DAY 1
CITY TOUR CUSCO
You will have the morning to spend at your leisure. You may want to take some time to acclimatize to the altitude or you can explore some of Cusco’s attractions, such as the traditional San Pedro market, the bohemian neighborhood of San Blas or one of the city’s many museums. Right after lunch, we will begin our city tour of Cusco, between 13:00h and 13:20h. First, we will visit the Cusco Cathedral, located in the Plaza de Armas. Then, our tour will continue to Qorikancha (The Temple of the Sun), as well as to several of the city’s impressive archaeological ruins, such as Sacsaywaman, Qenqo, Pukapukara and Tambomachay. Our tour will end at the main square. At this point, you may wish to enjoy a tasty dinner at one of the many nearby restaurants. Alternatively, we can arrange to drop you off at your hotel. Just let your guide know what you are in the mood for.
MEALS: None
OVERNIGHT: Cusco
DAY 2
HUMANTAY LAGOON
Early in the morning at approximately 05:00 am we start with the tour that takes approximately 2 hours from the lodge to the town of Mollepata from where we will start at approximately 07:30 am with a local breakfast and indications of the guide to later start the hike for approximately 1: 30 minutes from where we will enjoy the unique landscape that has our snowy Humantay and its Turquoise lagoon of the same name , we will have approximately 30 minutes to rest and take the magnificent Photos , then we proceed back for 1:30 hours more to the starting point in Mollepata where we will have the typical lunch to then return to Cusco.
MELAS: Breakfast and lunch
OVERNIGHT: Cusco.
DAY 3
SACRED VALLEY
On this beautiful day we will start our tour very early in the morning, approximately at 7:30 am, with the pick up of our passengers from their respective hotels, we will start the tour, we will visit the most important archaeological centers of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, (Pisaq, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero) and in the town of Urubamba where we will have our buffet lunch.
Once finished the tour in Ollantaytambo, we must go to the train station where our train will depart, we will arrive in approximately 2 hours to the town of AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHUPICCHU, where we will be greeted by a staff of the agency that will transfer us on foot to our designated accommodation.
MEALS: Breakfast and lunch
OVERNIGHT: Aguas Calientes
DAY 4
MACHU PICCHU
Today is the day! Our transportation will pick you up and take you to the train station where you will board a train to Aguas Calientes . Once you arrive in Aguas Calientes, your private tour guide will welcome you and give you last minute information before starting a tour of Machu Picchu . Then we will take a bus up the mountain. This bus ride takes about 25 minutes and follows a winding slope with beautiful views. Upon arrival, we will check in at the entrance gate of Machu Picchu before beginning your long awaited tour of the sacred Inca citadel. This tour will last about 2 hours. We will experience the mysteries and magic of the sacred Inca citadel of Machu Picchu by visiting the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sundial, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of the Three Windows and several cemeteries. When the tour is over, we will be served a nice lunch in a cozy restaurant. Your return to Cusco will be by train. At the train station of your arrival, our staff will be waiting for you to accompany you to your hotel in Cusco.
MEALS: Breakfast.
OVERNIGHT: Cusco.
DAY 5
TOUR OF THE SOUTH VALLEY
Beginning of the tour: 8:30 a.m. pick up at the hotel to start the tour to Tipon.
Visit Tipon, a marvel of Inca hydraulic engineering. Its fountains and canals, more than 500 years old, continue to transport water and captivate the world.
Walk through Piquillacta, an impressive Wari city with buildings up to 3 stories high.
And to top it all off, visit the Sistine Chapel of America, the San Pedro de Andahuaylillas Church, the most beautiful example of religious art in Peru.
You will start your return to Cusco with the possibility to stop in Saylla for lunch (lunch cost not included in the tour).
End of the tour: 2:00 p.m. at the main square or at a fenced point to be defined.
MEALS: Breakfast.
OVERNIGHT: Cusco.
DAY 6
MARAS SALT PANS – MORAY
The tour will begin in the morning, approximately at 07:30 am. We will start this tour that will take us for approximately 01 hours from our lodging to the town of Maras, which is a town located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We will appreciate its square and its colorful streets, then we will move to the terraces of Maras and observe its architecture and its ecological floors that are very peculiar in the form of circles that are descending in an original way, then we will visit the salt mines of Maras. We will have approx. 30 min. to take pictures in each place and then we will be picked up by a transport to take us back to the city of Cusco at approx. 1pm.
MEALS: Desayuno.
OVERNIGHT: Cusco.
DAY 7
RAINBOW MOUNTAIN
Very early in the morning, approximately 05:00 am. We will begin this journey that will take us for an approximate of 03 hours from our lodging to the locality of Pitumarca, from where we will begin approximately at 08:00 am, with a breakfast and indications of our professional guide in tourism, to later give beginning with our walk for an approximate of 2 hours, of where we will enjoy a unique landscape beauty in the world, beauty that we have thanks to the mountain range of the Andes, once in the mountain of colors, we have of approximately 1. 30 minutes to rest and take pictures, and then proceed to return for 2 more hours to the town of Pitumarca where we will have our lunch, and then return to Cusco.
MEALS: Breakfast and lunch.
OVERNIGHT: Cusco.
DAY 8
END OF SERVICES
Early in the morning we will make your transfer to the airport in Cusco, 02 hours before, until there we will accompany you to say goodbye and see that everything is okay. Finally we appreciate that you have allowed us to be part of your adventure in Peru thanking you can share your experience by tripadvisor or Facebook with more travelers so we can reach many other tourists who want to have a great adventure.
MEALS: Breakfast.
