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Description Tour packages to machupicchu

With the tour packages to Machupicchu, you will know the historical capital of Peru, formerly known as the capital of the Inca empire and one of the most important cities of Peru since the time of the viceroyalty. We will visit the main archaeological centers of the city of Cusco; the sacred valley of the Incas, the wonderful citadel of Machupicchu, finally Maras and Moray. A tour that will take you through the ancient Cusco, Andean landscapes, high mountains, jungle and agricultural laboratories.

CITY TOUR in Cusco, is the traditional trip where we will visit the city of Cusco and 4 ruins. The City tour begins in the center of the city with a visit to the impressive cathedral of Cusco in whose foundations is an Inca enclosure, this tour includes the visit of the Cathedral, the temple of the holy family and the church of the triumph. From here we will go to Qoricancha, one of the most important and representative places of the Inca Culture, then by bus we will go up to visit the archaeological centers of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puka Pukara and Tambomachay.

THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS, is composed of numerous rivers that descend through ravines and small valleys; it has numerous archaeological monuments and indigenous villages.  It is scattered with beautiful colonial towns that were created, and that today show their mestizaje in architecture, art and living culture. There are the towns of Chinchero and its weavers, Pisac and its craft fair, Urubamba and its cosmopolitanism, Ollantaytambo with its fortress and its living Inca people.

TOURS MACHUPICCHU, ancient Andean Inca village, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, in the Andes mountain range at 2,430 meters above sea level, is located in the Cusco region, province of Urubamba, district of Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu would have been one of the resting places of Pachacutec, ninth Inca of the Tahuantinsuyo between 1438 and 1470.

It is considered, at the same time, a masterpiece of architecture and engineering. Its peculiar architectural and landscape characteristics and the veil of mystery that has been woven around it in much of the literature published about the site, have made it one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet, as well as one of the 7th wonders of the modern world.

Moray is an archaeological site located near Cuzco, it is characterized by several circular terraces and is located at 3,500 meters above sea level. Maras is one of the seven districts of the province of Urubamba and has an area of salt mines. It is an outcrop of salty thermal waters, which are conducted to various evaporation ponds, where in cycles of about 24-30 days the 120 families who are engaged in this activity remove the salt that after being iodized is sold in the local market.

Enjoy our Machupicchu Tours

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Cusco (3,399 masl)
• Sacsayhuaman (3,700 masl)
• Q`enqo (3,580 masl)
• Puca Pucara (3,580 masl)
• Tambomachay (3,700 masl)
• Pisaq (3,762 masl)
• Pisaq Handicrafts Market (2,950 masl / 8,950 fasl)
• Urubamba (2,860 masl)
• Ollantaytambo (2,792 masl)
• Aguas Calientes (2,040 masl)
• Machupicchu (2,430 masl)
• Maras (3,385 masl)
• Moray (3,500 masl)

Day 1: Tour in Cusco – City Tour

Cusco – Cathedral – Qoricancha – Sacsayhuaman – Qenqo – Puca Pucara – Tambomachay – Cusco.

• 12.50 – 13.10 hrs, Pick up at your hotel. If your hotel is outside the historic center, we will meet you in our office at 13.00 hrs, the tour begins visiting the Cathedral of Cusco and its more than 600 paintings of the Cusco school (40 min).
• City Tour in Cusco: 14.10 hrs we will go to Qoricancha on foot seeing beautiful Inca streets (10 min).
• 14.20 hrs We will enter the Qoricancha or House of the Sun, main temple in Inca times where we will learn about Inca religiosity and architecture (40 min).
• 15.00 hrs We will take our transportation and go to Sacsayhuaman (15 min) we will have a guided tour through the huge walls of this Inca temple built for the god Illapa or lightning (45 min).
• We will take the bus again to Qenqo (5 min) where we will have a tour to this other ancient Inca temple. Then in our mobility we will move forward (10 min) and go to Puka Pucara and Tambomachay water temple. We will finish our tour at 18.00 hrs.
• We will leave you in the center of the city so you can have dinner or stroll through the main square of Cusco or go to see the dances of Cusco in the Qosqo Center of Native Art.

Lodging: Hotel In Cusco

Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner – Passenger

Day 2: Sacred Valley Tour

CUSCO – PISAQ – HANDICRAFT MARKET – URUBAMBA – OLLANTAYTAMBO – AGUAS CALIENTES.

