MACHU PICCHU MAGIC 5 DAYS

Itinerary:

Day – 1: Pick from the Airport – Hotel and Free afternoon on morning.

Day – 2: Full day to Sacred Valley (Chinchero, Moray, Salt Mine and Ollantaytambo)

Breakfast at hotel; Pick up from your hotel at 08:00am. We will go on a bus (private) to the Sacred Valley beginning in Chinchero where you can see another small church built in the century on top and Inca arqueological site, afterward you will go to visit a nice textile community, their textile work is one of the best in the region, keeping the traditional way to produce textile and handicrafts.

A non-traditional circuit that in the last years is gaining importance is visiting the Moray arqueological site and the “Salt Mine”

Moray was an important center of domestication, acclimatization and hybridization of wild vegetable species that were modified or adapted for human consumption in the Incas time.

The Maras “Salt mines” are constituted by about more than 5000 small pools with an average area of 5 m² (53.8 ft²), constructed in a slope of the mountain. People fill up or “irrigate” the pools during the dry season every 3 days, with salty water emanating from a natural spring located on the top of the complex, so that when water evaporates the salt contained in it will slowly solidify.

Afterwards you Will have Buffet lunch at Urubamba restaurants

Then we will continue to Ollantaytambo, a big religious, and agricultural center and unlike other small towns, this one has maintained its original Incan design including outstanding stone buildings and narrow streets.

After the tour we will make our way to the Ollantaytambo train station where we will catch the train to Aguas Calientes. Upon arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel.

Overnight at the Hotel in Aguas Calientes

Day – 3: Visit Machu Picchu & Back to Cusco

Breakfast at the hotel; at around 06:00am take bus to Machu Picchu citadel, you will ride a bus to Machu Picchu archeological site (2,430m/7,972ft) Your guide will expertly direct you throughout the astounding ruins and its main streets. Machu Picchu is considered to be the world’s spiritual center by esoteric wisdom.

Lunch on your own not included in the price.

Return to Cusco: later board the train for the return trip to Cusco. You will stop Ollantaytambo station or Poroy station and then be picked up and driven to your hotel in Cusco

Overnight at the Hotel in Cusco

Meals included: Breakfast

Day – 4: City Tour: Cathedral – Koricancha – Sacsayhuaman – Qenqo – San Pedro Market

Pick up from the hotel at 9:00am – Tour begins from Cusco’s cathedral in which you Will visit one of the most noticeable colonial monuments in América, beautiful paintings made by indigenous people. After, we will go to the Temple of the Sun (Korikancha) upon which the Convent of Santo Domingo has been built.

The tour continues to visit 2 archeological sites around Cusco city: Sacsayhuaman a big archeological complex with impressive masterpiece of Incan architecture in which you will see huge stone blocks. Q´enqo was a ritual place dedicated to worship the mother nature.

The San Pedro Market in Cusco it’s about of colors that you will open your eyes, the smell of raw meats and spices Will invade your nostrils, the sound of the local women each fighting for your attention to buy their juices will make you smile!

Meals included: None

Day – 5: Rainbow mountain full day tour

You will be picked up between 04:00 hrs. Then we are going to set out on a drive through the South Valley. The drive takes around 4 hours to get the beginning of our walk (4,326 m / 14,189 ft.). where You are going to start with the trekking of 3 hours approx. long to the rainbow mountain (most of the way is going up). In the way up, we are going to be able to enjoy amazing landscapes, many red mountains and traditional local houses. When we finally reach the top of Rainbow Mountains (5,100 m / 16,700 ft.), you will have time to take pictures. We will spend approximately 30 minutes between 1 hour (it depends of your trekking speed and weather conditions).

After the amazing view of the landscapes from the top we are going to walk down to the beginning of our trekking point, that take 2 hours approx. (Quesiuno community) where we are going to take our transportation to Hanchipacha community to have lunch. Then you are going to be drive to Cusco, and drop you at your hotel. Back to Cusco Around 6pm.

Expected arrival time in Cusco: 18:00 pm

Please Note: September to April you must be prepared for rainy days. (You must be ready for rain even in the dry season)