Machu Picchu Experience is a fabulous travel option to explore the magical Inca Land around Cusco. It is your best chance to explore some beautiful sites as: Chinchero, Salt mine, Maras, Moray, Ollantaytambo. Also you will have a great day visiting the citadel of Machu Picchu, in the same trip. To travel to the wonder of the world you will have a mystical train ride along the Urubamba valley and then reach out Aguas Calientes town.
The Machu Picchu Experience and Moray tour is the ideal trip to combine palatial views. Local farming techniques, Inca ruins and the awesome salt mines. As you visit great sites, you will have an extraordinary journey through the fascinating Sacred Valley in Cusco.
Destinations: Cusco, Chinchero, Maras, Moray and Machu Picchu
Upon your arrival to the airport of Cuzco. We will pick you up and then transport to the hotel in the down-town. Then you have free time to relax or just to acclimate to the altitude. Totally optional to go and explore the down-town of the Imperial city. Cusco is situated at 3,400 mts. / 11,100 ft. above sea level.
At the convenient time you will be picked up. For a great guided tour to some of the remarkable sites as Chinchero. Where we will visit one of the famous weaving centers. After to drive through some farming fields you will get to the Inca agricultural experimental center of Moray. A great site famous for its sunken amphitheater shape. Made up of four groups of circular terraces. The site was apparently an agricultural research station with crops at various altitudes and climates.
Afterwards we will follow a beuatiful ancient trail, which lead us to the colonial town of Maras. This is a beautiful quaint little town with homes that boast out-standing Spanish doors and arches.
After to walk around Maras. We will hike down to the spectacular salt pans. The guide will show us all the process of salt harvesting.
To continue the tour, we will travel to Ollantaytambo. A beautiful town with remarkable water channels, stone streets and the Sun temple on the hill top. In the evening we will catch the train to travel to Aguas Calientes. Upon arrival we will be escorted by the transfer to our hotel.
In the morning our guide will lead you to the bus station. After a short drive to the entrance of Machu Picchu. You will have a guided excursion to the citadel. The guide will show you the Sun Temple, Sacred Sun Dial, Temple of the Three Windows, Main Temple and sacred Rock. After the guided tour, you will have free time to explore the zone on your own.
At the appropriate time you will take the bus to Aguas Calientes. In the afternoon you will take the train back to Ollantaytambo. Upon arrival to the train station, you will be transferred to the hotel. The journey to Cusco takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes.
At the scheduled time our transfer will take you to the airport of Cusco for your flight to Lima.
Accommodations:
Standard class and superior class hotels are our suggestion in each destination. For your safety and comfort we only use hotels that have been inspected by our staff.
