Exciting Machu Picchu 4 Days

Itinerary

DAY 1: Arrival to Cusco

Today is a relaxed and leisurely introduction to Cusco. Enjoy our complementary airport pick up in our comfortable and modern private vans. Upon arrival at your hotel, spend the rest of the day getting acquainted with your new surroundings and the new altitude. Walk through the historical center with plenty of archictetural marvels or the bohemian neighborhood of San Blas. See some street art and sample local cuisine and explore Cusco by night.

DAY 2: Tour to the Sacred Valley (Pisac & Ollantaytambo)

Today is packed with adventure and discovery. Our guide will pick you up from your hotel for a scenic drive through the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Along the way you get to enjoy incredible mountain vistas, farming terraces and the Urubamba River. Our first stop is Pisac, only 45 minutes outside of the city. We visit the bustling and colorful Pisac market before exploring the important archeological site that overlooks the city. Enroute, we stop in the town of Urubamba for lunch. We carefully select the restaurant and we also make sure it´s vegetarian and vegan friendly.

Later, we head over to the historical salt mines, where the locals are still producing salt the same way their ancestors have done for many generations. Later stop at the fascinating Inca site of Moray, also known as ” The Greenhouse of the Incas.” Finally, we drive to Ollantaytambo to explore the Archeological site that´s famous for being the last resistance of the Incas against the Spanish conquest.

After the tour we will make our way to the Ollantaytambo train station where we will catch the train to Aguas Calientes. Upon arrival, your private guide will transfer you to your hotel to check in for the night.

DAY 3 Visit to the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu & Back to Cusco

After an early breakfast at your hotel, we catch the early shuttle bus to the citadel. We arrive just in time to enjoy the sunrise over that magnificent Machu Picchu archeological site (2,430m/7,972ft) declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007. We start our very own private guided tour from our experience bilingual guide.

**Optional hike

**Huayna Picchu is optional treks within Machu Picchu Citadel which does not include a guide. This is a self climb that you will do after your guided tour of Machu Picchu without a guide. If you would like the extra hike to be guided, please request in advance. There is an extra cost for this extra guided tour. 

Later, we take the bus back to Aguas Calients and if time permits than we get to explore the artisanal markets and stroll on the coble street. Finally, we board our train back to Ollantaytambo where our private transportation will be waiting to take us back to Cusco. Estimated arrival time in Cusco is 7:00pm.

DAY 4 Colorful Cusco Walking Tour – Flight to Lima

Start your final day in Cusco with a scrumptious breakfast at hotel. Our guide will pick you at around 9: 00am . We begin the walking tour in the colorful San Pedro Market, a true representation of authentic Cusqueñan day to day life. The guide will explain the history of this market as you wonder through the narrow aisles laden with colorful fabrics, meals, fruit juice, breads, shaman stalls, etc.

After, we visit Cusco’s main square, a busy and vibrant space that marks the colonial center of the city; which features wide stone pathways and well-kept colorful gardens.

Then we venture to the famous street of Hatun Rumiyoc. The walls of the palace have a Snake and Puma on it. There you can observe the well-known 12 angle stone which is a symbol of perfection in Incan Architecture.

After, the Temple of the Sun (Qorikancha) upon which the Convent of Santo Domingo was built. Corikancha is a living representation of merging of Inca architecture and the Spanish conquests’. Later we can take you to the airport for your flight to your next destination.