Dazzling Sacred Valley

City Tour and Archaeological Park

After breakfast you have the morning free. At 12:30 p.m. the city tour begins. You visit Plaza Mayor, surrounded by colonial buildings, and the Qoricancha, the finest expression of Inca architecture and today the Convent of Santo Domingo. Continue to Cusco Cathedral, in Renaissance and colonial style, and finish at the four archaeological sites near the city: Sacsayhuamán, Qenqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay. Then return to your hotel.

Overnight: Cusco

Chinchero – Maras and Moray – Ollantaytambo

After breakfast, at 6:30 a.m., we leave for Chinchero, an ancestral Inca town, where you see the royal estate of Inca Túpac Yupanqui, the plaza and the colonial church. Continue to Moray, an Inca center for agricultural research with circular terraces, and then to the ancient salt pans of Maras, ideal for photography.

Heading down into the Sacred Valley, have lunch at a buffet restaurant in Urubamba. Following the river, you reach Ollantaytambo, with its fortress, canals, large walls and Inca temples. Tonight you sleep in the Sacred Valley.

Overnight: Sacred Valley

Machu Picchu

After breakfast, go to the Ollantaytambo train station and board the tourist train to Machu Picchu. On arrival at the town, our staff helps you board the shuttle that climbs to the citadel along a winding road with views of the Urubamba River canyon.

Machu Picchu greets you with its terraces, staircases, ceremonial enclosures and urban areas. After the guided visit, have lunch at a restaurant in the area. At the scheduled time, take the train back to Ollantaytambo, and from there we transfer you to Cusco.

Overnight: Cusco

Rainbow Mountain or Humantay Lake

On this day you choose one of two excursions.

Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca): we pick you up at 4:00 a.m. and drive toward the foothills of the snow-capped Ausangate. We stop in Cusipata for breakfast. After a short briefing you start the 3-hour hike with a professional guide, learning about the customs and beliefs of the Andean mountains. On the way back, lunch in Cusipata, and you arrive at your hotel in Cusco around 4:30 p.m.

Humantay Lake: we pick you up between 4:00 and 4:30 a.m. and travel with the guide to Mollepata, where you have breakfast. Continue to Soraypampa and, after a short rest, climb about 1 hr 30 min to Humantay Lake (4,250 m), where you have time to enjoy it and witness a brief offering ceremony to the Earth and the Apus. Return to Soraypampa and Mollepata for lunch, and arrive in Cusco between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m.

Overnight: Cusco

Departure from Cusco

After breakfast, at the agreed time, we take you to Cusco airport for your return flight.