Classic Cusco tours itinerary:
Day 1: Qoricancha & four ruins
Upon your arrival, you will be greeted by one of our representatives at the airport and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free so you can rest to get acclimated to the altitude.
In the afternoon travelers are picked up from their hotel at 1:15pm, after a short drive by car we will start the City Tour in Cusco, visiting Qoricancha, a wonderful Inca Sun temple, a construction built during the Incas heydays. Later on, we will drive to the northern outskirts of Cusco, to visit the famous four ruins around Cusco.
Sacsayhuaman is the most Impressive and outstanding Inca Temple just 20 minutes away from the Incas’ Capital, where we will walk through huge Inca walls, built with massive lime rocks weighing up to 128 tons, amazingly well fitted, with absolute perfection. Then, we will move onto another important Inca site called Qenqo, a strange place with subterranean passages, hiding in its interior perfect carved rock formation where the Incas probably mummify some of the very important people in their society. We will finish our tour visiting the spectacular Inca Baths of Tambomachay and the military lookout point of Pukapukara, and then finally we will be back to Cusco.
- Hotel in Cusco: none
- Meals included: None
Day 2: Chinchero – Moray- Maras- Salt Mine – Cusco.
In the morning at the scheduled time we’ll pick you up in the lobby of your Hotel, we then have a 40 minutes of bus drive to arrive to the fertile plain of Chinchero full of farming fields & beautiful landscapes, at Chinchero we will stop to see the locals weaving centers, where native women will teach us all the process of man-made textelies. We will continue our drive to the town of Maras, which has nice colonial doorways made of stone, unique around Cusco region, 20 minutes later we will arrive to the Inca ruins of Moray called “the Inca laboratory”. The guide will show us this wonderful place and we will walk around.
We then drive to the Salt mines with beautiful views of Urubamba Mountain range and passing by many farming fields we will arrive to the salt pans of Salineras, where we will be able to observe the fascinating salt mine own by the locals, with more than 3000 pools still in production, since many centuries ago. Finally our Transfer will take us back to Cusco.
- Hotel in Cusco: None
- Meals included: None
Day 3: Sacred Valley -Pisac Market – Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes.
We will drive toward the Sacred Valley of the Incas, taking the direct route to Pisac. On the way, we will visit the weaving center of Awana Cancha where we will have free time to interact with the local craftsmen and to purchase their hand-made textiles. We will stop at the 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 to visit a fantastic local Market (optional to visit the Inca ruin of Pisac). Afterward, we will continue to the town of Urubamba to enjoy a buffet lunch.
After lunch we will visit Ollantaytambo, an attractive town of Incan origin with remarkable water channels and stone streets. There is an impressive ceremonial center that pays homage to the water and a fortress that guarded the access to the interior part of the valley. In the evening we will take the train to Aguas Calientes.
- Meals provided: Lunch.
- Hotel in Aguas Calientes:
Day 4: Machu Picchu – Cusco.
After your breakfast at the hotel, the guide will pick you up and lead you to the bus station, we then board the bus that will take us to the citadel of Machu Picchu. Where you will have a guided tour of the Citadel, our guide will show us the Main Plaza, the Sun Temple, the Sacred Sun Dial (Intihuatana), the Royal palace, the Temple of the Three Windows, the Main temple, Sacred Rock, warehouses, and all the most important places. It will be a magical experience at this wonderful and charming place. After the guided tour you will have free time to explore the area on your own. or you can take the following hiking options:
- Climb to Wayna Picchu; suggested for the most adventurous people, Wayna Picchu is a great option to observe the immensity of Machu Picchu, even more amazing being very high and distant (we suggest you to book it in advance).
- Walk to Sun Gate; all the visitors of Machu Picchu are allowed to walk (approx. 2 hours up and down) up to the Sun Gate (Inti Punku)
- Montaña Machu Picchu; it is much longer and higher than Wayna Picchu so it needs at least 3 hours of intense hike up and down to be finished it but it is definitely worth it.
In the afternoon at the schedule time you will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes, and then we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo. The journey by train takes approximately 1:40 Hours, upon your arrival to the train station, you will transferred back to the hotel in Cusco.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 5: Cusco – flight back to Lima.
In the morning, we will pick you up from the hotel and transport you to the airport in Cusco.
Included in the classic Cusco tours & Machu Picchu:
- Transfers to: Airport/Hotel/Airport.
- All transfers are included
- Entrance fee to Qoricancha
- Tourist Ticket for archaeological sites (cosituc)
- Guide for City Tour
- Tour of the Sacred Valley
- Tour of the Maras, Moray and Salt Mine
- Entrance fee to the salt Mine
- Lunch in Urubamba.
- Train tickets round trip in expedition class
- Entrance fee to Machu Picchu.
- Bus ticket up and down to Machu Picchu.
- Professional guide for the Tour.
- One night hotel in Aguas Calientes
- Transfer Ollantaytambo Station to Cusco.
Not Included in the classic Cusco tours & Machu Picchu:
- Hotels in Cusco (we can book it for you)
- Entrance fee to Huayna Picchu Mountain.
- Entrance fee to the hot springs (20.00 soles per person)
- Meals not described in the itinerary.
- Any kind of drinks.
- Tips for guide and transfer.
Price per Person: 550.00 American Dollars. (Based in 2 People Minimum)
