enjoy the beauty of this natural miracle; we will have plenty of time to take pictures and explore this incredible scenic place.
After to admire the Majestic of the Rainbow Mountains, we will walk back down to the horse station and then begin our return down to the bus parking place at Kayrabiry. In the afternoon after having lunch we will drive for 3 hours to come back to Cusco, estimated arrival time is around 6pm.
- Meals: Breakfast / lunch
- Total distance to go: 12 km / 7 ¼ miles
- Difficulty: Challenging
Hotel in Cusco: none
