Machupicchu Cusco Tour

In the afternoon guided tour of the Imperial City of Cusco; visit the Plaza Mayor, the Cathedral, the Qoriqancha Temple and the nearby archaeological centers of Qenqo, Tambomachay, Pucapucara and the Sacsayhuamán Fortress. Overnight in Cusco.

After breakfast and between 08:00 and 08:15 hours, we will pick you up from your hotel to begin the guided excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Visit to the picturesque town of Pisac and its colorful Craft Fair. At noon we will have a buffet lunch in a tourist restaurant. Then we headed to the town and fortress of Ollantaytambo, built to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasions by the inhabitants of the jungle. We will have the opportunity to walk through the streets of the town and thus have a clear idea of ​​what this military, religious and cultural center was like during the Inca Empire.

Where the remains of the royal estate of Túpac Inca Yupanqui are located. You will admire its well-preserved Inca Wall in the main square and visit the beautiful colonial temple with interesting frescoes in the porch, built on the bases of an Inca building. Overnight in Cusco.

After breakfast at your hotel, and approximately between 10:00 a.m., we will pick you up from your hotel to transfer you to the Ollantaytambo train station; There we will board the train to the town of Aguas Calientes, where our representative will be waiting to accommodate you at the chosen hotel. At night at approximately 8:00 p.m., our guide will place you at your hotel to give you instructions for the next day's tour. Overnight in Aguas Calientes.

At 05:30 a.m. we will take the bus to ascend 400 meters high; along a zigzagging path for 30 minutes until we reach the incredible wonder of the world “The Sanctuary of Machupicchu”, known as “The Lost City of the Incas”, where we can enjoy the sunrise in Machupicchu.

We will begin our guided excursion, visiting the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sundial, the royal rooms, the temple of the Three Windows and the cemeteries; The tour lasts approximately two hours. Then you will be given free time to take a walk around the citadel. Immediately we will take the bus to the town of Aguas Calientes, where you can have lunch in one of the various restaurants in the town. In the afternoon we will take the train back to the town of Poroy, (depending on the departure time of your train) and when you arrive at the train station, we will be waiting to transfer you. Overnight in Cusco.

Breakfast at the Hotel. Start of the Tour 08:30 hours, to head to the town of Maras, passing through very typical towns and beautiful landscapes. MARAS: Located in Urubamba at 3,300 meters above sea level, from there you can see the Vilcanota mountain range and the snow-capped peaks: “El Chikón” (5,530 meters above sea level), “La Verónica” (5,682 meters above sea level).

It is located about 7 km southwest of Maras and 53 km from Cusco with an altitude of 3,385 meters above sea level; It is a unique archaeological group of its kind in the region. These are gigantic natural holes that were used by the Incas who built terraces or agricultural platforms with their respective irrigation channels, it is therefore a prototype of a greenhouse, the largest hole has a depth of 150 meters and the average height of the platforms is 1.80 meters, between each of them.

Located northwest of the town of Maras, they are made up of about 2,000 small wells, which were already exploited since the Inca era as a means of economic exchange and continue to be exploited by the locals. They indicate that the mountain has salt mines inside, a spring of salt water that emanates from said mountain, used during the dry season to fill the wells in the form of "irrigation" every 3 days with salt water for a month, so that it gradually solidifies, subsequently there is the process for consumption in the region. Overnight in Cusco.

Breakfast at the hotel. Free morning to continue getting to know the beautiful imperial city, until the time of your transfer to the Cusco airport for your trip to the city of Origin.