TOUR IN CUSCO AND MACHU PICCHU 3 DAYS

Day 01: Cusco – City Tour – Cusco.

We’ll welcome you at Cusco’s airport by our transfer and transport to your hotel, in the afternoon you’ll have the City Tour, more than visit only the Cusco city itself, in this tour, you’ll have the option to visit Inca’s sites located in the upper part of Cusco.

The only place inside Cusco City will be Qoricancha, this place is very well known as the Temple of the Sun, in Inca’s time this place was the most important religious center of all the Tawantinsuyo (original name of the Inca’s land), this place shows one of the finest constructions of the Inca masonry;

Then the next place to visit is Saqsayhuaman located in the upper part of Cusco where you’ll have a really nice view of Cusco city, also here is the spot where you will be amazed by seeing the megalithic building made by the Incas, where they used gigantic boulders from 1 to 128 tons; continue our tour we’ll arrive to Qenqo, other ceremonial place dedicated to the Pachamama (Mother earth), this is a big carved stone by the Incas, where they used this natural formation to make us imagine how hard was their work, then you’ll continue to Pukapukara a fortress and point to take control for all people who arrived in Cusco, and we’ll end our tour visiting Tambomachay the temple of the water, then we’ll bring you back to the hotel in Cusco. This tour lasts four hours, and you can go in the morning or in the afternoon.

Day 02: Machupicchu.

Enjoy the second day of the tour with the trip to Machu Picchu by train from Ollantaytambo station.

We’ll pick you up from the hotel and take you by car to Ollantaytambo Train station (located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, an hour and a half from Cusco.), from this place we’ll go by train for one and a half hours to arrive at Aguas Calientes (town of Machupicchu), arriving there, the guide will pick you up from the train station and is going to take you by bus to the archaeological site of Machupicchu, where you’ll have two hours guided tour, this will be around the main places of the citadel, then, you’ll have free time to explore Machupicchu and take pictures your own (two hours), after the free time you’ll return to Aguas Calientes where you’ll have a free time to have lunch; then, you have to be in the train station to take your train, the train will take you to Ollantaytambo train station again, so there, we’ll pick you up to bring you back by bus to Cusco (arrival around 18:30 hrs or 20:00 or 22:30 hrs.).

In addition to making a trip by train to Machu Picchu, there is always the possibility of enjoying a cheap trip to Machu Picchu by bus.

Day 03: Cusco

Breakfast, transfer by car to the airport or bus station for your travel to your next destination or flight back home.

Included:

• Briefing: A day before the tour or the same day we give you detailed information about your itinerary, where we also give you all the tickets that you will need on the trip, maps and all the relevant information that you have to know, this can be at your hotel or in our office INKA TIME.
• Tourist transportation: Mini-buses in the City Tour and Hotel (Cusco) – Train Station – Hotel (Cusco), these services are provided with mini-busses of 15 or 20 people (Renault Master or Sprinter Mercedes-Benz).
• Tour Guide in the City Tour: You will be well-informed by our guides at each place of visit.
• The entrance tickets: We will have ready for you all tickets you need for all the sites around the City Tour (Partial Boleto Turistico + Qoricancha entrance fee).
• Train tickets: We will book your round trip train tickets (Train Voyager IncaRail).
• Bus Tickets: We will give you ready tickets to go up and down in Machu Picchu (Day 2).
• Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu: We will have your passes ready to get into this beautiful place.
• Tour guide (Machu Picchu): Our guides will make you spend an excellent time in this wonderful place.
• Transportation to come back to Cusco: Transportation in minibusses of 10 or 15 people.

Not Included:

• Meals: There is a great variety of restaurants from US$ 8.
• Night in accommodation in Aguas Calientes: if you wish we can give you Accommodation rates from US$ 15 per person, or you can also visit www.booking.com where you have an endless number of accommodations; remember that you will arrive in the village at 18:10 a.m. and Next day they leave early to visit Machupicchu, so the accommodation is more for sleeping.
• Entrance fee to Waynapicchu mountain: US$ 15.00 (this is hiking of 2 and 1/2 hours) if you want to climb up this mountain you have to tell us before because there are only 400 spaces per day.
• Entrance fee to Machupicchu mountain: US$ 15.00 (this is hiking of 3 and 1/2 hours) if you want to climb up this mountain you have to tell us before because there are only 400 spaces per day.
• Tips (this is optional, our staff is well remunerated, this is why it is not something indispensable or expectant, any amount will be well-received).

