6 Day – Cusco Wonders

At the airport in Cusco, on your arrival, our representatives will be waiting to transport you to your hotel and help you check-in and provide you with the necessary information about restaurants, money exchange, etc the rest of the morning will be free to acclimatize.

At 17:30 There is an optional visit to the center of native art, where you will be able to see the traditional dances of our region.

At 08h00 in the morning is the departure to the famous Vilcanota river, better known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas. On the way, we will stop to have the explications by our guide the Incan sites and to observe the scenery, mountains.

We visit the archaeological site of Pisac, with its enormous Inca terraces for agriculture, the extensive buildings over the valley like temples, homes, altars, etc., and after that we are going to the traditional market (only on market days), there you will have free time to interact with the local craftsmen, or to buy hand-made souvenirs.

We continue to the town of Urubamba for a buffet lunch (Included) at a touristic local restaurant. After lunch, we drive until Ollantaytambo, the Inca town with remarkable channels, stone streets, where it is still preserved the Inca architecture. We visit the amazing temples with enormous blocks.

Finally, we are going to board the train to Aguas Calientes, where you will be transferred to your hotel.

For the visit to Machu Picchu to be perfect, we will leave early, at 5:00 am to avoid the big groups of tourists and enjoy a spectacular sunset over the mountains of Machu Picchu.

We will go by bus to reach the citadel of Machu Picchu, this short trip takes 25 minutes through some mountainous features and stunning views.

We finally arrived at Machu Picchu, where you will have two hours of explanations with our guide, during the explanation you will visit the mirador, Intiwatana located on top of the citadel, the sun temple, the condor temple, and other important sectors.

After the tour, you will have free time to explore the rest oh the citadel on your own. At the recommended time you will have to return to Aguas Calientes for lunch and take the train back to Ollantaytambo. From Ollantaytambo, you will be transported to your hotel in Cusco.

We will leave Cusco around 3:00 am by car to the village of Pitumarca. We will stop for breakfast. After breakfast, we continue in our private transportation to Kayrawuiri community.

We will start our trek up for about 1 hour and 30 hours, on this trail we will have the first views of the Rainbow Mountain, also alpacas and lams along the trail and if we are lucky we can appreciate flying condors and wild vicuñas.

When we conquer the summit, we will have free time to rest and our travel leader will explain to us all the meaning and origin of his mountain colors, and the rest of the time will be free to take pictures and contemplate this beautiful nature.

Finally, we will start our return trail, accompanied by the beautiful landscape. We will take our transport that will take us to Pitumarca Village where we will have lunch and then back to Cusco.

Note: if we have time, we will make some stops at interesting places such as the Inca bridge, the archaeological center of Piquillacta and the Huacarpay lagoon on the way back to Cusco.

We will leave the hotel at 4:00 am, following a trip to the village of Mollepata, to have breakfast that is already included in the package, then continue with the trip to Soraypampa, where we will start our hike.

We will start hiking uphill for about 1 hour until we reach Humantay Lake where our travel leader will explain the origin of the colors and the importance of glaciers for Andean man. There you will have free time to contemplate and take pictures of this beautiful landscape or to meditate a little.

Then we will start to walk down to Soraypampa to take our transport to Mollepata where we will have our delicious lunch already included and after lunch begins our back trip to Cusco.

Today, we will take you to the airport for your flight back home or to your next destination. If you want to extend your journey to another destination in Peru we can organize it.