Day 1: Welcome & Cusco City Tour
Welcome to the Inca imperial capital of Cusco, also known as the cultural capital of Peru! Upon arrival at the Cusco airport, we will wait for you with a sign with the name of the main traveler, we will take you to your hotel to check in, leave your luggage and freshen up. You will have some time to rest before finding a place to have lunch.
After lunch, and once you are ready, you will be able to choose whether to rest or take a city tour.
We will take you on a relaxed half-day tour of this stunning city to help you acclimatize to the high altitude (3400m/11,155ft).
A treat awaits you as you learn all about this historic place, which is the oldest continuously inhabited city in all of the Americas. People have lived in Cusco since around 1000 BC. C., and they considered it the center of the surrounding culture, which at that time was known as Qosqo. It has been a place of great importance and played an important role in all the civilizations that have lived in the area throughout history, beginning with the natives of Peru, long before the Incas, with whom we often associate the region in the present.
Once the Inca empire reached Peru and beyond, Cusco became the center of a powerful and far-reaching kingdom. After the Incas, the Spanish also used the city as a colonial and royal capital.
On your half-day city tour, you will learn much more about the history of Cusco and see some of the most important monuments and archaeological sites in the city. The attractions you will visit on the tour include:
It begins in the afternoon, with a visit to the main attractions such as the Cathedral of Cusco and its more than 600 paintings of the Cusqueña school, continuing with the tour we will go to the Coricancha on the way we will pass through the beautiful Inca streets, we will enter the Coricancha considered the main temple in the Inca era where we will learn about the Inca religion and architecture
Then we will board our transport and head towards Sacsayhuamán. We will start our tour always in the company and explanation of a guide about the enormous walls of this impressive Inca temple to the God Illapa (lightning). We will take our transport back to Qenqo where we will have a tour of this other ancient Inca temple.
We will continue (and we go to Puka Pukara and Tambomachay where we will visualize and learn about the importance of water in Inca times, at the end of the afternoon you will return to your hotel in the City.
Day 2: Machu Picchu full day tour
We will wake you up very early so you can enjoy your breakfast without rushing at 6:00 am. this way, we can board one of the first buses that leave for Machu. It means that you will beat the big crowds and be able to enjoy the complex in peace as the sun rises and casts a stunning orange glow on the huge stones.
Alomg with your guide, board the bus for a 30-minute ride before arriving at the entrance gate of Machu Picchu. Feel the powerful energy of this fantastic archaeological site as soon as you enter. You will feel the happiness of observing how the golden light of the sun gradually covers all the corners of Machu Picchu. Discover all its secrets and mysteries during a guided tour where you will also learn a lot about its history and the local flora and fauna. Our guide will take you for 2 hours through the most significant areas and then you will have some free time to explore Machu Picchu on your own. After having finished visiting Machu Picchu we will descend to Aguas Calientes.
In Aguas Calientes you will find a place to have lunch and then you will board the train to Ollantaytambo. From there, you will travel to Cusco in our private transportation. We will leave you at the door of your accommodation in Cusco.
Day 3: Transfer to Cusco City Airport
Breakfast at the hotel. At the appropriate time we will pick you up to transfer you to the airport to board your return flight, thus concluding our tour.
Day 1: Welcome & Cusco City Tour
Welcome to the Inca imperial capital of Cusco, also known as the cultural capital of Peru! Upon arrival at the Cusco airport, we will wait for you with a sign with the name of the main traveler, we will take you to your hotel to check in, leave your luggage and freshen up. You will have some time to rest before finding a place to have lunch.
After lunch, and once you are ready, you will be able to choose whether to rest or take a city tour.
We will take you on a relaxed half-day tour of this stunning city to help you acclimatize to the high altitude (3400m/11,155ft).
A treat awaits you as you learn all about this historic place, which is the oldest continuously inhabited city in all of the Americas. People have lived in Cusco since around 1000 BC. C., and they considered it the center of the surrounding culture, which at that time was known as Qosqo. It has been a place of great importance and played an important role in all the civilizations that have lived in the area throughout history, beginning with the natives of Peru, long before the Incas, with whom we often associate the region in the present.
Once the Inca empire reached Peru and beyond, Cusco became the center of a powerful and far-reaching kingdom. After the Incas, the Spanish also used the city as a colonial and royal capital.
On your half-day city tour, you will learn much more about the history of Cusco and see some of the most important monuments and archaeological sites in the city. The attractions you will visit on the tour include:
It begins in the afternoon, with a visit to the main attractions such as the Cathedral of Cusco and its more than 600 paintings of the Cusqueña school, continuing with the tour we will go to the Coricancha on the way we will pass through the beautiful Inca streets, we will enter the Coricancha considered the main temple in the Inca era where we will learn about the Inca religion and architecture
Then we will board our transport and head towards Sacsayhuamán. We will start our tour always in the company and explanation of a guide about the enormous walls of this impressive Inca temple to the God Illapa (lightning). We will take our transport back to Qenqo where we will have a tour of this other ancient Inca temple.
We will continue (and we go to Puka Pukara and Tambomachay where we will visualize and learn about the importance of water in Inca times, at the end of the afternoon you will return to your hotel in the City.
Day 2: Machu Picchu full day tour
We will wake you up very early so you can enjoy your breakfast without rushing at 6:00 am. this way, we can board one of the first buses that leave for Machu. It means that you will beat the big crowds and be able to enjoy the complex in peace as the sun rises and casts a stunning orange glow on the huge stones.
Alomg with your guide, board the bus for a 30-minute ride before arriving at the entrance gate of Machu Picchu. Feel the powerful energy of this fantastic archaeological site as soon as you enter. You will feel the happiness of observing how the golden light of the sun gradually covers all the corners of Machu Picchu. Discover all its secrets and mysteries during a guided tour where you will also learn a lot about its history and the local flora and fauna. Our guide will take you for 2 hours through the most significant areas and then you will have some free time to explore Machu Picchu on your own. After having finished visiting Machu Picchu we will descend to Aguas Calientes.
In Aguas Calientes you will find a place to have lunch and then you will board the train to Ollantaytambo. From there, you will travel to Cusco in our private transportation. We will leave you at the door of your accommodation in Cusco.
Day 3: Transfer to Cusco City Airport
Breakfast at the hotel. At the appropriate time we will pick you up to transfer you to the airport to board your return flight, thus concluding our tour.