• 08.00 hrs Pick up at your hotel to start the Sacred Valley of the Incas tour, the first place to visit is the archaeological group of Pisaq and the handicraft market in Cusco.
• Then we will go by bus to Urubamba for lunch buffet at Tunupa Restaurant. After lunch, we will move on to the living town of Ollantaytambo, a town that still maintains its splendor from when the Incas left it. The visit of the archaeological group of Ollantaytambo will give us an idea of what this religious, military and cultural center was like.
• 16.00 – 19.00 hrs We will go to the train station to board the train that will take us in 1h 45 minutes to the town of Aguas Calientes, hotel staff will be waiting for us to rest tonight in this town of passage.
• 20.30 – 21.00 hrs The guide in the town of Aguas Calientes will visit us at the hotel to coordinate the tour to Machupicchu.

Lodging: HOTEL HUMANTAY

Breakfast – Hotel/ Lunch – Agency/ Dinner- Passenger

Day 3: Machu Picchu Tour

Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Ollantaytambo – Cusco.

MACHUPICCHU, ancient Andean Inca village, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, in the Andes mountain range at 2,430 meters above sea level, is located in the Cusco region, province of Urubamba, district of Machupicchu. Machu Picchu would have been one of the resting places of Pachacutec, ninth Inca of the Tahuantinsuyo between 1438 and 1470.

It is considered, at the same time, a masterpiece of architecture and engineering. Its peculiar architectural and landscape characteristics and the veil of mystery that has been woven around it in much of the literature published about the site, have made it one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet, as well as one of the 7th wonders of the modern world.

• At the time agreed with the guide, we will take the 30 minute bus to the sanctuary of Machupicchu, climbing time 40 min.
• 07.00 hrs We present the income of Machupicchu and enter to start the visit. Our guide will be waiting for you to lead you to the sanctuary of Machupicchu and make a guided tour of 2 hours and 30 minutes. Booking this tour to Machupicchu you will be able to know the most important archaeological center of South America and all its different tourist attractions.
• At the end of the tour to Machu Picchu, we can continue visiting alone the beautiful Machu Picchu, then we will once again board the buses that will return us to the town of Aguas Calientes.
• 12.45 hrs We will go to the restaurant to enjoy a delicious buffet lunch.
• 14.30 – 19.00 hrs We will board the tourist train at any of the schedules, according to availability with arrival in Ollantaytambo (1h 30 min) Depending on availability.
• REMEMBER, that in high tourism season the train schedules may vary.
• 15.56 – 20.41 hrs We arrive at the train station in Ollantaytambo, our transfer will be attentive to the arrival to transfer us to the hotel in Cusco. Travel time 1h 50 min.)
• 18.00 – 22.00 hrs Arrival to the hotel in Cusco.

Hotel in Cusco: PRINCIPE III/MAYU WASI

Breakfast – Hotel / Lunch – Agency / Dinner – Passenger

Day 4: Maras – Moray Tour

Cusco – Chinchero – Moray – Maras – Cusco.

• 07.50 – 08.10 hrs Start the tour Maras – Moray picking you up at your hotel, immediately in our bus we will leave to the sacred valley by an alternate route to visit:
• 09.10 hrs CHINCHERO, is an eminently Inca city that the Spaniards tried to civilize to establish their culture, but did not succeed in its entirety because its inhabitants until now resist to leave their culture and Inca customs. They keep alive the textile culture using and weaving their garments for use and decoration, so we will visit a Textile Center to teach us how they dye the sheep and alpaca wool yarn with natural dyes and make garments with ancient techniques, such as the use of the “away” and the “loom”.
• 09. 55 hrs MORAY, is 49.3 Km from Cusco and is a unique archaeological group of its kind. These are depressions or gigantic natural holes in the surface of the land, which were used to build terraces or agricultural terraces with irrigation canals in the surroundings. The most interesting thing is the average annual temperature difference between the top and the bottom of the depressions, which reaches up to 15°C in the 30-meter deep depression.
• 11.20 hrs MARAS, we will visit the famous salt mines known by some as “salt mines” which are made up of about 3000 small wells with an average area of about 5 m², during the dry season are filled or “watered” every 3 days with salt water emanating from a natural spring located at the top of the wells so that, as the water evaporates, the salt contained in it gradually solidifies (50 min.).
• 13.00 hrs Return to Cusco.
• 14.30 hrs Arrival in Cusco, we will leave you very close to the main square so you can go to the restaurant of your choice for lunch.
• At the agreed time, transfer to the airport.

Lodging: Hotel In Cusco

Breakfast- Hotel /Lunch and Dinner – Passenger

Day 5: Transfer Hotel – Airport

• At the appropriate time transfer to Cusco Airport.
• We board the plane Cusco – Lima

BREAKFAST – HOTEL /LUNCH AND DINNER – PASSENGER