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Cusco & Machu Picchu Tour

Cusco & Machu Picchu Tour

During tours to Cusco and Machu Picchu you learn more about this mix of two different cultures, which evidence can be found in then Inca capital and surrounding areas as well as the City tour. 

This Machu Picchu tour from Cusco have an enormous value and interest in itself as a tourist destination. Visitors to Cusco come from all over the world and not only on the way to Machu Picchu, but also to enjoy the many charms, history and magic so particular that the city has.

First day will have time to do the City Tour in Cusco, that will take you to visit some of the most beautiful places in Cusco, among these is one of the most enigmatic places on the planet; there is no person who sees the amazing strength of Sacsayhuaman and is not stunned.

During the second day you will visit the Sacred Valley of the Incas, appreciate Pisac, Ollantaytambo and the traditional Pisac Market.

Finally, we visit Machu Picchu Cusco, where we can eplore the site, goign to the crafting houses where is possible purchase some remainders or maybe visit the market of the place for take a food before arrive to the ruins from there.was considered as the capital of the Inca Empire! The Incas also called it the "navel of the world". Its constructions were based on perfectly fitted stones.

 

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Quick Itinerary:

Day 01: Cusco / City Tour

Day 02: Visit Sacred Valley Peru 
Day 03: Machu Picchu Cusco

Day 04: Departure Day

 

Highlights of the tour:

  • Walk around the capital of the Incas Cusco
  • Visit the Sacred Valley of the Incas 
  • Guided tour of Machu Picchu Cusco
  • Discover the tradicional Pisac market and the colonial towns
  • Enjoy the beatiful lanscapes through to the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu Cusco
  • Explorer the lost city of the Incas

Crew: A Inca Trail Machu Representative and profesional bilingual Tour Guide.

Accommodation: Hotel *** (3 Nights).

Meals: 3x breakfast, 1x buffet lunch.

Transportation: Tourist bus, a train trip from Cusco to Machu Picchu and back (The Voyager), private transportation by van.

 

Interesting Information

 

Day 01: Cusco City Tour
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All of our 4 day Machu Picchu tours starts when you arrive to Cusco. One of our representative will be waiting for you at the Cusco´s airport, holding a sheet with your name. The rest of the morning is free so you can relax, have some coca tea (a natural tea of coca leaves and the best tool against altitude sickness) or just walk around the city´s centre and visit some Colonial churches and ancient streets. 

 

In the afternoon, your tour guide picks you up from your hotel and takes you onto the tour of Cusco City starting with a visit of the Cathedral located on the main square. Then, you visit Qoricancha - the golden temple of the Incas that was once the main temple of the Incan Empire and it was dedicated to the god of Sun! After that, we continue by our bus outside of the city visiting the huge Incan fortress of Sacsayhuaman. There are some magnificent Inca´s walls made up of huge and impressive stones weighing up to 130 tons. The stones fit together with an absolute peferction! Three of these walls run parallel to over 360 m. There are 21 bastions in the fortress. 
 
Later on, we continue to a nearby Incan labyrinth and a ceremonial site - Qenqo. After our tour guide has explained us about this enigmatic site, we board our bus to continue to the red fortress of Puca Pucara. Our last stop is in Tambomachay - a water temple of the Incas.
  
Finally, we are taken back to our hotel in Cusco to overnight.

Day 02: Visit Sacred Valley Peru
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Today the guide picks you up from the hotel in the morning to visit Sacred Valley Peru that was an important source of food to the Incas. The Sacred Valley is a lush agricultural region that keeps supplying the Cusco City with lots of its production. We visit the majestic ruins of Pisaq as well as its current famous handicraft market. Then, we stop in Urubamba, considered to be the capital of the valley, to have a buffet lunch offering Andean cuisine. Afterwards, we continue to the picturesque town of Ollantaytambo with its Incan fortress. The town and the fortress are strategically situated overlooking the beautiful Urubamba River Valley. The fortress is known as the best surviving example of Inca´s urban planning and engineering! It is admired for its huge steep terraces guarding the fortress as well as for being one of the few places where Spaniards lost a major battle during their conquest.

In the evening, we take a train from Cusco to Machu Picchu tour. We spend the night in this small town before heading Machu Picchu.

 

Day 03: Machu Picchu - Cusco
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In the morning, we get ready for the tour Cusco to Machu Picchu!! First off, we get on a shuttle bus that let us just in front of the entrance to this historic and spiritual centre of the Incas. There, we enter and start our guided tour, during which our tour guide introduces us to its history, absolute location of Machu Picchu and describes us each part of the "Lost City of the Incas". 

 

Machu Picchu is both, the best and the least known site of the Incas as it is not mentioned in any Spanish conquistador´s chronicle so that contemporary archaeologists can not do anything more than just speculate on its functions. Local Quechua farmers had known about Machu Picchu Cusco for centuries before an 11-year-old boy showed the American historian Hiram Bingham (who was in search of Vilcabamba) this site on the 24th of July 1911. At that time, all the rest of the world became aware of its existence. However, the site was covered with thick vegetation so Hiram Bingham along with his team returned and within the years of 1912 and 1915 cleared its surface. Over the years, plenty of work has been done on excavating and studying the site. Despite these efforts, many unanswered questions have remain.

 

Afterwards, we are given an opportunity to hike the peak of Huayna Picchu to observe the Incan citadel from another perspective.


In the afternoon, we return by train to Ollantaytambo, from where we are taken by van back to Cusco. 

 

Day 04: Departure Day
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After the 3 day machu picchu tours, this day our transfer will pick you up from your hotel to transfer you back to the Cusco´s airport. Nevertheless, you can still extend your trip. To do so, please check our tailor made section or choose another of our tours.

Please note:
 a return flight to Lima can be arranged upon request.

Included
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  • Transfer from/to the Cusco's airport at arrival and departure.
  • Accommodation: 3* hotel (3 nights).
  • All entrance fees according to the Cusco to Machu Picchu tours itinerary.
  • Professional bilingual tour guide fro each day.
  • Meals: 3x breakfast, 1x buffet lunch (when visit Sacred Valley Peru).
  • Transport by a private van during the tours and local transfers.
  • A tourist train trip in Machu Picchu tours from Cusco and back (The Voyager or Expedition).
  • A shuttle bus Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - a round trip. 
  • Private transportation from Ollantaytambo to hotel in Cusco.

 

Not Included
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  • Pre & post tour accommodation,
  • International and local flights nor airport departure taxes,
  • Meals not mentioned,
  • Travel insurance for Cusco and Machu Picchu tours
  • Tips and baggage portage (please note: it is a custom to give tips in Peru, however, it is not obligatory),
  • Other extras not mentioned in tours from Cusco to Machu Picchu.

Meals budget: Please allow USD 20 - 30 for meals not included.
Single room: Please note that if you have booked the "Single Room" option for this tour, you receive your own single room for all overnights.
Local flights: No flight is included in the cost of Cusco Machu Picchu tours!

 

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