Cusco Machu Picchu Tour 7 Days

Cusco, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu Tour – Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Cusco – Transfer to the hotel.

Upon your arrival to Cusco, you will be greeted by our representative and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to rest and get acclimated to the altitude, you can also choose to explore some of the ancient Inca Streets in the downtown or places of interest.

• Hotel in Cusco: not included
• Meals: None

Day 2:  Four ruins around Cusco and highlights of the city

At the scheduled time you will be picked up from the hotel, 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, where we will walk around the huge Inca walls, built with massive lime rocks weighing up to 128 tons, amazingly well joined, 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 you will get back to Cusco. Finally, we end our tour in the always impressive San Pedro local market in Cusco.

• Hotel in Cusco: not included
• Meals included: none

Day 3: Chinchero – Maras – Moray – Salt mines – Cusco.

In the morning around 8:15 am 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 center and interact with the Native local women. 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. To finish the tour, we will drive back to Cusco.

• Hotel in Cusco: not included
• Meals included: none

Day 4: Sacred Valley of the Incas -Pisac Ruins – Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes.

We will drive toward the Sacred Valley of the Incas, taking the direct route to Pisaq. On the way, we will stop at the Mirador of Taray to take in the view of the Urubamba valley.  On the way down to Pisaq we will stop at Manos de la Comunidad, where you will have the chance to visit the Alpaca farm and feed the lovely South American camels (Alpaca, Guanaco, Llama and Vicuña). The valley has crops that dress the mountains like carpets. We will arrive in the ruins of Pisaq to see the great Inca architecture (optional to visit the market of Pisaq). Afterward, we will continue to the town of Urubamba to enjoy our 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 afternoon you will have a beautiful train ride to Aguas Calientes.

• Meals provided: Lunch.
• Hotel in AC: not included

Day 5: Machu Picchu visit – travel back to Cusco.

After your breakfast at the hotel, the guide will pick you up and lead you to the bus station, you 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 Royal palace, the Temple of the Three Windows, the Main temple, Sacred Rock and all the most important places. It will be a wonderful experience at this wonderful and charming place.

At the appropriate time you will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes, and then you 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 have transfer back to the hotel in Cusco.

• Meals included: none

• Hotel in Cusco: not included

Day 6:Cusco – Llaqto – Rainbow Mountains – Llaqto– Cusco

To travel to Vinicunca Mountains, trekkers will be picked up from Cusco hotels at 4:30 am and then you will drive 3 hours through the south valley of Cusco to the trail head at Llaqto (4,626 m / 14,650 ft). On the way to Llaqto village, we will stop and have a delicious breakfast.

After our arrival to the bus parking place, we take some essential things like a jacket, hat and gloves with us. Then start this extraordinary hike uphill on a beautiful gentle path; we will be able to see Llamas and Alpacas. This region is home of some indigenous Andean people who own those beautiful animals. On the way to the Peru colored mountains, we will get some spectacular views of the glaciers. Besides our group there will be a good number of people hiking like us to the Rainbow Mountains Peru.

The hiking time to arrive to the famous Winicunca Mountains is approx. 2 hours (5,100 m / 16,500 ft); after we reach the lookout point, there will be plenty of time to explore the area and admire this spectacular Mountain set top between other colorful hills.

After to enjoy a great moment at the Majestic Apu Vinicunca Peru, you will walk back down to the car parking. In the afternoon after a delicious lunch, you will drive back to Cusco the same way you came, arriving to your hotel around 4pm.

• Meals: Breakfast / lunch served in a local restaurant
• Total distance to go: 8 km / 5 miles
• Difficulty: Challenging
• Hotel in Cusco: not included

Day 7: Cusco – flight back to Lima.

In the morning at the appropriate time, we will pick you up from the hotel and transport you to the airport of Cusco; for you flight back to Lima

• Meals included: none

Included in the Cusco, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu Tour:

• Transfers in from Cusco airport to your select Hotel
• Touristic transportation for all the excursions
• Guided tour to the 4 ruins outside of Cusco + Entry fees
• Guided tour to Chinchero, Moray, Salt mine
• Tourist Ticket for archeological sites + Salt mine
• Sacred Valley tour (Pisac ruins, Pisac town & Ollantaytambo site)
• Lunch in Urubamba.
• Expedition class train Ticket to Aguas Calientes round trip
• Entrance fee to Machu Picchu (circuit 3 at 6:00 am)
• Bus ticket up and down to Machu Picchu
• Expert guide for Machu Picchu Tour
• Transfer from the train station to Cusco hotel
• Rainbow Mountain day trek (transport, entry fee, guide, breakfast and lunch)
• Transfer out from hotel to Cusco airport

Not Included in the Cusco, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu Tour:

• Domestic flights from Lima- Cusco/ Cusco- Lima (Latam)
• Hotel nights in Cusco and Aguas Calientes
• Meals not mentioned in the itinerary.
• Sodas or alcoholic drinks.
• Tips for guide, driver and transfer (optional).
• Entrance fee to Huayna Picchu
• Horse to ride for Rainbow Mountain

Optional up-grades:

• Upgrade to Vista dome class train 70.00 USD per person
• Huayna Picchu ticket 65.00 USD per person (check out availability)
• Additional entrance fee to Machu Picchu (circuit 1) 50.00 USD per person for the classic picture

What you need to take for this trip?

• Original Passport
• Hiking boots
• Waterproof jacket, pants/ rain poncho
• Warm jacket
• Hat and gloves
• T-shirts
• Some light clothing for sunny days
• Confortable Trousers
• Sun hat & Sun cream
• Insect repellent
• Bottle of wáter
• Personal cleaning staff

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