Sacred Cusco 7D/6N

Short Itinerary

(DAY 1)City Tour: We will start from 12:40 to 13:00 and visit (Sacsayhuamán+Qenco+Pukapukara+Tambomachay), Qoricancha temple and the Cathedral.

(DAY 2)Sacred Valley: We will start from 08:00 to 08:20 and visit 2 archaeological groups: Pisaq and Ollantaytambo, we will finish at the train station.

(DAY 3)Machu Picchu: One of the 7 wonders of the modern world, we will visit circuit 2, 1 or 3 (depends on availability and preference of the passenger).

(DAY 4)Maras & Moray: We will start from 08:20 to 08:40 and visit the Moray greenhouse and salt mines of Maras and a textile center in Chinchero.

(DAY 5)Rainbow Mountain (Vininkunka): We start from 04:00 to 04:30, we will visit the second place in popularity in Cusco located about 5100 m a.s.l.

(DAY 6)Humantay Lake: We start from 04:30 to 05:00, we will visit a lagoon with green, blue colors, located on the 4200 m a.s.l.

(DAY 7)See you Cusco: transfer to the airport or Terrapuerto as agreed before.

Itinerary

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN CUSCO – CITY TOUR

We will start this day with your pick-up from the airport or the land terminal in the direction of your accommodation in Cusco. Upon arrival at the airport, our representative will be waiting for you with a small sign with their names to welcome you and accompany you to your accommodation, there you can relax and get used to the weather. It is recommended to take mate de coca when arriving in the city.

After a short rest, in the afternoon 1 pm approx. our transport will pick you up from your accommodation near the historic center, we will start our tour in one of the most important places of colonial culture:

• The Cathedral of Cusco, with more than 300 works of art of the Cusqueña school. Later, we will visit the main Inca temple of the city of Cusco.
• Qoricancha, known as the temple of the sun, where we can appreciate the constructions of the Inca elite as a temple to lightning, rainbows, moon, stars and the sun.
• 4 Ruins, after our visit, we will go by bus to the north of Cusco, where we can appreciate. four archaeological sites: the first is Sacsayhuamán, one of the Inca constructions made of megalithic stones, the next place we will visit is Qenco, an enigmatic underground temple, we will follow Puka Pukara, also known as the red fortress, an important Inca control center, finally we will visit Tambomachay an ancient temple dedicated to the cult of water, to end this day we will make a stop in a textile factory where we will appreciate the different types of auquénidos between flames and alpacas as we will see how wool is worked since Inca times, we will finish near the main termon of the historical center of Cusco, in the San Francisco square or rejoicing.

DAY 2: SACRED VALLEY EXCURSION – TRAIN TO AGUAS CALIENTES.

In the morning, between 08:00 and 08:20 am we will start our journey, this time towards the Sacred Valley. the pick up will be from your lodging in the historical center of the cisco or from the main square (agreed previously), we will first visit the textile market of Qorao, where we can appreciate the handmade products of its inhabitants.

• Pisaq: Later, we will arrive at the village of Pisaq, where we will visit part of its traditional market and a silverware factory where we will have a great explanation about this metal and its importance, rather than just jewelry for the Incas, We will also visit the Inca metropolis of Pisaq where we will appreciate the archaeological group with its necropolis.
• Urubamba: on the way to our next stop we will make a time out in the beautiful village of Urubamba to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch.
• Ollantaytambo: Our next visit will be Ollantaytambo, an archaeological group with temples in the mountain that preserves the original Inca streets.
• Train station: To finish our tour, we will head to the train station to board the Expedition train to Aguas Calientes, the village located at the base of Machu Picchu. Upon our arrival, our representative will be waiting for you with a small sign with their names written to take you to your lodging in Machu Picchu village.

In the evening his guide will go to the lobby of the lodging in Aguas Calientes to give them an explanation of how they will visit the next day the world wonder of Machu Picchu.

