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DAY
1 / CUSCO CITY TOUR
Upon arrival reception, assistance and transfer to the hotel. Visitors
should take a short rest in order to adjust to altitude. Afternoon tour
of the city visiting the Koricancha Temple and the Cathedral. Continue
to the surrounding sites: the fortress and temple of Sacsayhuaman
overlooking the city, Kenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay archeological
sites.
DAY
2 / SACRED VALLEY OVERNIGH
Breakfast. Full day excursion to the "Sacred Valley of the Incas", by
the Urubamba River. We will have the opportunity to share with the
andean people´s custom and visit the typical andean market of Pisac, At
a distance of 30 km. (19 miles) from Cusco. Its available on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Sundays. Lunch in a local countryside restaurant.
After lunch, we will continue through the Towns of Calca and Urubamba,
we visit the arqueological site of Ollantaytambo, built to guard the
gateway to the jungle and Machu Picchu.The Fortress consists of a series
of platforms of stones, Later on, you can walk through the streets of
Ollantayatmbo Inca village, and get a good idea of what this Strategic
Military, Religious, and Agricultural Centre was during Inca time.
overnight on the sacred Valley of the Incas.
DAY
3 / MACHU PICCHU
Catch the morning train for a full day tour of Machu Picchu, the `Lost
City of the Incas` one of the most renowned examples of Inca
architecture. Surrounded by lush cloud forest, the citadel perches on a
mist-shrouded mountain top.
In the afternoon return to Cusco and transfer to hotel (D,A).
DAY 4 / CUSCO
In this day you will have all day free and you can go shopping around
the typical markets in Cusco, the famous twelve sided stone, narrow
streets with the finest walls as example of Inca Architecture, and the
San Blas neighbourhood, the residence of the best artists since the
colony.
Some museums such as Museum Inka.
DAY 5
Transfer to the airport for departure flight. (B) |