Duration

1

Altitude

Physical level

low

Overview

If you have some days in Cusco and still do not know how to manage your days for your adventure, this tour may interest you, our tour of 5 days and 4 nights will take you from the city of Cusco to Machu Picchu itself and other attractions that you should not miss. We really like this tour, visiting rainbow mountain, sacred valley

Itinerary

DAY 1: AIRPORT CUSCO - CITY TOUR

Depending on the time of your arrival we will wait for you at the airport to then take you to your respective hotel, it will take time to acclimatize and become familiar with the city of Cusco, in the afternoon we will pick you up from your hotel to start the City Tour, a tour that will help you a lot to know the city and some Inca ruins around, the places to visit are as follows:

  • Koricancha
  • Sacsayhuaman
  • Kenko
  • Pukapukara
  • Tambomachay

Returning to Cusco at approximately 6:30pm at the end of the tour will be left near the Plaza de Armas.

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DAY 2: SACRED VALLEY

This day we will visit the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the perfect place to acclimatize where you will also be able to enjoy the landscape and the views of the snow-capped mountains that will accompany you during the tour,

Our Super Valley tour covers the following places to visit:

  • Archaeological Complex of Chinchero and Exhibition of textiles
  • Archaeological Complex of Moray
  • Las Salineras de Maras
  • Lunch in Urubamba
  • Archaeological Complex of Ollantaytambo
  • Archaeological Complex of Pisac and the artisan Market of Pisaq

we will return to the city of Cusco at 7 pm approximately.

We offer a possibility to skip Pisac and stay in Ollantaytambo, where the train to Machu Picchu starts on the next day.

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DAY 3: MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO

Very early in the morning at 3:45 am we will transfer to Ollantaytambo to take the train that will take you to Machu Picchu, it will be 2 hours of trip in bus from Cusco to Ollantaytambo and 2 hours of trip in train to Aguas Calientes where our guide will be waiting for you, we will take the bus with destiny to Machu Picchu and according to our itinerary of visit we will do our tour of 2 hours and a half approximately. After the tour, the guide will give you your return train tickets towards Ollantaytambo. The train will leave between 16:00 and 18:00. Our driver will be waiting to take you back to Cusco.

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DAY 4: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN - RED VALLEY

At approximately 4:00 our transfer guide will pick you up from your hotels (in Cusco) to bring you to the bus that will transfer you to Cusipata. A tasty breakfast will be served in Cusipata. From there we will travel for 1 hour to the beginning of the hike – Chilliwani (4700 m).
After the control point the hike will take around 2 hours (approx. 4 km) uphill. Optional  you are able to rent horses from locals. We will stay for 0.5 to 1 hour* on top to take beautiful pictures in the rainbow mountain.

The downhill hike will lead us through the Red Valley, which shows a spectacular red landscape. This will take 2 hours to the car stop. The downhill hike will be 1.5 hours, skipping the Red Valley. Our drivers will wait for each single person.

From there we will take our vehicle back to Cusipata to have a buffet lunch and continue the journey back to Cusco arriving at approximately 18:00.

*depending on the weather condition

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DAY 5: CUSCO - AIRPORT

In the morning you will have a free day for shopping and in the afternoon we will come to pick you up at your hotel at the agreed time and take you to the airport.

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What to bring

  • Sun hat
  • Passport for Machupicchu
  • Sunscreen (minimum factor 35 recommended)
  • Waterproof jacket / rain poncho
  • Water
  • Photographic camera and filming machine.

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