DAY 3: MACHUPICCHU EXCURSION

Early in the morning, after breakfast, we will go to the citadel of Machu Picchu. For which we will take the bus that goes up to the archaeological group, when arriving, we will be able to perceive the aroma and energy that emanates from this magical place. We will take a guided tour of approximately 2 hours, visiting the most important places, such as the Condor Temple, the Temple of Windows, among other important places.

Then, we will take the bus back to the town of Aguas Calientes where you can have lunch and wait for the train back to Ollantaytambo; we must be 30 minutes before departure time (schedules are subject to availability). Upon arrival, our representative will be waiting for us with our names written in a small sign to take us by car back to the city of Cusco, the transport will leave them in the avenue sun from where our private mobility will pick them up to take them to their lodging.

DAY 4: EXCURSION TO MARAS AND MORAY

• Textile Factory in Chinchero: Pick up your accommodation in the historic center or main square of Cusco between 08:20 and 08:40, our bus will take you first to the Chinchero village where you will visit a textile factory of alpaca where you will learn how since Inca times natural dye with minerals, plants and insects the Inca tissues, after this demonstration we will return to the transport and continue to the town of Maras where we will be able to observe the majestic snowy Veronica and Chicón.
• Invernadero de Moray: Later we will arrive at the archaeological site of Moray, where we can appreciate the circular terraces where the Incas cultivated different types of plants and vegetables.
• Salineras de Maras: Finally, we will visit the Salineras de Maras with more than 3500 natural pools of salt. We will see how the inhabitants of Maras extract the salt, as well as the procedures that follow for it, and we will also enjoy the wonderful landscape in the Sacred Valley, we can also buy the different products made from this pink salt.

We will return to Cusco and finish close to the main square of the historic center of Cusco, in San Francisco square or rejoicing.

DAY 5: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN

We will leave Cusco around 4:00 am to 4:30 am depending on the location of the hotel, passing through the towns of Urcos, Cusipata (1:30 hours approx.), we will arrive at the restaurant where we will enjoy a nutritious breakfast which will last approximately 40 minutes.

We will continue our journey in mobility for approximately 1 hour 30 minutes more to the starting point of the hike, the community of Phulawasipata (approx. 10:00 a.m.). We will start our walk at the foot of the Ausangate, with an ascent of 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Approximately until reaching the highest point where the viewpoint is located, we will be able to appreciate the Rainbow Mountain, during this tour we will have the opportunity to see the different varieties of South American camelids as well as the flora of the place, arriving at the Rainbow Mountain we will have time to take photographs of this enigmatic place for approximately 20 minutes.

Later we will continue our descent walk of 1:00 hour approximately arriving to the point where we start our walk where our mobility awaits us to go to the restaurant in Cusipata where our delicious lunch awaits us we will have 1 hour to finally return to the city of Cusco where we will be approximately 4:30 to 5:00 pm, our mobility will leave us close to the main square of Cusco, in the square san francisco or rejoicing.

DAY 6: HUMANTAY LAGOON

We start in the morning to pick you up from your hotel between 4:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Then we drive for about 2 hours. A Mollepata (2900 m a.s.l.) located to the north of the Cusco region, where we will have a delicious breakfast, then continue in the car for 1 hour until Soraypampa (3900 m a.s.l.) where we will prepare for the walk. Then we start our walk towards the Humantay lagoon (4200 m a.s.l.) We climb 300 mt uphill, it will take us about 1 hour.

Here we will enjoy the view of the Humantay Glacier (5450m a.s.l.), located in the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Andes, enjoying this lake after we will return to Soraypampa where we will explore the area, we will walk to see the Salkantay trail and the Salkantay mountain (6251m a.s.l.) the second highest mountain in the Cusco region.

Then we will have a buffet lunch to then return to our vehicle that will take us back to Cusco and leave us close to the main square of Cusco, in the square san francisco or rejoicing.

• DAY 7: SEE YOU LATER CUSCO!!!

After breakfast at your hotel, our shuttle will pick you up to take you to the airport to take your flight back to Lima or to the land terminal to continue your next trip (as previously agreed).