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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 ruins: the fortress and temple of Sacsayhuaman
overlooking the city, Kenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay archeological
sites.
DAY 2/ SACRED VALLEY
This tour is available on Tuesdays , Thursdays or Sundays.
You will be picked up at 8:45 am. Full day excursion to the Urubamba
Valley visiting: the village of Pisac, a picturesque village of colonial
aspect and its andean market,colorful folklore and eye-catching
craftwork. Lunch provided. In the afternoon you'll visit the fortress of
Ollantaytambo, an architectural group which in the Inca times was a
gigantic agricultural, administrative, social, religious and military
complex, then yuo will vist Chinchero´s market. At the end, back to
Cusco at 6:30pm . Overnight (B,L)
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 is on a
mist-shrouded mountain from the top. In the afternoon return to Cusco
and transfer to hotel (D,A).
 DAY
4 / CUSCO – MORAY – MARAS & SALT MINES
Huge circular agricultural terraces at Moray, built by the Incas in
natural sinkholes on a limestone plateau overlooking the Urumbamba
valley. It has been suggested that they have a cosmological meaning, but
their function, other than agricultural, remains a mystery. Nearby,
age-old terraced salt mines and ponds sit below the colonial town of
Maras.
DAY 5 / CUSCO SOUTH ZONE
Located 17 km. (10 miles) southeast of Cuzco, Piquillacta boasts some of
the finest agricultural terracing ever built in the Cuzco area.The tour
continues to the village of Andahuaylillas to visit a seventeenth
century church with an impressive organ decorated with angels and
cherubs. Coming back to Cusco you will visit the arqueologycal side of
Tipon, temple of water. lunch included example: guinea pig roasted
(typical dish), etc.
DAY 6
Transfer to the airport for departure flight. (B) |
