Cusco light adventure tour : Travel and Tours in Cusco, Peru - Peru Xuzco Tours

Day 01 Lima / Cusco

Arrival in Cuzco, reception and transfer to your hotel. Morning free to adjust to the altitude. After lunch on your own, we’ll enjoy a guided tour of the nearby Inca ruins including Kenko, the ceremonial bath of Tambomachay and the amazing Sacsayhuaman, a huge fortress of massive stones. We will also take a tour of the city including the Koricancha, temple of the Sun, a nice example of the Inca architecture, the Main Plaza, the Cathedral and much more. Return to your hotel.

Day 02 Cusco / Sacred Valley of the Incas / Cusco

Full day tour, including visits to the colorful Pisac Indian Market and the Ollantaytambo Fortress. At an elevation of 8,500 feet, the Urubamba Valley, or Sacred Valley of the Incas, is the historic heart of the Inca Empire. It was intensively cultivated with terraces increasing its harvest several fold. Small villages lined the valley floor, while the stone fortresses of Ollantaytambo and Pisac served the dual purpose of providing protection and serving as religious centers. Without the benefit of the wheel, the Incas built massive stone cities and ruled an empire stretching 3,300 miles over some of the harshest terrain on earth. Without the use of mortar, the Inca constructed their cities, suspension bridges, and aqueduct systems, with an engineering expertise that has survived five hundred years of natural disasters, conquest, and modern development. PLEASE NOTE THE MARKET ONLY TAKES PLACE ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS. (B,L)

Day 03 Cusco / Machu Picchu

Leaving Cuzco or Ollantaytambo on the early passenger train, heading over the puna and its rolling hills down toward the Urubamba River in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Arrive at Km. 104. From here, hike up to Chachabamba, the old Inca ruins. After a brief visit, begin a four-hour ascent to the ruins of Winay Wayna, an important spiritual site. The Inca Trail cuts across the ridge above Machu Picchu to finally reach the sun gate, Intipunku, where we will have a fantastic view of the magnificent Machu Picchu citadel. Continue to Aguas Calientes for overnight at selected hotel. Box Lunch. [B,L]

Shared Service

Booking

	Single	Double	Triple
Monasterio **** Superior room(cus) Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (Mapi)	$ 2296.00	$ 1398.00
Libertador Hotel*** (Cus) Machu Picchu Pueblo* (Mapi)	$ 1406.00	$ 938.50
Novotel** (Cus) Machu Picchu Pueblo* (Mapi)	$ 1127.00	$ 799.00
Picoaga Hotel** (Cus) Machu Picchu Pueblo* (Mapi)	$ 1061.00	$ 803.50
Sonesta Posada del Inca * (Cus) Hatuchay Tower * (Mapi)	$ 788.00	$ 588.50
Los Casa Andina* (Cus) Hatuchay Tower * (Mapi)	$ 785.00	$ 582.50
Los Apus Hotel* (cus) Hatuchay Tower* (Mapi)	$ 704.00	$ 573.50
Los Andes de America* (Cus) Hanaqpacha Inn* (Mapi)	$ 631.00	$ 522.50
Cuzco Plaza II * (Cus) Hanaqpacha Inn* (Mapi)	$ 586.00	$ 503.00
Cuzco Plaza I * (Cus) Hanaqpacha Inn* (Mapi)	Contact Us	Contact Us

If you are looking a private service where you will have a guide and car just for you, please let us know to send you a proposal.

The prices Included
- 3 nights accommodation in Cuzco Hotel
- 1 nights at Machu Picchu
- Meals : 5 breakfasts and 2 lunches.
- Vistadome train ticket Aguas Calientes – Cuzco
- Entrance tickets : Main archaeological and historic sites in Cuzco & Machu Picchu
- All services basis shared services with English speaking guide
- A licensed, well-trained, English-speaking guide, who visits the clients the evening before departure to explain the trek and answer any questions.
- Entrance tickets for the Inca Trail and for the Machu Picchu archaeological sanctuary

What's Not
Domestic flights, meals not noted in itinerary, optional tipping to guides and local staff; airport taxes; and items of a personal nature (sodas, alcoholic beverages, laundry, etc.)

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More about Machu Picchu

Perched high above a sinuous bend in the Urubamba River, Machu Picchu has lured explorers, poets and pilgrims to its mist-wreathed ridge top ever since its discovery by the American explorer Hiram Bingham in July, 1911

No one lived here before the Incas. Those mighty empire builders from Cuzco discovered this extraordinary place, finding it rich in natural features sacred to their religion. Both inspired and humbled by its dramatic natural beauty, their answer was to create on a vast scale one of the planet's most sensitive and harmonious works of art. The aesthetic genius of its layout and architecture coupled with the durability of its brilliant planning and engineering have given us today this finest of jewels among the UNESCO world heritage sites
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Scholars still argue about the meaning of Machu Picchu: why it was built and what purpose it served, who lived there and when they departed. Most agree that its main intent was spiritual and ceremonial.