CUSCO 5 Days / 4 Nights

DAY 1: ARRIVAL AT CUSCO – INCA AND QORICANCHA MUSEUM

• Welcome and transfer from the airport to your hotel in the city of Cusco
• Acclimatization, rest and installation in your hotel in the morning.
• In the afternoon we will visit the Inca Museum, where we will learn about the Inca Culture.
• We will culminate with the visit to Qoricancha, one of the sacred places where the Inca kept his best treasures.

Accommodation: CUSCO

DAY 2: SAQSAYHUAMAN – TAMBOMACHAY – QUENCO- PUCA PUCARA – TRANSFER TO AGUAS CALIENTES

• We will first visit Sacsayhuaman, considered a jewel of Inca architecture with its magnificent and huge stone walls.
• We will continue with the visit to Quenco and Puca Pucara.
• Very close to the place is Tambomachay, a place where the water was worshiped and which also functioned as the baths of the Ñusta.
• In the afternoon, we will arrive to Ollantaytambo to take our train to Aguas Calientes.
• We will have the possibility to visit and enjoy the hot springs of the place.

Accommodation: AGUAS CALIENTES

DAY 3: MACHU PICCHU

• Today is the most important day since we will visit the citadel of Machu Picchu.
• We will take the Aguas Calientes bus- Machu Picchu
• Being inside the Historical Sanctuary, we will get the best views of the entire landscape.
• The tour will take an approximate of 2 hours of guided, to which you can have extra time to visit it on your own.
• The hike to Huayna Picchu will take you a round trip of 02 hours (optional), in the same way it happens with Machu Picchu Mountain.
• We will return to Aguas Calientes by bus after the tour.

Accommodation: AGUAS CALIENTES

DAY 4: AGUAS CALIENTES – OLLANTAYTAMBO – MORAY – SALINERAS – CHINCHERO.

• In the morning, we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo.
• Then we will go to the ruins of Ollantaytambo.
• We will continue the visit to Moray is considered an agricultural research center, where the Incas cultivated products of different altitudinal floors.
• Later we will visit the Salineras de Maras which has more than 3000 pools or salt mines, which are filled with water that filters from the subsoil.
• We will have the last visit to the town of Chinchero.

Accommodation: CUSCO

DAY 5: FREE TOUR ON FOOT

• On this tour you will visit the following places:
• Plaza de Armas.
• Plaza Nazarenas.
• San Blas neighborhood.
• The stone of the 12 angles.
• Traditional market of San Pedro.
• In the afternoon we will transfer to the airport or bus station

INCLUDES

DAY 1:

• Pick up from the airport to the hotel
• Professional guide
• Tickets
• Hotel in Cusco

DAY 2:

• Professional guide
• Tourist ticket
• Tourist transport
• Buffet lunch
• Train from Ollantaytambo-Aguas Calientes
• Hotel in Aguas Calientes

DAY 3:

• Professional guide
• Entrance to Machu Picchu
• Bus in Aguas Calientes
• Hotel in Aguas Calientes

DAY 4:

• Train Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo
• Tourist transport
• Lunch
• Tourist ticket
• Hotel in Cusco

DAY 5:

• Transfer to the airport or bus station.

What you need to take:

• Tourist ticket (not included in price)
• Sun hat
• Sun protection cream (factor 35 recommended)
• Waterproof jacket/rain poncho
• Water
• Camera
• Daypack, warm clothes (scarf, sweaters, rain jacket, gloves)
• Walking boots.
• Toilet paper and hand sanitizer.
• Sun cream

USEFUL INFORMATION

• We recommend that you take a lunch or a good snack with you to Machu Picchu
• If you are in the rainy season, ask your guide.
• Machu Picchu area is humid and hot in the afternoons (when it is not raining)
• Bring enough drinking water and / or a rehydrator since inside Machu Picchu the prices are very expensive
• You are allowed to take a bottle of water and snacks at the ruins of Machu Picchu
• The day rucksack should be only small, large backpacks are not allowed in Machu Picchu
• For the hike to the Rainbow Mountain, bring some snack.
• Bring extra money in soles if you need to rent a horse to get to Rainbow Mountain