Cusco Sacred Valley and Machupicchu 6 Days and 5 Nights

Cusco Sacred Valley and Machupicchu 6 Days and 5 Nights

Visit the highlights of:
- Cusco: Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman, kenko, Puca Pucara & Tambomachay
- Sacred Valley: Pisac Market & Ruins, Ollantaytambo 
- Machupicchu & Huaynapicchu or Montana Machupicchu
- Small group tour: No more than 16 people
- Private guide for Machupicchu
- Departures: Everyday
- Duration: 6 days & 5 nights

ITINERARY:

Meals Included: B= Breakfast L=Lunch BxL=Box Lunch (picnic) D=Dinner

DAY 1: ARRIVING TO CUSCO

DAY 2: CUSCO CITY TOUR: Koricancha, Sacsayhuaman, kenko, Puca Pucara & Tambomachay. (B)

DAY 3: SACRED VALLEY: PISAC RUINS, MARKET & OLLANTAYTAMBO (B, L)

DAY 4: SACRED VALLEY - MACHUPICCHU (B)

DAY 5: MACHUPICCHU – CUSCO: If available also hike to Huaynapicchu or Montana Machupicchu (B)

DAY 6: CUSCO – LIMA (B)

Itinerary

Day 1: DAY 1: ARRIVING TO CUSCO

Stop At: Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, Velasco Astete s/n, Cusco Peru
Upon arrival reception, assistance and transfer to the selected hotel; where you should take a short rest to adjust better to the altitude (11,000 ft a.s.l.)

Note: You are in charge of arriving to Cusco, by plane, train or Bus. Our Services start and finish in Cusco.
Duration: 15 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Recommended Basic Hotels:

CUSCO: Casona les Pleiades, La Posada del Viajero, El Andariego, El Triunfo

Day 2: Cusco City Tour: Provided in the AFTERNOON

Stop At: Centro Historico De Cusco, Cusco 08002 Peru
Free morning to visit the city and its museums: Inca, Preculumbian Art & The Machupicchu Museum.

Afternoon Combined tour; visit the Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay.

Transportation, guide and all the entrance fees are included
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Recommended Basic Hotels:

CUSCO: Casona les Pleiades, La Posada del Viajero, El Andariego, El Triunfo

Day 3: SACRED VALLEY: PISAC RUINS, MARKET & OLLANTAYTAMBO

Stop At: Sacred Valley of the Incas, 0051 Peru
Visit PISAC RUINS, the amazing Inca city that constitutes one of the most important Archaeological Parks in the region. Visit the fine temples, palaces and the well preserved and vast farming terraces; built even as far as the edge of precipices that still keep their straight sometimes vertical aqueducts; an imposing and unforgettable sight that also offers very beautiful landscapes. Visit PISAC the Colonial Village, where you will see the famous "Indian Market" and the handicrafts or "souvenirs" market, this is your chance to enjoy a blend of color, traditions and people, and bargain for exotic craft works.

After Lunch at Urubamba Village, tour to the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in South America, where people are still living in the same houses and palaces as 500 years ago; the ancient Incan town of OLLANTAYTAMBO, with its very impressive constructions built with huge boulders and its ancient heritage that will leave us astonished. Overnight Ollantaytambo.

Transportation, Lunch, guide and all the entrance fees are included
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: You have to pay for the cold drinks
Accommodation included: Overnight at Recommended Basic Hotels:

SACRED VALLEY: Sol Ollantay, Sol Natura, Intitambo, Samanapaq

Day 4: SACRED VALLEY - MACHUPICCHU

Stop At: Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu Peru
Train ride to Aguas Calientes town (1 1/2 hours), bus ride to Machupicchu (1/2 hour)and private guided visit (2 1/2 hours) of the "Holy City of the Incas", the highlight of any trip to South America. Overnight Aguas Calientes.

Optional visit of the hot springs (tickets not included)

Transportation, Train & bus tickets, guide and all the entrance fees are included
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Recommended Basic Hotels:

AGUAS CALIENTES/MACHUPICCHU: Andino, Flower's House, Killa Inn, Pequena Casita

Day 5: MACHUPICCHU – HUAYNAPICCHU - CUSCO

Stop At: Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu Peru
On your own, early visit of Machupicchu; to spot the amazing sun rise and take the optional short hikes to Huaynapicchu Peak (2 hours) & the temple of the Moon, to the Sun gate (2 hours) or Montana Machupicchu (3 hours) and the Inca Bridge (1 hour). Afternoon return to Ollantaytambo by train (1 1/2 hours) and transfer by bus to the hotel in Cusco (1 1/2 hours).

Note: If you are interested in climbing to Huaynapicchu or Montana Machupicchu the entrance fees are Included but you have to let us know in advance, we must buy tickets ASAP, there is a short limit per day.

Transportation, Train & bus tickets and all the entrance fees are included
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Recommended Basic Hotels:

CUSCO: Tierra Viva hotels: Saphi, San Blas or Centro

Day 6: CUSCO – LIMA

Stop At: Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport, Velasco Astete s/n, Cusco Peru
At convenient time; transfer to the airport for departure flight
Duration: 15 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.