SACRED VALLEY AND MACHUPICCHU 5D

This is the best circuit for people who have problems with height. When you arrive in Cusco will be transfered to Sacred Valley (located 2400 meters above sea level), this avoiding evil feel high or “Soroche” which is more likely to stay overnight in Cusco sits the first night (located at 3340 m).

Along the way to the Valley, you can enjoy the scenery of the Vilcanota River. Then you would have a full day visit to Machu Picchu, and then return to Cusco for a guided tour of the city and ruins, the next day.

Day 01: Reception at Cusco / Sacred Valley

Reception and assistance at the airport of Cusco “General Velasco Astete”. At the airport of Cusco, a private driver will wait for you, who will make your trip to the Sacred Valley. We recommend arriving at the Cusco between 10 to 11 in the morning than to enjoy your trip to the Sacred Valley. Traveling via the beautiful temple Sacsayhuaman Inca. They say that Cusco is built in the shape of a puma and that this ruin is the head of the puma. Then go through Pisac, and make a stop at a typical Indian market that takes place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, you can experience the customs of its people in a typical Indian market. (The Sunday Mass is celebrated in Quechua, the native language). Continuing the tour, visit the Fortress and Citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasion from the tribes of the forest, consists of a series of superimposed terraces. We will have the opportunity to walk through the narrow streets and get a clear idea of what this strategic military, religious and cultural during the Inca Empire. (City Sacred Valley).

Day 2: Sacred Valley / Machu Picchu / Aguas Calientes

Early morning transfer to Ollantaytambo train station for a journey of 1 ½ hours to the Citadel of Machu Picchu, known as “The Lost City of the Incas”. Get off the train at the station in Aguas Calientes to take the bus to take us on a journey of 30 minutes by a zigzag path to the marvelous Citadel. Upon arrival, guided tour of the Citadel, visiting the Main Square, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sun Dial, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of Three Windows and various burial grounds. Free time to stroll around the citadel. You take the bus back to Aguas Calientes and from there, your train to the Sacred Valley. (City Sacred Valley).

Day 3: Sacred Valley / Cusco

After breakfast, your chauffeur will pick you up from your hotel to return to Cusco via another route, as wonderful as the first. Visit the salt mines with great views, the ruins of Maras and Moray, then visit the picturesque Andean village of Chinchero where the remains of the royal hacienda of Tupac Inca Yupanqui. Admire its well preserved Inca Wall in the main square, visit the beautiful colonial temple with interesting frescoes on the portico, built on the foundations of an Inca building. Your driver will stop at your hotel in Cusco. (Lodging Cusco).

Day 4: Cusco

Enjoy leisurely breakfast and then visit the narrow streets of Cusco. In the afternoon, to undertake a visit to the city of Cuzco visiting the Main Square, the Cathedral and the Temple of the Sun or Korikancha, take a pleasant walk in the bohemian district of San Blas, home of the most renowned artists and craftsmen of Cusco, visit its beautiful church beautiful with an impressive pulpit, a filigree work in wood representing the fruits of the region and visit some of the workshops of the craftsmen who are located in its small Main Square. At the back, pass by the street where you will appreciate Hatunrumiyoc the Stone of Twelve Angles. Continue out of town to visit the Inca sites of Kenko, Tambomachay, Puca Pucara and the impressive Fortress of Sacsayhuaman, strategically built on a hill overlooking Cusco, famous for its enormous carved stones joined with astounding precision to form the outer walls. Some of them standing over 9 m in height and weighing over 350 tons. (Lodging Cusco).