Main Info
Itinerary
A.M.
Reception at the airport, transfer to the hotel, short break
Optional Lunch
P.M
We begin our tour in the city of Cusco visiting the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara and Tambomachay emblematic representations of the Inca Culture. Then we will visit the Plaza de Armas and the Temple of the Cathedral (exquisite samples of colonial and republican architecture). In the same way we will have the opportunity to know the Temple of the Sun or fabulous Qorikancha by the high Inca architectural precision.
AM, PM
This day we will visit the archaeological and typical market of Pisaq located in the town of Pisaq where formerly bartering operations were carried out and today the most varied of handicrafts from Piseña and Cusco are concentrated. Continuing our journey we arrive Urubamba whose city hosts a variety of Andean tourist restaurants. Next we will visit the archaeological park of Ollantaytambo, a site used as a fortification when the Inca civil wars were carried out, among its constructions stands out the Temple of the Sun, built with stone of 3 meters high. Afterwards, you will be transferred to the ollantaytambo train station, where you will board the train to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town).
Optional dinner
AM, PM:
The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. It is located at a distance of 120 km (75 miles) from the city of Cusco in the Urubamba Valley, Machupicchu rises at an altitude of 2,400 meters (7,900 feet) above sea level between the Huaynapicchu (young mountain) and the Machu Picchu (old mountain), covered with lush vegetation in the high jungle, participating in a spectacular scenery, for its importance and beauty is considered one of the wonders of the world, after the guided tour we will board the bus that will take us return to the town of Aguas calientes.
Optional lunch
In the afternoon at approximately 4:00 p.m. We will board the train to return to the train station of Poroy "Cusco" where our vehicle unit will be waiting for the respective transfer to your hotel in the city of Cusco.
OPTION 1: Maras, Moray
Excursion to the Salinera de Maras, set of salt ponds used by the Incas that is currently exploited by the peasants of the area, a short distance we can visit the archaeological center of Moray consisting of several groups of platforms in concentric platforms its function It was agricultural.
Optional lunch
Return to the city of Cusco and free afternoon
OPTION 2: Tipon, Pikillacta, Andahuaylillas
A.M
Excursion to the archaeological complex of Tipon, where water was worshiped, contains enclosures, terraces, platforms, irrigation works. Then we went to the architectural complex of Pikillacta, built during the heyday of the Wari culture, Pikillacta or city of fleas is perhaps the largest pre-Inca city in the region, a few kilometers we can visit Andahuaylillas where we visit the church, which is called the Sistine of America for housing paintings of the Cusco school and fine finishes in gold leaf inside the church.
Optional lunch
Return to the city of Cusco and free afternoon.
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