Machu Picchu
Lima Cusco Machu Picchu Tour 8 days / 7 nights
The Cusco Lima Machu Picchu Tour service has as a starting point the capital of Peru. You will visit the magic circuit of water, which consists of 12 cybernetic ornamental fountains, and a fantastic show of laser lights, music, and images; In addition, we will visit the center of Historic Lima. The next day we embark on Ica. We will visit the Ballestas Islands in Paracas, tour activities in Buggies, and Sandboard in the Huacachina.
During your stay in Cusco, we will make guided tours of the most important archaeological centers of the city, such as Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay. Then visit the Sacred Valley of the Inca, where we will explore Pisaq, Ollantaytambo, and Chincheros. We will also make the guided tour to the tourist attractions of Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca) and the Humantay Lake, unique places with stunning natural landscapes.
Our trip ends with the most special day of our stay in Cusco, the tour to the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. The journey consists of a tour by bus to Ollantaytambo and then boarding the train to Machu Picchu Pueblo. Then, boarding our bus to the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu.
$750 pp
8-Day
Tour Package
2 – 10 people
Bus – Train
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Itinerary Summary
- Day 1: Pick up from Lima Airport to your accommodation, then the Lima Night Tour plus Magic Water Circuit
- Day 2: Full-day Tour in Ica – Paracas and Huacachina (buggies and sandboard).
- Day 3: Pick up from the airport acclimatization, City Tour in Cusco (Temple of the Sun Qoricancha – Sacsayhuaman – Qenqo – Puka Pukara – Tambomachay).
- Day 4: Sacred Valley Tour (Pisaq, Ollantaytambo and Chinchero).
- Day 5: Humantay Lake Tour.
- Day 6: Rainbow Mountain Tour.
- Day 7: Cusco – Machu Picchu Full-day tour – return to Cusco.
- Day 8: Transfer to the Airport.
The difficulty is easy-moderate, tourist bus tours with short walks through the archaeological sites. The visit to the Sacred Valley of the Inca is easy, however, the visit to the Mountain of Colors and the Humantay Lagoon already has a moderate level of difficulty. Due to the accessibility of Machu Picchu, the trip consists of a 2-hour bus ride and a 2-hour train ride back and forth.
Itinerary
At the indicated time, private transport will wait and receive you at the Lima Airport and then drive you to your accommodation in the Center of Lima, where you will settle and have enough time to go to lunch and rest after your trip. After your rest and around 18:00, we start our tour through the Park of the Reserve, visiting the Magic Water Circuit. This majestic work holds world recognition and distinction by having obtained the Guinness record for being the Larger public fountain park in the world and having the highest fountain in the world (80mts high). The circuit comprises 12 cybernetic ornamental fountains and an admirable spectacle of laser lights, music, and images that interact with the movement of the water in perfect conjunction and harmony. Our tour shows the imposing Historic Center of Lima, which presents its most emblematic attractions like “Plaza San Martin,” the Cathedral of Lima, the Archbishop’s Palace, and the Government Palace,” among others. We will enter the Church of San Pedro and Santo Domingo. You can take unforgettable photographs, taking as a backdrop these magnificent, beautifully lit attractions.
Around 5:30, we will pick you up from your accommodation will be arranged (one night prior, we will indicate your pick-up time). The first tourist point to visit is Islas Ballestas, located in Paracas. The tour will be in a sliding boat to sail offshore and observe the Geoglyph “El Candelabro” and marine fauna such as sea wolves and birds. Finishing the tour, we will have a bite of sweets such as Tejas, Chocotejas, butter cookies, and others, and free time for photos and shopping.
Then we go to the renowned restaurant Nietos where we will enjoy the experience, the variety, and the flavor of its dishes (lunch included: Starter, background dish, and soft drink). After finishing the delicious and succulent lunch, we headed to the winery and piscos Nietos, where we will have the tasting amusingly and peculiarly.
To finish the tour with a touch of gold, we have the visit to the Huacachina, where we will make the tour in buggies or sand carts and practice sandboarding (duration one hour). In this part of the tour, we will experience pure adrenaline when traveling at high speed through the dunes. We will make the Sandbord in dunes with different levels of difficulty. They will finally return to Lima around 21:00.
At the indicated time, private transport will wait and receive them at the Airport of our City of Cusco and then transfer them to settle in their accommodation.
After settling in the room, we offer you a famous cup of coca tea since it is good to have optimal acclimatization. Then due to the heaviness of your trip, it is recommended to rest a little. At 13:40, You must be ready to take the City Tour.
