Archeological ruins, landscapes, villages, and cultural traditions await you on this excursion to the Inca Valley from Cuzco! You'll visit Pisac, Ollantaytambo Fort, and see several relics of the Inca civilization.
Description
When booking, you can choose between two different options. Both include hotel pickup and drop–off, minibus transport, and an English-speaking guide.
Sacred Valley of the Incas Tour (10 hours)
On the day of your tour, we'll pick you up at the indicated time and leave Cusco behind, delving into the Sacred Valley of the Incas, venerated by the Pre-Columbian Empire for its climate and rich soil.
You'll have free time in Pisac to buy some typical artisan souvenirs, and then we'll continue along the Vilcanota River to Urubamba, the capital of the Sacred Valley, where you can eat on your own or taste a traditional Andean buffet lunch.
With newfound energy, we'll head to the Ollantaytambo ruins for a guided tour. Following our guided visit, we'll start our return journey to Cusco. Along the way, we'll make a pitstop in Chincheros to admire the Church of Our Lady of Monserrat and learn why this impressive structure was built.
We'll arrive back to the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco at 6 pm after about 10 hours of adventure.
Complete Sacred Valley Tours (12.5 hours)
We'll pick you up at your hotel in Cusco at the indicated time and set off towards Chincheros, 40 minutes away. Here, we'll stop to admire a church, which dates back to the 17th century and was one of the first Catholic buildings in Peru.
The next stop will be in Moray. A place where numerous cultivation experiments were carried out at different altitudes. Did you know that it's considered an agricultural research center?
Continuing our tour of the Sacred Valley, we arrive at Maras to admire the famous salt mines, 3,000 salt wells formed from a natural spring, with a mysterious ancient legend.
Then we hit the road to Urubamba, arriving hungry at 12 pm! So once there, you can enjoy a delicious Andean buffet lunch or head out to eat lunch on your own in the city.
With renewed energy, it's on to Ollantaytambo, to enjoy magnificent views of the Valley of the Incas. We'll walk through the cobbled streets of this town that was an important center of Inca culture, home to a great ceremonial temple.
Finally, we visit Pisac, one of the most famous archaeological complexes in the valley, where we'll see the remains of a great civilization and learn about the legend of Inquill.
Afer about 12 and a half hours of adventure we'll drop you off at the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco.
Hotel Pickup
This tour includes pickup from the following points in Cusco:
- Historical centre of Cusco (San Blas neighbourhood, Calle Nueva alta, Saphi, Ruins, Matara, San Pedro, Av. Sol, Tullumayu and Huascar).
- Santa Ana (only to the temple of Santa Ana).
- Recoleta (only up to the temple of Recoleta and the nearby streets).
- Zaguán del Cielo.
- Lucrepata.
- Wanchaq (the oval of Pachacuteq, Infancia, Estadio Garcilaso and Plaza Tupac Amaru).
- Santiago (Grau Bridge and Pasaje Esmeralda).
In case your hotel is located elsewhere, you'll be told the location of the exact meeting point, near the Plaza de Armas in Cusco.
Cusco Tourist Card
By reserving the Cusco Tourist Card, you'll get access to numerous attractions in and around the historic city and the Sacred Valley of the Incas. There are different options to choose from depending on what you want to see and how long you're spending in Cusco!
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