3 Days and 2 Nights Huchuy Qosqo Trek to Machu Picchu

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Cusco City to Tambo Machay – Pukamarca Community
3 stops
1
Cusco Region
Departure from your Hotel at 6:30 am and transfer to Tambomachay, just 20 minutes from the city of Cusco.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Tambomachay
We will begin to walk slowly through the highest mountains of the Cusco region, where our guide will do the Kintu (ceremony) to Pachamama (Mother Earth). We will see pastures of alpacas, llamas, native birds, and beautiful blue lakes on the way, where we will enjoy our organic lunch.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
3
Then we will arrive at the Pukamarca campsite, at 4000m, where we will have our delicious organic dinner and spend the night.
14 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Pukamarca Community to Huchuy Qosqo Palace – Aguas Calientes Machu Picchu Pueblo
5 stops
4
On the second day of the trip, after enjoying breakfast we will begin a gradual descent to the archaeological site of Huchuy Qosqo at 3600 m, a spectacular ancient city in the upper part of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Along the way we will pass refreshing streams, beautiful canyons, small waterfalls, the red Kantu flower, the amazing landscape of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peruvian hummingbirds, and impressive views of Huchuy Qosqo.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
5
We will see important constructions in Huchuy Qosqo such as the palace of the Inca king Wiracocha, the water temple, and ceremonial altars. Huchuy Qosqo is a hidden fortress on the way to the citadel of Machu Picchu – its name means “little Cusco” but it is much less visited. It is located at 3,600 above sea level. Then we will descend to the village of Villa Carmen.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
6
We will have an organic lunch in a local tourist house where we will enjoy guinea pig, a traditional dish from the sacred valley of the Incas, accompanied by the traditional Chicha del Valle Sagrado (Incan Beer).
1 hour • Admission ticket free
7
Ollantaytambo
Here our private transport will pick us up to go down to Ollantaytambo, a city considered “living Inca” with original Inca walls and cobbled streets. There we will enjoy our dinner before taking our train to Aguas Calientes.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
8
Aguas Calientes
Our guide will take you to the Ollantaytambo train station. We board our train, on a two-hour trip to Machu Picchu Pueblo, where our staff will pick you up and take you to your accommodation.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Machu Picchu Tour – back to Cusco City
5 stops
9
Aguas Calientes
Today is an important day because you will explore Machu Picchu - one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Machu Picchu sanctuary is open from 6:00 am. For this activity, we will start with an early breakfast at our hotel. Together with our official guide, we will go to the bus station to take the bus to Machu Picchu. Have on hand the bus tickets, entrance tickets to Machu Picchu, and your original passport. After a 35-minute bus ride, once we arrive at the entrance gate, we check in with our passports and entrance tickets to Machu Picchu.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
10
Machu Picchu
Then we will start the guided tour of 2 hours in the sacred city, exploring all the sacred places of the Incas, such as the Temple of the Sun, Royal Tomb, Inca Intiwatana (sundial rock), Plaza de Armas, Temple of the 3 Windows, the artisan sector, the Temple of the Condor, Inca architecture and hydraulic engineering, as well many others. There are beautiful animals on the Machu Picchu tour such as llamas and alpacas.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
11
Aguas Calientes
We recommend taking the bus back down to the village 3 hours before your train departs. In Aguas Calientes town you can have lunch, visit the hot springs, or walk through the city and the craft market.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
12
Ollantaytambo
At the indicated time we will take the train back to the sacred valley of Ollantaytambo where the representative of Dog Travel Peru waits for you.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
13
Cusco Region
So you can board the bus that will take us back to Cusco. We will there finish our classic Inca Trail adventure.
2 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• 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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