Around 13:40 and after breakfast, we will pick you up from your accommodation and then guide you to the City Tour. We will visit the Temple of the Sun Qoricancha and four Inca ruins or archaeological centers located at the top of the City of Cusco; the visit to these tourist sites is 20 minutes each, after the service return to the City of Cusco and locate the place that seems appropriate for lunch.
Archaeological sites in this service.
Qoricancha is one of the most important religious centers of the empire of the Incas. Its stone constructions have an even greater perfection than Machu Picchu. It was covered with gold and plant until before the Spanish conquest which built there the Convent of Santo Domingo. It is located two blocks from the Plaza de Armas. It houses paintings made by the artists of the so-called “Cusco School” Both the Qoricancha and the Convent of Santo Domingo coexist harmoniously as a symbol of cultural syncretism.
Sacsayhuaman is the impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman strategically built on a hill from where all of Cusco is appreciated. It is famous for its enormous carved stones, some of which are 9 meters or 30 feet high and weigh over 350 tons.
Qenqo is located four kilometers northeast of the city of Cusco and has the archaeological groups of Q’enqo Grande and Q´enqo Chico. Etymologically, it means labyrinth or zigzag, it fulfilled a purely religious function, being on the outside an amphitheater in a semicircular shape with trapezoidal niches and a monolith that simulates being a puma which measures approximately six meters.
Puka Pukara means “red fortress” because the limestone stones with which it is built have acquired the reddish coloration of the terrain, which is very abundant in iron. It is argued that it had the function of guarding Tambomachay, an important palace in the Inkario. But that in turn, due to its architectural layout and the existence of fountains, aqueducts, and multiple enclosures, was a “Tambo” that is, a collective hostel that offered inn and food to travelers, as well as the entourage that was to accompany the Inka in its retreat in Tambomachay.
Tambomachay is located about 8 km. To the north of Cusco and very close to the ruins of Puka Pukara, it is an archaeological site that was destined to worship water so that the head of the Inca Empire could rest. This place is also called Banos del Inca. It consists of a series of aqueducts, canals, and several waterfalls that run through the rocks. The surprising thing about this is that the Incas created 2 secondary waterfalls from a main waterfall, which are exactly the same. That is, if one places two empty bottles, one in each waterfall, the two are filled at the same time.
Finally, at the end of your service, you will return to the City of Cusco, where you can locate the best place to have lunch and then return to your accommodation to spend the night.
07:30 to 07:45 Pick up from your hotel and then go to make the excursion, in this tour, we can appreciate different villages that are located throughout the Sacred Valley of the Incas in addition to making some stops in places like Chincheros where we appreciate textile art and ceramics. Then, we will visit Urubamba to enjoy a typical lunch, later we visit the villages of Ollantaytambo and Pisaq where it has fantastic Andean landscapes, and their inhabitants, native to the Quechua ethnic group, preserve many customs and ancestral rites until now. The guided tour ends at 18.00 hours.
Tourist attractions you will visit
Pisac is a town located on the slopes of the hill Intihuatana (the place where the sun is tied) and has the best system of Andeneria worked by the Incas. Near the town is the Archaeological Park of Pisac, Inca archaeological sites, constructions in polished stones finally assembled, citadel, towers, military fortresses, astronomical observatory, etc. We observe the Inca cemetery, the largest in all of America. Pisac has located 32 km. (20 miles) from the city of Cusco, 2.972 m.a.s.l.
Urubamba is a place with Inca productions, the most primordial corn, and today a beautiful countryside, with great production of fruit trees. An excellent place to enjoy our typical lunch buffet in the area. In the end, we continue the trip to Ollantaytambo.
Ollantaytambo was a military fortress that protected this area of the valley, strategically located between two mountains. Currently, you can know this fortress, and also the rich deposits, formed by the temple to Inti (sun god), the baths of the Nustas (princesses), the Chullpas of Cachiccata, a group of terraces symmetrically staggered and very steep on the slope of a hill. The current town of Ollantaytambo has many houses built on the bases of the ancient Inca people, where natives of rooted ancestral customs live. Ollantaytambo has located 97 km. (60 miles) from Cusco, 2.846 m.a.s.l. (Train station to Machu Picchu).
Chinchero is a very traditional and typical place for crafts and colorful fabrics. The main attraction of the archaeological complex is the Sunday market that still performs barter where they make exchange products. Traditions since Inca times. Thanks to the studies carried out in the year sixty, it has been discovered that some walls belong to an Inca palace covered with earth by the Spaniards and finally, we return on our mobile to the imperial city of Cusco (07:00 pm).
