The Inka Sites & Machupicchu; it is the best option for those people who wants to know the culture and history this tour is especially popular for discovering more of the local Inkan building, visiting interesting ruins, and also offering good Peruvian food for lunch and a stop in one of the largest markets of the area. The valley is at a lower altitude from Cusco city, and offers impressive panoramic views from the Pisac look-out point and last day you will arrive to the beautiful Lost City of the Inkas Machu Picchu. Also you will have a nice feeling of welcome and you cannot describe the greatness how they built this big City that you will find well conserved from times long past.
Trip Overview
- Code: ISA LLAQTA-60
- Type: Historic, Archeological, ecological and Cultural
- Sites to Visit: Cathedral, Qorikancha, Saqsaywaman, Qenqo, Pukapukara, Tambomachay, Pisaq, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Aguas Calientes town and Machupicchu.
- Days of Departure: Every day
- Months of Operation: All year
- Tour Duration: 4Days 3Nights
ITINERARY
DAY 1.- Arrival and Transfer from Airport – HTL in CUSCO
Upon arrival reception, assistance and transfer to the hotel. Visitors should rest in order to adjust to the altitude.
13.30 PM CITY TOUR + 4 RUINS
In the afternoon we pick you up at your hotel around 13:20 pm in our touristic transportation to visit the archaeological complex of Qoricancha (also knowns as the Sun Temple), later the Cusco Cathedral which was constructed over the grand Inca palace of Wiracocha. Later we tour four ruins outside of Cusco known as Saqsayhuaman (the real Sun House) with enormous rocks that were formed and assembled to fit together precisely. Some of the rocks are over 9 meters in height and weigh over 350 tonnes. We also see Q’enqo (once an astrological observation center), Pukapukara (military, vigilance and administrative center that once controlled entrance to the Inca Trail) and Tambomachay (Temple of Water) featuring aquaducts and water chanels built by the Incas).
Return to hotel around 6:20pm – about a 4 hour tour
DAY 2.- SACRED VALLEY EXCURSION (B)(L)
(08.00 am pick-up from hotel, return 18.20pm)
After breakfast provided in hotel, we pick you up in our touristic transport between 8:10am – 8:20am and head out to the Sacred Valley of the Inkas. We will have a strategic look-out above the Taray village; see the snow-capped Veronica Mountain and more of the beautiful Valleys along the way. Arriving to Pisac community, we will tour a typical hand-craft market, which was long-ago known as the place to interchange products for many villages in the area. Later, we take a guided tour of the ruins of Pisac, then continue to Urubamba for a buffet lunch. Continuing on our adventure, we stop in Ollantaytambo to see the impressive archaeological complex which includes a unique architecture similar to the Tiahuanaco culture from the South of Peru. Finally, we return to Cusco, taking a stop along the way at Chinchero (Village of the Rainbow) which was an important agricultural center for the Incas and that offers a rich cultural experience. Final transfer to Hotel in Cusco.
DAY 3.- EXCURSION FULL DAY MACHUPICHU (B)
We will pick you up from your hotel early in the morning and travel directly to the train station, takes 4 hours by bus and train to get Aguas Calientes town, once we get there we will walk to the bus station to take the bus up the mountain to the Machu Picchu entrance (about 30 minutes and 400 meters above the Aguas Calientes town), after checking in with original passports or ID at the government control check-point. your guided tour of the citadel then commences, visiting the main plaza, Circular Tower (Torre Circular), Sacred Solar Clock (Sagrado Reloj Solar), the Sacred Quarters, Temple of the Three Windows and the cemeteries, take photos and catch the bus that heads down to Aguas Calientes town (2000m) and finally board the return train and transportation to the hotel arrives approximately 09.30pm.
DAY 4.- TRF OUT CUSCO AIRPORT (B)
Transfer from HOTEL / AIRPORT two hours before the flight, end of Services.
INCLUDED/ NOT INCLUDED
PROGRAM INCLUDES:
- Include, transfer from the Aiport to the Hotel in Cusco round trip
- City Tour Tours : Include touristic ransport, entrance fee to catedral and temple of sun or Qoricancha, entrance fee to 4 ruins Sajsaywaman, Qenqo, Pukapukara, Tambomachay, tour guide English speaking.
- Sacred Valley Tours: Include Transport touristic Bus, entrance fee to Pisac, ollantaytambo and chinchero, tour guide English speaking, buffet lunch in Muña Restaurant
- Machupicchu Full day : Include transfer to the train stations In/Out, Tourism class train Tickets round trip, Bus Up/down to Machupicchu, Entrance fee to Machupicchu, tour guide English speaking
- 3 Night Hotel in Cusco: accommodation in DWB
PROGRAM DOES NOT INCLUDE:
- Meals
- Tips