Day 01 Lima / Cusco
Upon arrival at Cusco city, meeting assistance and transfer to your hotel.
Rest of the morning free to adjust to the altitude.
At the afternoon, visit the most important places in the city: Main Square, the Cathedral and the Koricancha palace, be continue visiting the nearby Inca ruins including the ceremonial bath of Tambomachay, Kenko and the amazing fortress of Sacsayhuaman.
Cusco / Sacred Valley / Cusco
At the morning departure to "Sacred Valley" to visit the colorful Pisac Indian Market; in this place their people make commercial interchange as their ancient time.
After lunch at the local restaurant, we will visit the Ollantaytambo Fortress.
Return to Cusco city (B, L)
Day 03 Day 03 Cusco / Machu Picchu /Cusco
At opportunity time, transfer to station where you will catch the train to Aguas Calientes. The 3 hour train journey follows the ever narrowing gorge of the Urubamba river to Aguas Calientes town, on the way you will appreciate picturesque Andean scenery and traditional villages.
As we approach the Machu Picchu Sanctuary, the valley turns into a canyon and the vegetation changes to a cloud forest.
Then you'll board a bus for a 30-minute drive up the switchback road to Machu Picchu. Once at the site and after an orientation by the guide, you will have sometime guided exploration of the fabled Inca citadel.
After lunch, we'll descend by bus to catch the train to Cusco and then transfer to your hotel. (B, L).
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.