04:30 to 04:45 Pick up from your accommodation to go with the transport to the town of Mollepata (two and a half hours of travel approximately), on whose route we will observe beautiful landscapes and crops of different products such as corn, avocado, and Zapallo among other products characteristic of this Valley. Upon arrival, we will get off the transport to enjoy and taste our breakfast prepared for the whole group, and then the transport will go to the town of Soraypampa arriving around 09:00 am (located at 3.880 masl). 10:30 Our group will begin the walk which lasts about 1 Hour and 40 minutes. Towards the Humantay Lagoon (located at 4.180 masl), where normally the group stays for about 1 hour enjoying the view and the landscape of the imposing snow, connecting with our nature.
Around noon we will start with the descent arriving at Soraypampa between 12:45 to 1:00 pm, the descent will take less time, then take the transport and arrive at lunch and then return to the City of Cusco around 5:30 pm.
Note: During the ascent, you will have the opportunity to rent a horse that will serve as a backup in case of any emergency since the change of altitude is very acute (the rent is negotiated directly with the population that could cost between S/.80 to S/.90 Peruvian currency). Similarly, it is recommended to the tourist at least to take two days to obtain good air conditioning and enjoy the fullness of this walk.
04:10 to 04:20 am. Pick up from your accommodation to go with the transport to the town of Tintinco – Paucarpata (a trip of 2 hours approx). Get off the vehicle to stretch your legs and taste our breakfast prepared by our chef. Get some time to organize the rest of the things, we need for the tour which will take about 1 hour and 40 min. (4 km) until the same mountain of 7 colors, walked through the locality of Machuraccay and reached the point of control where the community organized to collect an income.
Already doing the walk, we will see how the color of the landscape changes and the mountains with a very changing temperature in the duration of our journey, reaching a maximum height of 5,033 m.s.n.m. That is the Mountain of the 7 colors, having enough time to capture images and enjoy this wonder of nature, delight us with the magic that encircles the surrounding mountains as well as a veil of clouds and snowy peaks, then we will start our return through the same path being a much quieter and more leisurely walk, and where an enjoyable lunch prepared by our Andean Chef will await us we will share this beautiful experience with the rest of the group.
After some free time, we will take the transport that will take us back to Cusco arriving and where the transport will take you to the City Center between 05:00. to 05:30 p.m.
Note: During the ascent, you will have the opportunity to rent a horse that will serve as a backup in case of an emergency since the change of altitude is very acute (The rent is negotiated directly with the villager that could cost between S /. 80.00 to S/.90.00 Peruvian currency).
In the same way, it is recommended that the tourist at least take 2 days to obtain good air conditioning and thoroughly enjoy this walk.
We are going to pick you up from your Hotel around 03:00 am to 5:00 am (Please we are going to send you the exact time of departure the moment that you received the confirmation). Getting the train that will leave early in the morning to Aguas Calientes Town where our tour guide will meet you at the train station and ahead to get the bus to Machu Picchu. A guided tour of Machupicchu takes approx. 2 hrs and then you have some free time for photos. Machupicchu prodigy of the architecture of aesthetic recklessness and by the majestic and harmony of its forms, by the impeccable organization of its terraces, stairs, buildings, patios, and passages that are set up in this nest of condors, surrounded by mountains, between the mountain range and the forest like but the extraordinary constructive feat of the pre-Hispanic man. The bus ticket down to Aguas Calientes town is included. Return by Tourist Train to Poroy. Then we will provide you with transportation to Cusco, arriving around 10:00 pm. Our transfer will wait for you and go with him to your accommodation in Cusco Town.
After the tour, you will have an average of a half hour to visit the Inca Citadel on your own and take pictures to remember after leaving the Citadel around 1:00 pm and take the bus down to the town of Aguas Calientes and will arrive there you can find an excellent restaurant to eat something while waiting for the train to leave.
Return to the city of Cusco
The train schedule that we considered in your package is at 15:20 hours (At the time of your confirmation you will be given the exact time of your return), in case you want a special service like Vistadome Train please just send us the request. We are going to reserve it in advance by sending the options. The train considered in the service will be to Poroy and then there will be transport that will bring you to your accommodation in our City.
After your breakfast and 1 hour and 30 minutes before departure of your flights, you will be picked up to drop you off at your accommodation and take your flight back.
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