DAY 01 CUSCO - SACRED VALLEY (L,D)
We’ll arrange airport transportation upon your arrival and make our journey to the Sacred Valley. On the way, we will visit a breeding site for Andean camelids such as llamas, alpacas, vicunas, and huanacos near Cusco. We’ll stop at strategic places to enjoy the wonderful landscape and visit the Inca city of Pisac and its charming traditional market. To avoid altitude sickness, we’ll stay overnight in the Sacred Valley of the Inkas.
- Distance: 33 km by transport.
- Duration: Aproximately 5 hours.
- Maximum Altitude: 3350 m.a.s.l. in Cusco.
- Minimum Altitude: 2900 m.a.s.l. in Pisa‘q.
- Feasibility: Transportation.
- Difficulty level: Easy.
- Activities: Viewing lanscapes, cultural, experience with alpacas and lamas, textils, and archaeological center of Pisa’q.
- Overnight: hotel in the Sacred Valley.
DAY 02 SACRED VALLEY - MACHUPICCHU - SACRED VALLEY (B,L)
The day begins with a visit to the archaeological center of Ollantaytambo. Then, at the train station in Ollantaytambo, we will take the train to Aguas Calientes, enjoying the scenery of lush green mountains along the way. In town, we will board a bus that will take us to the top of the mountains to enjoy the magic of Machupicchu, including its culture, history, and the spectacular surrounding nature. At night, we will take the train back to the Sacred Valley.
- Distance: 20 km by transport and 104 km by train.
- Duration: Full day.
- Maximum Altitude: 2800 m.a.s.l. Ollantaytambo.
- Minimum Altitude: 2040 Aguas Calientes town.
- Feasibility: train and transportation.
- Difficulty level: Easy.
- Activities: Viewing landscapes, cultural, history, visiting archaeological sites such as Ollantaytambo and Machupicchu.
- Overnight: hotel in the Sacred Valley.
DAY 03 SACRED VALLEY - CUSCO (B,L)
We will continue learning about the technological advances that local people still preserve today, living an experience with them, seeing how they obtain natural dyes for the wool of their animals, and appreciating the acclimatization and domestication center of plants and the salt mines. In Cusco, we will visit the Qoricancha (place of gold), which was the most important center of our spirituality during the time of the Inkas. After that, we will indulge in flavors and colors as we visit the traditional San Pedro market.
- Distance: 91 km by transport.
- Duration: 7 hours.
- Maximum Altitude: 3700 m.a.s.l. Chincheros.
- Minimum Altitude: 2900 m.a.s.l. Sacred Valley.
- Feasibility: Transportation.
- Difficulty level: Easy.
- Activities: landscape viewing, cultural, history, textile, visit to archaeological center: salt mine, Moray, Chinchero, Q’oricancha and san Pedro Market.
- Overnight: hotel in Cusco.
DAY 04 CUSCO - (B,L)
A day to explore the surroundings of Cusco: visiting Sacsayhuaman, evidence of great engineering, and Pucapucara (red fort) from where we will have a view of the surrounding mountains and the valley that we will explore. The walk will take us to visit archaeological sites forgotten in time and covered by nature. In the afternoon, we will take you to the airport for your return flight if needed.
- Distance: 11 km hike, 11 km by transport.
- Duration: Half day.
- Maximum Altitude: 3700 m.a.s.l. at Pukapukara.
- Minimum Altitude: 3350 m.a.s.l. in Cusco.
- Feasibility: Transportation and train.
- Difficulty level: Easy.
- Activities: Viewing lanscapes, cultural experiences, mystical experiencies, visiting archaeological sites such as Sacsaywaman, Pukapukaa and many others along the trail.
