Cusco Sacred Valley trip
Exploring Cusco Tour and the fabulous Sacred Valley, is the most interesting trip itinerary to explore best sites of the Inca civilization located in the area of Cusco. You will have a wonderful time visiting some amazing places as Pisac, Moray, salt mine, Ollantaytambo and the majestic wonder of the world “Machu Picchu” .
In Inca times Cusco was the capital city, called “Qosqo”. Was the most important city of the Inca Empire in South America. In the present day Cusco is a fascinating city with a great mixture of colonial buildings as: churches, monasteries, convents and a great Inca architecture as the foundation for the city. With Exploring Cusco tour you will be able to visit all the most essential sites of this magical land of the Incas.
Exploring Cusco tour- Highlights:
- Stunning mountain scenery
- San Pedro, the biggest local Market.
- Pisac town and souvenir market.
- The Majestic Sacred Valley of the Incas.
- Fascinating Moray and salt mine.
- Machu Picchu the legendary lost City.
Overview
Exploring Cusco tour – Overview
- First day.- Arrival in Cusco – Walking city Tour
- Second day.- Cusco – Chinchero – Moray – Salt mine.
- Third day.- Cusco – Pisac ruins -Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes.
- Fourth day.- Machu Picchu – Cusco
- Fifth day.- Cusco – Departure.
Itinerary
Itinerary:
Day 1.-Arrival in Cusco – Walking city Tour (Inca streets, San Pedro market and the main square)
Upon arrival, reception by our representatives at the airport of Cusco. Then you will be transported to your hotel in the down-town of the city. There will some free time to rest and get acclimatized to the altitude. Cusco is located at 11000 ft.
At the appropriate time we will pick you up from the hotel. Then start our exploring Cusco tour walking to the down town of the City. Where you will be able to observe the mixture of Inca and Spanish structures. You have chance to walk around the main square to see some of the catholic churches and the beautiful Inca streets. The guide also will take you to San Pedro, the interesting local market of Cusco.
- Cusco hotel:
- Meals: none
Day 2. – Cusco – Chinchero – Moray – Salt mine.
In the morning around 8:30 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 3.- Cusco – Pisac ruins – Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town)
In the morning we will have a short drive through Maras a picturesque colonial town. Arriving to Moray (the Inca experimental center). We will have time to explore this fascinating place. Then we continue to the fascinating salt mine own by locals. At the salt mine the guide will show us all the process to harvest the natural salt. Then we have 30 minutes drive to Urubamba for lunch.
In the afternoon we will drive to Ollantaytambo. This is a very attractive town of Inca origin with remarkable channels and stone streets. In its high part one rises to an impressive ceremonial center of cult to the water and a fortress that guarded the access to the inferior part of the valley.
At the schedule time, we will take the train down to Aguas Calientes town.
- Overnight in Aguas Calientes hotel: included
- Meals: breakfast and Lunch.
Day 4. – Machu Picchu – Cusco
After breakfast our guide will lead you to the bus station. Then you will have a 30 minute bus drive to the entrance of Machu Picchu. An expert tour guide will transmit you all the history of this sacred sanctuary. You will visit Sun temple, royal palace, main temple, three windows temple, and some other temples. We usually book the best circuits for our customers. After to finish you guided tour you can do:
- Huayna Picchu hike: this is an extra hike to the mountain top for a great view of MP, but its only available for early bookings, because the number of spots is just 400 per day.
- Hike to Machu Picchu Mountain: You will have the opportunity to hike up to the top of the tallest peak in the area of MP. (also limited in number of spaces). from where you can admire MP from a different angle.
At the scheduled time we will go down to Aguas Calientes and then return to Cusco.
- Cusco hotel:
- Meals: breakfast and lunch.
Day 5. – Cusco – Departure.
At the scheduled time our transfer will take to the airport for your flight to Lima.
- Meals: breakfast
Inclusions
Included for Exploring Cusco Tour:
- Transfers in Cusco: airport/hotel/ airport.
- Complete tour to the Sacred Valley.
- Entrance fee to Moray (cosituc)
- Entry ticket to Salt mines
- 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 Exploring Cusco Tour.
- One night hotel in Aguas Calientes.
Not included for Exploring Cusco Tour:
- Entrance fee for Qoricancha
- Entrance fee to Huayna Picchu Mountain (75.00 US per person)
- Meals not described in the itinerary of exploring Cusco tour.
- Any kind of drinks.
- Hotels not described in the itinerary of exploring Cusco tour.
- Tips (transfer, guide).
- International or domestic airfares
- Airport departure taxes.
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