Traditional Cusco tour 5 days
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Description Traditional Cusco tour 5 days
With Traditional Cusco tour 5 days, you can visit the best destinations in Cusco, starting with a quiet tour of the city of Cusco in order to acclimatize. Traditional Cusco is designed for those who are looking for a quiet trip without long walks and learn about the history and Andean culture from its origins to the present.
In this Traditional Cusco activity, you can visit the imperial city of Cusco, the sacred valley of
the Incas, the Colored Mountain and the archaeological park of Machu Picchu known as one of the 7 wonders of the World. Additionally, you can choose to do the tour of Cuatrimoto in
Maras Moray.
| 5 days | |
| Cultural | |
| Moderate | |
| Inglés, español | |
| 15 to 20 | |
| 3900 masl |
Itinerary
Day: 01 Pick up at Cusco Airport / City tour Cusco
Upon arrival in Cusco, our staff will be waiting for you to meet you at the Cusco airport and transfer you to your selected hotel.
In the afternoon, according to the indications of our guide, we will start the tour of traditional Cusco, where we will visit the temple of Qoricancha, the archaeological center of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pukapukara and Tambomachay.
After the city tour, we will have the afternoon free to enjoy a beautiful sunset over the city of Cusco, with a beautiful view of the main square known as Huacaypata or place of laments.
Overnight in Cusco.
Day: 02 Sacred Valley of the Incas Tour
The Sacred Valley of the Incas is one of the main tourist attractions of Cusco, for this tour we will pick you up at your hotel at 7:30 am and then take our private transportation with our professional guide and start our trip.
We will make our first stop at the textile center of Awanacancha, where we can learn about the production process of Andean textiles, continuing our tour we will go to the viewpoint of Taray, from where we will appreciate the beautiful sacred valley.
Continuing to the archaeological center of Pisaq located on the slopes of the hill of the same name, we will have a guided tour of one hour, where our guide will tell us the history and culture of this great town, after the visit we will return to the town of Pisaq to continue the journey to Urubamba, where a delicious lunch awaits us.
After lunch we will continue the trip to Ollantaytambo where we can visit the fortress of Ollantaytambo for about 40 minutes, after the visit we will transfer to the train station to board the train to Machu Picchu town.
After a 2 hours drive to Machu Picchu Pueblo, the transfer will be waiting to take us to the hotel where our guide will be waiting to give us the indications for our great visit to Machu Picchu.
Day: 03 Machu Picchu Tour
After breakfast, at the time indicated by our guide, we will take the bus to the citadel of
Machu Picchu by the road known as Hiram Bingham, a 40-minute trip on a zigzagging road.
Upon arrival at the entrance gate, we will present ourselves to register our ticket and start a great tour that will take us through beautiful stone paths to the highest part of the citadel, from the viewpoint of the Guardian’s house we can see the magnificent citadel next to the Huayunapicchu, after appreciating the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
We will start the descent to the lower part of Machu Picchu, where we will find the urban part, ceremonial centers, the Intihuatana, the house of the Condor, among other attractions of Machu Picchu.
At the end of the visit we will return to the entrance gate from where we will take the bus back to Machu Picchu town, where we can take advantage of the time to have lunch and wait for the departure time of the train that will take us back to Ollantaytambo, in Ollantaytambo we will board our bus back to Cusco,
The schedules are subject to the date of reservation, since the entrance to Machu Picchu is subject to the schedules, we recommend booking in advance.
Day: 04 Maras Moray and Salt Mines
At 7:30 am we will start our tour by picking you up from your hotel and transferring you to the road that takes us to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. At 54 km from Cusco is located the community of Misminay where we can participate in the daily activities of the community, such as plowing the land, harvesting and observe the process of spinning and weaving.
Here we will be able to choose between the activities of Textiles, Adobe, and agriculture, each activity lasts approx. 45 minutes, after an experiential tourism in Misminay, we will make a walk to the viewpoint of Moray, where we can appreciate a beautiful view of the terraces that were used as agricultural terraces.
Continuing on, we will be able to visit the Mirador of the salt mines or Salineras where we will appreciate an ancestral technique of salt production.
At the end of the tour we will return to Cusco.
Day: 05 Transfer hotel - Cusco airport.
We finish our visit of Traditional Cusco after having enjoyed the best attractions of the city of Cusco, after breakfast our collaborator will pass by your hotel 2 hours before the departure of your flight to take you to the airport of Cusco.
END OF SERVICES
Note: If our flight departs in the evening, we can take advantage of the opportunity to do some additional activity such as the City tour in Cusco, Maras Moray Salineras or Cuatrimoto Maras Moray or some other activity.
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