3 Day Sacred Valley And Short Inca Trail to Machupicchu

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Cusco - Sacred Valley - Ollantaytambo
5 stops
1
Sacsayhuaman
After breakfast at your hotel, our Machupicchu Latin America guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby between 7:30 to 8:00 am and drive you in our private transport from Cusco passing through Sacsayhuaman & Puca Pucara
Admission ticket free
2
Manos De La Comunidad
We will stop shortly at this beautiful place to see Llamas, Alpacas, Viscuñas and the peruvian textiles
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
Pisac
Then continue descend 1500 ft. toward the Sacred Valley arriving at the village of Pisac where we will visit a traditional market to interact with the local people and purchase some local souvenirs. Then we will drive up to the Pisac Inca site to have stunning views over the valley. Here you can appreciate temples, residences, altars, channels and learn about the Incan agricultural methods shared by our Machupicchu Latin America expert guides.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
4
Urubamba
After this beautiful visit, we will stop in Urubamba to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch (not included).
1 hour • Admission ticket free
5
Ollantaytambo
After lunch, we continue our journey to Ollantaytambo where we will visit this amazing Inca site, which is an important area with Inca constructions, built during the Incan times. This is an extraordinary Inca citadel where we will find an amazing rock formation representing the Inca god Wiracocha.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Ollantaytambo - KM 104 - Aguas Calientes
4 stops
6
After the breakfast at your hotel, we will pick you up at 05:30am from your hotel lobby and transferred to the train station. Here we will board the train at 6:00am and we will ride by train for about 1 and a half hours until we reach kilometer 104 - the start point of the trail for us. Shortly after crossing the bridge over the Rio Urubamba we visit the site of Chachabamba which is a lovely ruin with its water channels and fountains. (altitude 2050m)
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
7
Winay Wayna
From Chachabamba, we will hike upwards for about 8km (approximately 4 hours). The trail is well established, but there are still many stairs and the hike is mostly upwards! While this is one of the easiest treks around the Cusco region, you still need to have a reasonable level of fitness to complete it. After our upwards climb, we arrive at the Inca site Wiñay Wayna ('Forever Young') (2680m/8792ft) This is an impressive complex made up of an agricultural center with numerous terraces, a religious sector and an urban sector. Many consider this the most impressive site on the whole Inca Trail. We will have our boxed lunch at Wiñay Wayna.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
8
We will then continue for about one hour further onto 'Inti Punku' (The 'Sun gate') (2730m/8792ft) from where you will have your first dramatic and impressive view of Machu Picchu (2400m/7873ft). As you are arriving late in the day you may be lucky enough to enjoy the view by yourself! After getting those classic photos, we will walk down the last part of the trail towards the ancient city itself. Before entering Machu Picchu, we will take a side path off the trail to go down to Aguas Calientes, as we will visit Machu Picchu the next day
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
9
Aguas Calientes
We will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes where you will check into your accommodation. Finally, enjoy a celebratory dinner before getting to bed early in preparation for the next day’s early start.
Admission ticket free
Day 3
Machupicchu - Cusco
4 stops
10
After breakfast at your hotel, our Machupicchu Latin America representative will pick you up from your hotel lobby between 5:00 to 5:30 am and walk you to the bus station to board the bus and take a short ride up to the main entrance gate of Machupicchu to begin a unique experience by exploring one of the New Seven Wonders of the World accompanied with a professional tour guide who will share with you all his knowledge about the history, traditions and more that surrounds this mysterious and enigmatic Inca citadel of Machupicchu. Once the guided tour is over, you will have some extra free time to explore the marvelous of Machupicchu on your own. After you end up your visit, board the bus down to Aguas Calientes for Lunch (not included) and enjoy some extra time at the town to get some local souvenirs
3 hours • Admission ticket free
11
Aguas Calientes
Later we will board the train back to the next train station located in Ollantaytambo
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
12
Ollantaytambo
At Ollantaytambo train station, our representative will be waiting for you and transferred in our private transport back to Cusco.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
13
Cusco
We will be arriving in Cusco around 6:00pm and drop of you to your hotel.
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• 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
• This tour is for people with age og 8 to 64 years old

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