2 Day Tour: Sacred Valley Cultural and Machu Picchu by train

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Chinchero - Moray - Salt Mines - Ollantaytambo and train to Aguas Calientes
6 stops
1
Chinchero
After breakfast at your hotel, our Machupicchu Latin America expert guide will pick you up by 7:30am from your hotel lobby and drive you in our private transport from Cusco passing through or explore Chinchero (if you haven`t visited before) and visit the Tupac Inca Yupanqui Royal House where their original Inca walls are still well preserved and have a chance to meet the Chinchero women in their traditional dressing in a weaving or textile center and we will have the opportunity to see llamas and alpacas.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
2
Moray
And then continue our drive to the village of Maras where you will visit their typical streets and taste the famous Chicha, a drink made from corn which during the Incan times including nowadays is used for special ceremonies. Then we will continue driving until we arrive at the archaeological site of Moray which contains an important agricultural system. Moray, during the Incan times, was possibly one of the most important agricultural research centers, where experiments were conducted at different heights crop, the arrangement of its platforms produces a variety of micro-climates taking the center of the concentric circular terraces higher temperature and decreasing gradually outward lower temperatures.
40 minutes • Admission ticket not included
3
Salinas de Maras
After this important visit, we will drive to our next stop and visit the famous Salineras or Salt mines. The salt is extracted in artisanal form, the Salt Mines are made up of about 3000 small wells that have been exploited since the Inca times and it was an economic exchange way
30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
4
Urubamba
We will stop at Urubamba town for Lunch (not included)
50 minutes • Admission ticket free
5
Archaeological Park 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
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
6
Aguas Calientes
Finally, we will take you to the train station located in the same town of Ollantaytambo and the Board the train to Aguas Calientes (Machupicchu town). This train journey allows you to appreciate the fascinating scenery along the sacred Vilcanota River. Upon arrival at Aguas Calientes train station, you will be welcomed by our hotel staff who will walk you to the hotel. After check in at the hotel, the balance of the time is all yours. *Today we will arrive at Aguas Calientes between 5 to 6pm) ** We will spend the night at he hotel in this town before our machupicchu visit on the next day
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Machupicchu and back to Cusco
1 stop
7
Machu Picchu
After breakfast at your hotel, our Machupicchu Latin America guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby and walk you to the bus station to board the bus up to Machupicchu and begin a unique experience exploring one of the New Seven Wonders of the World accompanied with our guide who will share his knowledge about the history, traditions and more that surrounds this mysterious and enigmatic Inca citadel of Machupicchu. Once the guided tour is over (we will be here around 3 hours). Then board the bus down to Aguas Calientes for Lunch (not included) and enjoy some extra time at the town to buy some local souvenirs. Board the train back to Ollantaytambo train station, the train ride takes 1.5 hours. to Ollantaytambo train station where our representative will be waiting for you by the general exit gate holding a sign with your name on it and and transferred in our private transport back to your Cusco hotel arriving between 5 to 6pm * We can end the tour at Cusco airport as well
3 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Our priority, provide Machu Picchu circuit 2 ticket: DID YOU KNOW? Tickets are issued in real-time based on current availability and require passport details. If Circuit 2 is sold out at the time of booking, the next best available circuit (1 or 3) will be provided. Once issued, tickets are strictly non-changeable and non-transferable.

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