If you want to modify this program in any way for your greater satisfaction, stay more days somewhere in the course of the trip or visit other destinations, do not hesitate to contact us and ask for our advice.
Upon arrival, our staff will be waiting at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to rest or engage in any activity (upon request) if you have enough time available.
Breakfast at the hotel. At 09:00hs or 14:00hs, at your choice, we will start a panoramic tour of the city, where we can see the Colonial Center, the Main Square, the Palacio de Gobierno, the Cathedral, the Archbishop’s Palace and Lima townhall. Also, we will visit San Francisco, a convent with cloisters and catacombs of the Colonial era. The tour will continue through the traditional areas of residential and commercial Lima to end with a spectacular panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and beaches in the district of Miraflores.
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Cusco. Upon arrival, our staff will be waiting for you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. Free time to relax.
At 13:0hs, pick up from the hotel to start the tour around the colonial city, built on the foundations of Inca palaces. We will have a city tour, visiting the Cathedral and Santo Domingo, known as Q’oricancha or Temple of the Sun. Also we will visit the nearby archaeological sites of Sacsayhuaman, Q’enco, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay. Transfer to the hotel and overnight at Cusco.
Breakfast at the hotel. Today we will start a tour to visit the beautiful town of Pisac, its traditional market, the popular show and its narrow streets (Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday). We will continue the tour through the Sacred Valley of Urubamba, where you can enjoy a nice buffet lunch.
Then, we will visit Ollantaytambo, a still inhabited Inca city where a complex system of irrigation channels and foundations still remain from the Inca time and where much of the town was built. The archaeological site of Ollantaytambo has large groups of terraces, fortresses, squares, channels and the Real Casa del Sol, a megalithic temple of great mysticism. Overnight at Sacred Valley.
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the train station to begin the excursion to the Sacred city of Machu Picchu declared by UNESCO as Cultural Heritage for Humanity and chosen as one of the modern seven wonders.
Once we reach the archeological site we will begin a guided tour around the citadel that will last about 3 hours. During the tour you will find temples, palaces, squares and streets of military and agricultural areas. The beauty of Machu Picchu is exalted by the extraordinary scene where it is located. Around the citadel, the National Reserve covers an area of 32.500 hectares and includes a constellation of archaeological monuments which we believe that were built as part of the complex of Machu Picchu and not in isolation.
Free time to enjoy the archaeological site. At the scheduled time with the guide, we will descend to the town of Aguas Calientes, where we will have lunch before our return to Cusco. Upon arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel.
(Optional: it is possible to stay one more night at Machu Picchu by adding one more day to the itinerary and the corresponding costs)
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport at the specified time to board the flight and continue your itinerary.
Current restrictions on visits to Machu Picchu establish that, during the first entrance to the archaeological centre, the passenger must be accompanied by a guide and must follow one of the established circuits within the citadel. Guided tours last approximately 2 hours and the circuit is chosen according to the space’s availability at the moment of formally requesting the reservation.
If the passenger wishes to enter again in the afternoon shift or the next day to make a new visit, or if the passenger wants to make a visit to Huayna Picchu Mountain or Machu Picchu Mountain, it must previously request an additional entrance ticket. There is no sale of tickets at the archaeological site.
It is not possible to reserve entrance tickets. The only way to guarantee a place to visit Machu Picchu is buying the entrance ticket, and to do so, it is mandatory to provide updated personal information of each passenger coming to Peru (full name, date of birth, nationality, and passport or identity card number), which must match the identity document that passengers carry during the trip. This information is especially important for visits to places such as the Inca Trail or the Sacred Citadel of Machu Picchu (including Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain), where local authorities require the presentation of updated and original documentation at the entrance control.
Once the entrance ticket to Machu Picchu has been purchased, it is NON-refundable, NON-transferable and NON-modifiable due to the policies imposed by the authority that regulates the entrance to the archaeological centre.
INTRA-COUNTRY BUS TRANSFER
ON BOARD THE TRAIN EN ROUTE TO MACHU PICCHU
Quantity | Weight | Size (height + length + width) |
1 purse or backpack | 5kg / 11 lb | 62” / 157 cm |