The Sacred Valley excursion & Machu Picchu is a spectacular journey taking you to the magical Inca land. You will visit amazing sites as: Pisac ruins, Urubamba valley, Ollantaytambo and the Mysterious lost city of “Machu Picchu”. This wonder of the world “Machu Picchu” is always the highlight of the awesome Inca civilization in Peru. With Sacred Valley excursion travelers will be able to explore some of the fascinating sites of the Inca culture in a short Period of time.
During this Sacred Valley excursion travelers can also do some extra activities in the area of Machu Picchu, such as the hike to Mt Huayna Picchu and Montaña Machu Picchu in the same trip. This tour is highly recommended for any kind of traveler who want to explore every corner of Machu Picchu. The Sacred Valley excursion allows you to stay one night at Aguas Calientes. So you can visit Machu Picchu earliest possible.
The Sacred Valley tour starts in Cusco with the pick up from your hotel. We then drive towards the Sacred Valley of the Incas by the main route to Calca. Before to get to Pisac we will stop to visit the weaving center of Manos de la Comunidad to see the Llama and alpaca farm. The guide will explain all about the weaving process of the hand-made textiles. Twenty minutes later we will stop at the lookout of Taray to take in the view of the Urubamba valley. We will continue our Sacred Valley excursion visiting the popular ruins of Pisac. Where the guide will transmit us all the history of this stunning site. There will be also time to visit the town of Pisac. So you will see the big souvenir market. Afterwards we will continue to the town of Urubamba to enjoy a delicious lunch.
After lunch to continue with our Sacred Valley excursion we will visit Ollantaytambo. An attractive town of Inca foundation with remarkable water channels and typical stone streets. The guide will lead us to the religious area with its impressive Sun temple on the hilltop. We then will explore this big Inca fortress that guarded the access to the interior part of the valley. In the afternoon we will connect by train to Aguas Calientes.
At the appropriate time the guide will lead you to the bus station. You then board the bus which will take you to the Religious Sanctuary of the Incas, “Machu Picchu”. Where our expert tour guide will teach you all about the history of this mysterious and mystical place. You will visit the most relevant places as the Sun Temple, Royal palace, Main Temple, Three Windows Temple and Sacred rock. So it will be an unforgettable experience at this site.
At the scheduled time you will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes. Then begin the journey back to Cusco.