Itinerary

1. DAY 1: Transfer in - Walking Tour Cusco

   • The guide will pick you up from the airport and take you to your hotel in Cusco.
   • You will arrive in the afternoon or morning at 3450m (11,320 ft) in Cusco City. Your first day is an excellent opportunity to explore the town, where history is alive.
   • Therefore, you will have a relaxing walking tour. On the way, you will visit Cusco’s central square, the main square of the Inca Empire and the Inkas, called “Haukaypata.” 
   • Then, you will walk through some Inca streets that exemplify masterly Inca masonry. 
   • You will enter the local market of San Pedro, where your five senses will enjoy the variety of local aromas. 
   • After all this experience, you will go back to your hotel.

   Overnight in Cusco.

   Check-in at the hotel – 14:00

2. DAY 2: City Tour Cusco

   • You start this tour at 8 am, and 4 Inca remains.
   • You will be picked up from your hotel and driven for 15 minutes from Cusco City to Tambomachay. There, you will see a temple devoted to water, where the Inkas showed their gratitude to this vital element for life.
   • Then you will go to Puka Pukara; this place was a checkpoint to control all people who arrived at Qosqo (Cusco) city from the sacred valley; 
   • Afterwards, you drive to Qenqo, a natural rocky outcrop where the Inkas found a tunnel and used it for ceremonies and the mummification process.
   • Your next stop will be Sacsayhuaman, the most significant Inca construction site. This vast rock was built for more than 20,000 people by order of the Inka Pachakuteq. You will spend more time walking through all three levels here, and then you will drive back to Cusco City. 
   • After this tour, you will have a free afternoon to explore and enjoy the beauty of this wonderful city.

   Overnight in Cusco.

3. DAY 3: Pisaq – Urubamba – Ollantaytamb – Aguas Caliente

   • You will be picked up from your hotel and driven to Pisaq town in the sacred valley of the Incas. 
   • Along the Rio Urubamba, the Sacred Valley of the Incas begins at Pisaq, about 30 km (18 mi) northeast of Cusco. It ends 60 km (36 mi) northwest of Pisaq at Ollantaytambo.
   •  The Urubamba begins its abrupt descent toward the Amazon basin. On the way to the sacred valley, you will have two main stops. 
   • The first one will be at the Sacred Valley lookout point, where you will stop just for some pictures and a small explanation. Then you will keep going to the Inca place called Pisaq, where you will explore an Inka city. 
   • Afterwards, you return in the private car and drive to the Chichubamba community in Urubamba town, where you will visit a local house and have lunch. 
   • After your local lunch, you will visit Ollantaytambo Inka and enjoy a beautiful view. 
   • Then, you will go to the train station and take the train to Aguas Calientes town, where you will spend the night.

   Overnight in Aguas Calientes.

4. DAY 4: Machu Picchu Tour

   • You will visit one of the new seven wonders of the world, Machu Picchu. This Inka city has survived for more than 500 years. For two hours, you will walk through this wonderful city, visiting its most important temples and discovering the secrets of its construction. 
   • After your visit, you will take the bus back to Aguas Calientes, where you will have time for lunch at a local restaurant. 
   • You will go to the train station to take your tourist train to Ollantaytambo and walk to your hotel in Ollantaytambo town.

   Overnight in Ollantaytambo.

5. DAY 5: Moray – Salt Mines – Chinchero – Cusco

   • You will visit the other side of the sacred valley. You will be picked up from your hotel and driven for 30 minutes to arrive at your first Inka place, Moray. Here, you will learn about the Inka agriculture and enjoy a wonderful view, 
   • You will drive for 30 more minutes to visit salt mines; here, you will see more than 4000 salt ponds on the mountainside and a beautiful landscape, 
   • After your photos and explanation, you will drive to Chinchero, where you will visit the community of Ocutuan. Here, local people will teach you the Inka technique that they still use to dye the alpaca and llama wool, and you will enjoy your lunch cooked with the product that this community produce. 
   • You will take your private car back to Cusco.

   Overnight in Cusco.

6. DAY 6: Rainbow Mountain Palcoyo

   • 05:30, you will be picked up from your hotel in Cusco City (3,400 m). You will drive for 1.5 hours to get to Cusipata Town, where you have the first stop and can use the toilet. 
   • You will drive for 1.5 hours more to reach the Palcoyo community (the hike's star). When Viracocha God built the Andes Mountains, he did not forget that they were part of natural beauty and gave them colour. Peru’s rainbow mountains, Palcoyo, provide some of the world's most wonderful and unique scenery.
   • You will drive through villages, see farmland with potatoes, corn, alpacas, and a view of the Red River.
   • Once you get to Palcoyo Community, where you start your adventure, you will walk for 1 hour to get to look out (4,900 m), where you will appreciate three rainbow mountains, the panoramic view of the Red Valley and the Ausangate snow mountain (highest Mountain in Cusco), 
   • Then you walk for 20 minutes to the “Bosque de Piedras” Stone Forest. 
   • After all this beautiful scenery, you start to walk back to your private car, go to a local restaurant where you can enjoy lunch, and head back to Cusco City.

   Overnight in Cusco.

7. DAY 7: Transfer Out to Cusco Airport

   • Your adventure in Inka’s land ends, and you have your transfer to the airport to take your flight back to Lima. 

   If you want to explore and enjoy more of Cusco City, we recommend you book your flight after 4:00 pm, thus enjoying more of this beautiful city.