Sacred Valley and Machupichu Hiram Bingham

Description Machupicchu by Hiram Bingham Train

With the Machupicchu Tour by Hiram Bingham train or “Sacred Valley & Machupicchu Hiram Bingham Tour”, you will enjoy the most appreciated valley by the Incas due to its special geographic and climatic qualities. It was one of the main production points due to the richness of its lands and the place where the best corn grain in Peru is produced. It is composed of numerous rivers that descend through ravines and small valleys and has numerous archaeological monuments and indigenous peoples.

In our tour we will visit PISAQ, or P’isaqa, which means partridge (a type of hen very abundant in this area). It is known that the architecture of this Inca compound combines mystical Inca constructions and the natural wealth of the Urubamba Valley. For the Incas, the cities were built on the basis of figurative traces of animals.

THE PISAQ MARKET OR PISAQ CRAFTS FAIR, is one of the most famous of the continent, is open every day in the main square of Pisaq. You can get all kinds of textiles, ceramics, goldsmiths, agricultural and medicinal plants as sourvenirs. URUBAMBA, after a morning full of emotions here we will enjoy a buffet lunch in one of the restaurants that offers the best presentations of typical dishes of the Cusco region.

OLLANTAYTAMBO, in Inca times, it was a Tambo or lodging town, it was a key point to reach the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu through the Inca Trail. Today it is one of the most monumental architectural complexes of our ancestors, has been built on two mountains in a strategic place that dominates the entire valley. It was a military, religious, administrative and agricultural complex. The entrance is through a gate called Punku-punku, made of stone and double imperial jamb. It is the entrance to a city with a legend of prestige. It is necessary to begin to climb some stairs rigorously well traced and at the top is the masterpiece of the architects and Inca stonecutters.

Ollantaytambo is the only living Inca city, which is preserved almost intact and their houses still serve as homes where their descendants dwell. The design of the city, its axes, its urban structure, the beauty of the volumes and its play of light and shadow attract everyone. The main temple has a façade with six pink granite monoliths brought from another place and perfectly assembled in the stone.

The tour of the Sacred Valley is one of the most popular activities when visiting the city of Cusco, also in the Sacred Valley is the town of Ollantaytambo, Ollantaytambo is an Inca town and is where the train station that takes us to Machu Picchu, everyone who comes to Cusco and the Sacred Valley does so in order to make the tour to Machu Picchu.

THE HIRAM BINGHAM TRAIN, is a train inspired by the exclusive pulman cars of the twenties. The Belmond Hiram Bingham train turns the already magical journey into an unforgettable experience, with a personalized service that takes care of even the smallest detail in the trip.

We will take the tour to Machu Picchu on the exclusive and luxurious Belmond Hiram Bingham train, with an all-inclusive service in which you will live a full day of unforgettable experiences. Chosen among the “10 Best Trains in the World” by the readers of Condé Nast Traveller UK (2015). We will enjoy the sophisticated dining car, the bar car and the observatory car, from where we will enjoy the open air, the wonderful route, in the company of a Peruvian cocktail and local live music shows.

This experience will begin with a welcome cocktail. As soon as we start the tour, the maître d’ will surprise us with a delicious gourmet lunch of Peruvian gastronomy. On the way back, we will enjoy a gastronomic dinner. In both cases we will be accompanied by hot and cold drinks and an excellent selection of wines. To the rhythm of Peruvian cajon and tambourines and throughout the tour, a unique show will accompany us with typical and international music, framing what will be an unforgettable journey to the citadel of Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes.

MACHUPICCHU, ancient Andean Inca settlement, 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 woven around it a good part 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.

Enjoy the Machupicchu Tour by Hiram Bingham train.

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Pisaq (3,762 masl)
• Pisaq Handicrafts Market (2,950 masl / 2,950 fasl)
• Urubamba (2,860 masl / 9,860 fasl)
• Ollantaytambo (2,792 masl)
• Aguas Calientes (2,040 masl)
• Machupicchu (2,430 masl)

Day 1: Cusco – Pisaq – Handicraft Market – Urubamba – Ollantaytambo – Cusco

• 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.
• Then we will go by bus to Urubamba for lunch buffet at the 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 how this religious, military and cultural center was.
• 16.00 hrs We will go to the town of Chinchero, where we will visit the Inca remains of the same name and its colonial church with its beautiful paintings of the Cusco school of art.
• 19.00 hrs Arrival to the city of Cusco. We will leave you near the Plaza de Armas or at your hotel.

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH – AGENCY / DINNER – PASSENGER

Day 2: Cusco – Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Cusco

• 08.15 hrs Transfer from hotel to San Pedro train station, time 10 min.
• 09.05 hrs We will board the Hiram Bingham tourist train from Cusco/Machupicchu with a welcome cocktail and taste a delicious gourmet lunch, while to the rhythm of Peruvian cajon and tambourines we will travel 3h 30min of an endless journey through the sacred valley of the Incas.
• 12.25 hrs Arrival to the town of Aguas Calientes – we go to the bus station to reach the citadel of Machupicchu (35 min.).
• 13.00 hrs Our guide will be waiting for us at the door of the Sanctuary of Machupicchu.
• 13.15 hrs We present the income of Machupicchu and we will enter to start the guided tour of 2h 30 min. Booking this tour to Machupicchu we 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, we can continue visiting alone the beautiful Machupicchu, then we will board the buses that will return us to the town of Aguas Calientes. Time to visit the Handicraft Market of Machupicchu or relax in the Hot Springs of Aguas Calientes (AT PASSENGER’S EXPENSE).
• 17.50 hrs We will board the Hiram Bingham Tourist Train to San Pedro station in Cusco, we will enjoy a gastronomic dinner accompanied by hot and cold drinks and an excellent selection of wines. In addition, a unique show will accompany us with typical and international music.
• REMEMBER, that in high tourist season train schedules may vary.
• 21.16 hrs Arrival at the train station in Cusco, our transfer will be attentive to the arrival to transfer us to the hotel.
• 21.30 hrs Arrival to the hotel in Cusco.

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH and DINNER – AGENCY