Andean Getaway 5 Days to Machu Picchu

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival in Cusco and City Tour
1 stop
1
Qorikancha
• Pick-up at the airport and transfer to your hotel • Cathedral: 13:00pm We start the City Tour by visiting the Cathedral with its more than 500 paintings and breath-taking architecture. • Koricancha: Next stop is Koricancha, the principal temple of the Incas. • Sacsayhuaman: We continue to the archeological sites situated outside of Cusco; the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, a Stone fortress built by the Incas on three platforms. • Tambomachay, known as the Inca baths, considered a place for the worship of the water. • Qenko, here we can observe a huge Stone block that looks like a Puma as well as canals, passages and stairways engraved with animals • Pucapucara was an administrative and military center formed by passages, stairways, fortified towers and alcoves.
12 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCA – MACHU PICCHU
1 stop
2
Sacred Valley of the Incas
• Breakfast at the hotel • 8:00 a.m. The agency will pick you up at your hotel. • Pisac: The tour begins by visiting the archaeologic site of Pisac and the market with the same name, • Lunch buffet at Restaurant Tunupa that offers typical plates, novo andino food and food from the province of Urubamba. • Ollantaytambo: After our lunch we will visit the archaeologic site of Ollantaytambo where the village still keeps it’s splendor from the days of the Incas. Here we can get a glimpse of what this religious, military and cultural center was like. • Aguas Calientes: 16:36 p.m. We board our train that will take us to the village of Aguas Calientes. • 18:10 p.m. Arrival in the village of Aguas Calientes. • Pick-up at the train station in Aguas Calientes and meeting with the guide that will take us to Machupicchu tomorrow.
12 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
MACHU PICCHU TOUR
1 stop
3
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
• Breakfast at the hotel in Aguas Calientes. • We take the bus to the Machu Picchu sanctuary at the time we agreed on with our guide. (30 min bus ride). • We present tour entrance tickets to Machu Picchu and begin our visit. • Our guide will give us a 2.5 hours guided tour. • After the guided tour we will have some time on our own to walk around in Machupicchu. • Return to the village of Aguas Calientes • Lunch buffet in Aguas Calientes (Restaurant el Apu Inti or Indio Feliz) • Time to visit the handicraft market in Aguas Calientes. • 14:36 or 19:00 p.m. We aboard the Inka Rail executive class train and return to Ollantaytambo (Travel time about 1 hour 40 min) • P.m. Arrival at the Ollantaytambo train station and transfer to Cusco (2 hour min). • Arrival in Cusco and transfer to your hotel. Important: Train schedules may vary depending on the season. If you wish to travel on the Perurail Vistadome or Inca Rail First Class train, you can do so by paying the corresponding difference.
12 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
RAINBOW MOUNTAIN
1 stop
4
• 4:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. hours Pick up from your hotel and start the trip. • After 2.00 hours in our transport we arrive to our restaurant in Cusipata where we will have a breakfast. • We will continue in our mobility for 1 hour until we reach our starting point of the walk. • We will walk 2Km approx. (1hr) through the mountains, enjoying our high Andean landscapes accompanied by the snowcapped mountains of our Andes, without a doubt the route rewards the long bus trip we made. • After 1.30 hours of walking we will arrive to our destination the mountain of colors where we will be able to enjoy the spectacle of colors that gives us the Pachamama (mother earth) we will have 40 min to enjoy the landscape. • After enjoying Rainbow Mountain, we'll begin our return hike downhill, making the journey easier. Around noon, we'll take the shuttle to Cusipata, where a nutritious buffet lunch awaits us. • Finally we will return to the city of Cusco where we will arrive at 17:00 hours approx.
12 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
airport transfer
1 stop
5
After breakfast, transfer to the airport, the scheduled time of your flight.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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