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This tour takes you through the heart of Peru, from the historic city of Cusco to the iconic Machu Picchu. Begin with a scenic transfer to Ollantaytambo, where you’ll board a train to Machu Picchu. Explore the Inca citadel with a guided tour, discovering its temples, terraces, and spiritual significance. Afterward, return to Cusco to explore the city’s archaeological wonders, including Sacsayhuaman and the Qorikancha temple. This immersive journey offers a rich blend of ancient history, breathtaking landscapes, and cultural heritage.
Destination |
Cusco and Machu Picchu |
Depatures |
Every week |
Transport: |
Tourist minivan or minibus, train |
Type: |
Cultural, hiking |
Included |
- Specilaized Bilingual Guide
- Private airport transfers
- Entrance Fees
- 3-star hotel / upgrade available
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Excluded |
- Flight tickets / upon request
- Insurance
- Meals not described
- Gratuities
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Travel With Bus
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Details
This tour takes you through the heart of Peru, from the historic city of Cusco to the iconic Machu Picchu. Begin with a scenic transfer to Ollantaytambo, where you’ll board a train to Machu Picchu. Explore the Inca citadel with a guided tour, discovering its temples, terraces, and spiritual significance. Afterward, return to Cusco to explore the city’s archaeological wonders, including Sacsayhuaman and the Qorikancha temple. This immersive journey offers a rich blend of ancient history, breathtaking landscapes, and cultural heritage.
Arrive in Cusco in the morning. We pick you up from the airport and drive for about 15 minutes in a tourist van or minibus, to your hotel located in the historical center of the city. The driving time is only about 15 minutes and you have time for lunch.
02.30 pm / Transfer to the train station in Ollantaytambo / 2 hours / Pick up: from your hotel – Ends: at your hotel in Machu Picchu
We drive through the Sacred Valley of the Incas for about 2 hours to the train station in Ollantaytambo. The tourist train departs 4.20 pm and arrives in Machu Picchu village at 6 pm. Staff of your hotel will pick you up from the train station and help you with your small suitcase. Please note that you are not allowed to bring big suitcases. They will help you with the check-in and you will have a pleasant night in warm and cozy village.
Inclusions: private airport transfer in a tourist minivan or minibus, private transfer to the train station in Ollantaytambo in a tourist minivan or minibus, 3-star hotel in Machu Picchu village.
06.00 am / Machu Picchu tour / About 4 hours / Pick up: from the hotel – Ends: at the bus station in Machu Picchu
Please check out of your hotel and prepare your luggage for the return journey to Cusco city. Your guide will pick you up from your hotel, and together you'll take the shuttle bus to the mountaintop, where the Inca citadel and world wonder of Machu Picchu awaits. You have a 40-minute drive and need to make a line to enter. The entrance ticket allows you enter until 30 minutes later of the entry time indicated. Once you arrive, embark on a captivating tour led by a professional local guide, who will share fascinating insights into the history, architecture, and spiritual significance of the ancient Inca culture.
You'll have the opportunity to visit Inca temples, Andean terraces, and Inca streets. In addition to sacred fountains, they constructed a number of temples dedicated to the sun, moon, stars, lightning, rainbow, puma, condor, and other natural phenomena. After the tour you need to take the shuttle bus back to the village and have lunch. Lunch is included at a nice restaurant serving Peruvian-international meals.
After lunch you must go to your hotel and pick up your luggage, then go to the train station 30 minutes before the train departure. According to availability we will use the 03.20 pm or the 04.43 pm train. You will travel back to Ollantaytambo station and from there will continue by road, back to Cusco City. We will pick you up from the Cusco station and take you to your hotel.
Inclusions: professional English-speaking guide, roundtrip bus tickets, entrance ticket for Machu Picchu, lunch, train tickets, transportation from Ollantaytambo train station to Cusco in a tourist minivan or minibus, transfer to your hotel, 3-star hotel in Cusco.
08.00 am / Cusco city tour / About 3.5 hours / Pick up: from your hotel – Ends: at your hotel or at the main plaza.
This tour will take you to the highlights of Cusco city. We start with the Inca complex of Sacsayhuaman which is a huge archaeological site that also includes other Inca sites like Qenqo, Tambomachay, and Puca Pucara. In Sacsayhuaman we will discover huge Inca walls with secrets of iconography that only a good eye could catch.
Then we return to the city to visit The Temple of the Sun Qorikancha, which is an ancient Incan temple considered one of the most important religious sites in the Incan Empire, and was dedicated to the worship of the sun god, Inti.
Qorikancha means "Golden Courtyard" in the Quechua language, and the temple was renowned for its exquisite architecture and lavish decoration. The walls were once covered in gold plates and the courtyard was filled with golden statues. The temple was also a center of astronomical observation and study, and the Incans built a sophisticated system of channels and canals to regulate the flow of water through the temple and control the temperature and humidity.
After the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century, the temple was partially destroyed and a Spanish colonial church was built on top of it. Today, visitors can see the remains of the Incan temple and the Spanish colonial church that was built on top of it, which is now known as the Church of Santo Domingo.
Then we continue the tour visiting the Cathedral of Cusco, and not for religious purposes. It is the major temple of the city and is located in front of the main plaza and was the Inca palace of Inca Viracocha. There are countless pieces of art from the Cusco art school throughout the entire Cathedral. Valuable works of art that are admirable and deserving of knowledge.
Note: The order of activities could change
Inclusions: the tour includes tourist van or minibus, professional English-speaking guide, entrance tickets. Private airport transfer includes a tourist minivan or minibus.
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