Cusco Ancient capital of the inca empire or navel of the world , enjoy the magical and impressive mixture of traditions history back in the inca time and learn mysteries and history about a legendary past.with your friendly private tour guide at your own peace and the sacred valley of the incas is a popular destination in Cusco highly prized by the incas .It has rich agricultural lands, breaktaking inca ruins and opportunities to explore the living ancient cultures a place of natural beauty and ancient agricultural terraces. , this valley also known as Vilcanota River considered a great place to acclimatize to the altitude in Cusco.
Availability: every day
Duration of the tour: 4 Days / 3 night
Groups Personalized service: minimum 2 passengers – Maximum 8 passengers
Places to Visit: Cusco¨s cathedral , Temple of the sun (Qorikancha ) Sacsayhuaman , qenqo ,
puka pukara , tambomachay (Water temple) ,Awanacancha (Textile palace), Pisac Market and inca ruins , Ollantaytambo, Salt mines of Maras , Moray (Laboratory of the incas ) Chinchero craft market and colonial temple. Aguas Calientes Town, Machu Picchu inca site : the Main Square, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Solar Clock, the Royal Rooms, the Temple of the Three Windows, the main house of the Inca and the Temple of the Condor.
We will pick you up from your hotel to begin our tour and go to the main square where is the cathedral temple which is a colonial monument of a fabulous artistic value, here you will appreciate old paintings from the Cusquenian art school , choirs, pulpits and altars, following we will walk through an ancestral inca street to get to temple of the sun (Qoricancha) here you will appreciate the combination the building methods of the inca culture and the spanish colonial architecture and that was consider the main worship center of the sun, we will take our private tourist van to go out of cusco to continue our guide tour and visit the sacsayhuaman archaeological site , that used to be a important military complex and sacred ritual ground , the majestic place was constructed with huge block of stone some weighing as much as 120 tons then we will visit qenqo (labyrinth) to see the majestic incas`s altar these are carved rocks and that was used for some type of sacrifice to the sun , moon , stars and gods who were worshipped at that religious place, following we will take 15 minutes driving to Puca Pucara another impressive Inca site known as red fort , military archeological complex that protected access to Cusco and finally we will get to Tambomachay inca site dedicated to worship the water also known as baño de la ñusta, (impressive water fountains) and here you will appreciate an example of the ancient architect¨s ability to harmonize contruccios with landscape then we will back to Cusco to set up you in your hotel
Hotel:Rumipunku
Meals: Not Included
Tickets: Included
Sacred Valley tour start at 8:00 Am, Our tour guide and our driver will pick up you from your hotel , we will take private van heading to Awanakancha (place of weaving which is 30 minutes away from Cusco, Our first stop is entertaining , culturally and friendly place to experience alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos and andean culture afterwards we will continue and stop at lookout (Mirador de Taray ) to enjoy breathtaking views of the Urubamba Sacred Valley then we will visit the traditional and famous Pisac Market where native andean people come down from the mountains to show and sell their product such as vegetables , potatoes , carrot ,textiles (they are weavers too) this market is open for every day and the busiest day is on Sundays we will have guided tour and then we will continue by our private tourist transportation our journey to the Pisac Inka Archeological site which is located on top of Pisac Mountain in the Sacred Valley. This Inka site is a most impressive Inkan complex , here your guide will take you to the most important places and spots to get loads of amazing pictures of the ruins.afterwards we will drive for about 45 minutes through the corn farms , ancient andean houses and amazing landscapes to reach Urubamba, here we will stop for lunch. buffet-style and all fresh and cooked the same day. After lunch we will drive for about 30 ,minutes to Ollantaytambo, where you find Inka monoliths on the top of the mountain and many inka stones that were taken from 4 km away.the tour guide will lead you to the Temple of the 10 Niches temple of the Sun and Moon, you will learn about this living Inka town and you will be spending the night in Ollantaytambo so your guide will set you up in your hotel where you can relax a little bit before dinner.
Hotel: Sol Natura
Meals: Not Included
Tickets: Included
After breakfast we will drive to visit the Salineras of Maras , a huge salt mine which was used in the pre-colonial times. Water rising from a subterranean stream is channelled through pools where it evaporates and leaves behind pure salt crystals.You will be able to see more than 3000 evaporation chambers/salt pools which they still use to process the salt and provide for the entire Cusco region, Once you are done Salt Mines of Maras, you will visit Moray Inca ruins and the amazing Inca Laboratory series of terrace circles set into the ground that were once used by the incas . This is where they learned about the different microclimates of the region, as from the bottom to the top the temperature varies and they developed many different strains of produce here. Finally on you we visit Chincheros small andean village. here we will enjoy are breaktaking views of the Sacred Valley Vilcabamba range and the snow capped Salkantay mountain . Chinchero known as mythical birthplace of the rainbow.there is a traditional Market which is less crowded that the Market at pisac if you would like there are a small textile center where the andeana native people make a demonstration how to make a natural sweaters , Gloves , scarf from Alpaca Wool afterwards we will get to visit the famous catholic church, which was built over the Inca palace. then we will come back to Ollantaytambo to board our tourist class train ,the train departs at 7:00 pm, following the Urubamba sacred river through the sacred valley of the incas and then we will enter a subtropical area and reach the town of Machu Picchu Aguas Calientes (2000 m/6000 ft) your guide will set you up in your hotel where you can relax
Hotel: La Cabaña
Meals: Not Included
Tickets: Included
Earlier in the morning after the breakfast your tour guide will take you to the bus station ,we are planning to take the first bus at 5:30 am to ascend 400 meters on zigzag road for 30 minutes to appreciate the majestic sunrise over the lost city – Machu Picchu
Upon our arrival to Machu Picchu we will pass the checkpoint where we will deliver our entrances tickets and show our passport to begin our guided tour visiting the main sites of Machu Picchu City : The Main Square , the Circular Tower , The Sacred Solar Clock , the royal rooms , The temple of the three windows , The main house of the inca , the cemeteries and temple of the condor , for 2 hours and half if you booked the mountain Huayna Picchu or Machupicchu Mountain the tour guide will show you the starting point to start the next adventure then we will descend by bus to Aguas Calientes village
In the afternoon we will take the tourist class train back at 4:22 pm ( you must be at platform at least 30 minutes before ) to Ollantaytambo , upon your arrival we will be waiting holding a sign with your names and return in our private tourist van to Cusco City and drop off in your hotel. Arrival time 8:00 pm
Meals: breakfast at the hotel
Tickets: included
What else to say about this beautiful, historic and amazing place. We hiked up the Wayna piccu to get an overlook on the maccu piccu and where lucky. It was absolutely breathtaking!
Our trip in May was my second to Cusco and the first one for my friend. I already had in mind to visit WaynaPicchu since I couldn’t do it in my first trip (my kids were too small for such a hike) and it was more than I expected. Maybe it was the anticipation, or maybe it was the hour hike it took to get there…
It was an awesome climb! And it was Not near as physically challenging as the four day Inca Trail. Looks intimidating but it was fairly safe for a 60+ year old (that is in good physical shape). It took my wife & I about 30 to 40 minutes to climb. It had steel cable handrails along the mountain side for many parts of the climb. You should be acclimated to the elevation prior to climbing. And train on hikes and/or stair master. Spectacular views. Worth the climb and price.
