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Duración: 4 days
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Máx. Pasajeros: 10
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Edad mínima: 4
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Dificultad: MODERATE
Description
An intense trip to the past and present of a culture that still has much to offer and won’t cease to impress you.
- All transfers between airport, train station and hotel.
- All tours included with entrance fees.
Full Day Machu Picchu excursion - Train ticket Cusco-Machu Picchu-Cusco according selected category.
- 3 nights of accommodation at Cusco City.
- 1 lunch
- VIPAC Expert guides.
- Daily breakfast
- Drinks.
- Gratuities.
- Machu Picchu has implemented new visitor circuits, with three main routes with specific differences to distribute passengers in various areas. These changes are intended to improve the visitor experience and preserve the integrity of the archaeological site. The circuit with route 2 will be given as priority and if it is not available, the options of taking circuit 3B or circuit 1B will be informed so that you can confirm your decision before the tickets are issued.
- The guided tour inside Machu Picchu takes around 3 hours following a delimited route, 1 or 2. Both routes are quite the same, the park rangers will indicate the route inside the citadel depending of the capacity in the inca terraces.
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants. Otherwise, your tour may not be confirmed.
- When booking your flight Cusco, it must be in the morning. Arrival by noon is too late.
- Upon time of booking, please provide flight itinerary for international flights and domestic flights
- Trek difficulty level is moderate
- Important: If you go suffer from altitude sickness, please bring medicine or ask your doctor for advice before you depart
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Not suitable for pets
- Infant seats unavailable
- Not recommended for people with back problems
- Not recommended for people with heart conditions
- In Cusco, our staff will be providing your train tickets and entrance to Machupicchu the same day of the excursion.
- Your pick up time will ne arranged according with with your fligth arrival in Cusco.
Itinerary
Arrival in Cusco, meet and greet at the airport, transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, ascent to the Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park, and start of the journey visiting the fortress of the same name, a beautiful place that radiates peace and tranquility, we will also admire the huge rocks of up to 4 meters high, that were used in its construction. Continue to Q'enqo, antique temple of the Cougar where we can appreciate an altar for sacrifices in the inner part of a huge rock and then to Tambomachay, sacred fountains of life and health. On the way, enjoy a panoramic view of Puca Pucará, a watchtower that guarded the entrance to the city. Later, tour of the Temple of the Sun Qorikancha, over which the Santo Domingo Convent was built, the legend says that this Temple was completely gold plated, which amazed the conquerors when they first arrived. To end our journey, become familiar with the Plaza de Armas (Main Square) and enter the Cathedral, which amasses invaluable colonial art works and paintings, as for example the Cross that arrived with the first conquerors.
This day we shall visit the most outstanding places in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We will depart towards the Village of Chinchero, the most typical and colorful of the Sacred Valley. This village is famous for its weaving women. Short stop in a textiles center to appreciate the old Inca techniques for the dyeing and spinning using alpaca wool. After visiting the Inca plaza with its beautiful colonial church, we will continue towards Moray, a beautiful Inca archaeological site made up of concentric agricultural terraces that served as a lab to recreate microclimates. Lunch. Later visit to the last living village of the Incas, Ollantaytambo. Also, a visit to the Temple of the ten windows, the bath of the princess, and the Sun Temple. The postcard pictures that we will take from the heights of Ollantaytambo will close this magical day in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Return to Cusco.
According to the season, we will go to the Poroy train station or Ollantaytambo train station, where we will depart by train to visit one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. We arrive at the Aguas Calientes station where our staff will assist us on boarding the bus to go up the winding road to Machu Picchu, amid a spectacular view of the Urubamba River and its canyon. The Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu, will astonish us with its terraces, ceremonial shrines, steps and urban areas. Energy is all around us. After a guided visit, we will have lunch at one of the restaurants in the area. At the arranged time, we will return to Cusco and will be transferred to the hotel.
Transfer to the airport.