Important:

• We respect all biosecurity protocols recommended by the Ministry of Health of Perú.
• US$ 25.00 Discount for people who belong to the Andean Community group (Perú, Colombia, Ecuador y Bolivia).
• US$ 20.00 Off for those students with Under graduated student card, (this ID must be made in PVC material, and it must have the next requirements: university information, personal student information, student picture, and expiration date valid only for one year, its year must coincide with the year that student visits Machu Picchu, the discount until 25 years old.), the ISIC cards are not valid anymore.
• US$ 20.00 Discount for under 18 years old.
• US$ 115.00 Discount for under 8 years old children; children under 3 years old do not pay if they don’t occupy seats on the train and buses.
• According to the new regulation of Sustainable Use and Tourist Visit for the conservation of the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu 2019, the entrance ticket to Machu Picchu is valid only for a single entry to the park (this means: The passenger enter, walk around, go out and can not re-enter again), usually, all people stay between 4 and 5 hours into Machu Picchu, if you would like to stay a longer time, you must buy another ticket (US$ 50.00 Extra), the park is open until 17:30 hrs.
• Prices are for tours in shared service (group tour), groups of 10 to 15 people, inquire for prices in a private tour.
• We have departures every day.
• To start this tour, you have to be at least one day before in Cusco.

Upgrade:

• Private Transportation to Return: From Ollantaytambo to Cusco, US$ 20.00 (Per way, per person); This gives you a pleasant trip without waiting and picking up other people of the group tour.
• Private Tour Guide: Personalized service in the citadel of Machu Picchu, US$ 25.00 (Per person – At least 2 people), with this service you will not have to depend on a group.
• Train returning at 16:12 hrs. TRAIN 360° Inca Rail (From Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo) US$ 30.00 (Per Person); This is another class of train with Taller and wider panoramic windows and an outdoor observatory wagon with bar, this has an excellent schedule, you will arrive in Cusco around 20:20 hrs.
• Train returning at 16:43 hrs. TRAIN VISTADOME – Peru Rail (From Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo) US$ 35.00 (Per Person); This is another class of train with panoramic windows located beside and above your seat will bring you close to nature unlike anything you’ve experienced before, this has an excellent schedule, you will arrive in Cusco around 21:00 hrs.

What you need to take:

• The tickets are given in the briefing a day before your trip.
• Original Passport (This is requested to take the trains, the buses and to get into Machupicchu).
• Small rucksack (backpack) smaller than 30 liters.
• Repellent for Mosquitos.
• Sunscreen.
• Water, snacks.
• Rain Poncho (The climate is quite changeable, it is better to be forewarned).
• Comfortable clothes (somewhat warm) when you leave early and return late is a bit cold, it’s better to feel comfortable with your temperature.

TOUR IN SHARED SERVICE

This service in a GROUP TOUR means that you will do the tour with other people, This standard service has 15 to 19 participants, that doesn’t mean you have to get that quantity of people to do the tour, we have confirmed departures every day, so, If you are only one or two people do not worry, you can join some of our groups.

“BEST PRICE PER PERSON: US$ 305.00”

TOUR IN A PRIVATE SERVICE

This service is an exclusive way to make this trip, where the service is very much where the service is much more personalized, prices vary according to the number of people in your group:

2 PEOPLE: US$ 395 PER PERSON
3 PEOPLE: US$ 365 PER PERSON
4 PEOPLE: US$ 345 PER PERSON
5 PEOPLE: US$ 335 PER PERSON
6 PEOPLE AND MORE: US$ 325 PER PERSON

STEP 1: SEND YOUR INFORMATION“

Complete the booking form DOWN HERE or send data of all the travelers to info@inkatimetours.com as full name, passport number, nationality, date of birth, or a copy of passports, indicating the exact date of travel; Our privacy policies are strict, INKA TIME will use this information exclusively to nominate the reservation tickets, we never share this information with third parties.

STEP 2: MAKE A DEPOSIT“

Choose the best way to pay and make a payment, for this tour the payment (deposit) is 50% per person; There are 03 ways to pay: Payments via “PAYPAL”, with any debit or credit card VISA, MASTER CARD, AMEX (these last two options have an 8% fee), also Wire money by Western Union, any extra commissions or fees charged must be assumed by the customer; when you send your information you have to specify the payment method you would like to use, then when we mail you back We will send you a request for payment through the platform you chose.

STEP 3: TOUR CONFIRMATION

Upon receipt of all passenger(S) data and once we received information of your payment, we will send you your receipt (VOUCHER OF RESERVATION), at this moment your reservation will be guaranteed 100%. (this will be sent at most in the next 8 hours, considering our business hours GMT – 5).