4-Day Cusco Expedition: City Charms, Rainbow Peaks, Machu Picchu Marvels
Highlights
Cusco
trekking, cultural, historical
Group Tour
4 Days
Medium
English, Spanish
Description
Embark on a comprehensive 4-day tour with Chullos Travel Peru, starting with a city tour of Cusco, exploring iconic sites like Koricancha and Sacsayhuaman. Experience the breathtaking Rainbow Mountain with an early morning hike and a buffet lunch. Then, discover the awe-inspiring Machu Picchu with a guided tour of the ancient citadel. Wrap up your adventure with a leisurely morning before being transferred to the airport or bus station for your departure.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Pick Up From the Airport - City Tour
Representatives of Chullos Travel Peru will be waiting for your arrival at the airport and your transfer to the hotel. Free morning to rest and acclimatize.
At 1:00 pm pick up from the hotel for the City tour. First place to visit Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), a guided tour of 45 minutes, and then go to the mobility.
After 30 minutes in the mobility, we will arrive at Sacsayhuaman (of the Quechua of Saqsay = place of satiated and Waman = Falcon, place where the Falcon is satiated").
Then visit Qenqo (Ritual Center on a rocky outcrop), a place of much mysticism that you will feel when entering the outcropping Rock.
After 15 minutes of mobility, we will arrive at PucaPucara (red fortress) Military construction.
The last visit will be to Tambomachay, known as the Inca Bath where it was made a water cult.
After our journey we will take the mobility for the return to Cusco, time approximate arrival at 7:00 pm.
At the end of the tour, you will be left near the main square of Cusco.
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Day 2: Rainbow Mountain
Our tour begins with the pick-up from your hotel at 4:00 am. We head for 2 and a half hours in mobility towards the district of Tintinco, where we will make a 30-minute stop to have a delicious breakfast in a restaurant.
We continue the trip to the Chilihuani area (50 minutes), where we will start the walk at 8:30 am to Rainbow Mountain, 2 hours of ascent approximately with beautiful landscapes and view of llamas and alpacas until we reach the maximum height of 5050 meters above sea level.
At the top, we will have between 30 to 40 minutes with the guide and time to take pictures. We return by the same route to the parking park, where mobility will be waiting for us to take us back to the district of Tintinco. A buffet lunch will await us for 40 to 50 minutes.
We will return to the city of Cusco with an arrival of approximately 5:00 pm.
At the end of the tour, you will be left near the main square of Cusco.
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Day 3: Machu Picchu
Very early around 04:00 AM, we will leave Cusco in the direction of Ollantaytambo where we will board the train to Aguas Calientes.
Once in Aguas Calientes, the guide will be waiting for us and we will take the bus that will take us to the lost city of Incas (Machu Picchu) which will last 30 minutes, and the guide will be waiting for you there.
Upon arrival at the citadel of Machu Picchu, we will show the entrance ticket, and from this place, the guided tour of 2 hours and 30 minutes will begin where the informative part of Machu Picchu will be explained.
At the end of the tour, you will board the bus that will take you back to Aguas Calientes, where you will have lunch. The guide will indicate the place of the restaurant, as well as the location of the train station.
After lunch, you will have to go to the train station to board the train that will take you to Ollantaytambo (2 hours). At the Ollantaytambo station, you will change to the bus of the same company that will take you to Cusco.
Upon arrival in Cusco, there will be a mobility agent waiting for you at the bus station to take you to your hotel.
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Day 4: Departure Transfer to the Airport or Bus Station
You will have a free morning to relax depending on the time of your flight.
At the indicated time, a mobility agent will take you to the airport.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations within 24 hours before the tour -
Refund of 50% of the tour price.
Price
Adult | |
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1 to 15 | USD 470 /person |
Child | |
1 to 15 | USD 450 /person |
This is a group tour |