Cusco City Tour: Qorikancha and Nearby Inca Ruins

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Qorikancha

  We’ll pick you up from the hotel, and start the tour visiting the Temple of Coricancha, also known as Golden Temple. This symbolic place has a clear example of the fusion between Incan and Hispanic cultures, and during the Spanish conquer, the base of the temple was used to build the Church of Santo Domingo and its famous convent.

  40 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 2
  Sacsayhuaman

  The tour continues to the archaeological complex of Sacsayhuaman, an amazing place with huge carved stones which fit each other in a perfect way, and it is said that it was built by more than 20 thousand men, and took over 70 years to finish it. Located 2 Km. away from the city of Cusco, this Incan Fortress has amazing landscapes, and it houses llamas and hawks.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 3
  Puka Pukara

  We will continue this entertaining excursion in the military compound of Puca Pucara, which means “Red Fortress” for its reddish infrastructure.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 4
  Q'enqo

  Later, we will visit the religious temple of Qenqo, place where the Incas worshiped their Gods like the Sun, the Moon and the Earth. You will have an incredible experience exploring through its underground passageways, and admire a semicircular amphitheater.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5
  Tambomachay

  Then we will go the water’s worship center of Tambomachay, with aqueducts and waterfalls provided from nearby springs. Definitely, the Inca civilization had an advanced and surprising construction engineering. At the end, we will drop you off at Plaza El Regocijo, one block from Plaza de Armas.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• If you book the tour without entrance tickets included, you will have the option to purchase them during the tour. To do so, you will need to queue to buy the entrance ticket at Qoricancha and the Tourist Ticket at the first archaeological site visited. This Tourist Ticket will then be valid for the remaining archaeological sites included in the tour. Please make sure to bring cash in Peruvian soles (local currency) to purchase the tickets easily during the excursion. US dollars are not accepted.
• At the end of the tour, we will drop you off at your hotel or in Cusco's historic Main Square (Plaza de Armas), where you can continue exploring the city at your own pace.

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