Enjoy the enigmatic and mysterious sites of the archeological capital of America and visit the wonderful citadel of Machupicchu. In this tour Cusco and Machu Picchu 3 day, you will visit the famous Qoricancha, the mystic Saqsayhuaman and other Inca sites, where you will be able to see the great Inca buildings and a day tour to Machupicchu, where you will have the option of taking the great train trip to Machupicchu.
LOCATION: CUSCO, MACHU PICCHU.
TYPE OF TOUR: HISTORIC AND CULTURAL.
HIGHLIGHTS: QORIANCHA, SAQSAYHUAMAN AND MACHU PICCHU.
AVAILABILITY: EVERY DAY.
DIFFICULTY: EASY BUT WITH LOT OF WALKING AROUND THE RUINS.
Day 1: Cusco – City Tour – Cusco.
Day 2: Cusco – Machupicchu – Cusco
Day 3: Cusco – Free Time – Airport or Bus Station.
ROUTE MAP
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 into 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 huge 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 last four hours and you can go in the morning or in the afternoon.
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 one and an half hours to arrive to 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 guiding 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.
Breakfast, transfer by car to the airport or bus station for your travel to your next destination or flight back home.
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.
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
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1.- I am just one person, can I join some group tour?
Yes, you can, we have departure every day, feel free to decide when to go.
2.- We don’t like to go in a big group, can we arrange a private tour?
Yes you can, our group tours go with 15 or 19 people, but if you want, you can also arrange a private tour, we have different rates for it depending on how many people you are.
3.- I will travel with my family, we have two 65 YO people, do you think, can they make it?
We had people on this tour from 70 and 75 YO, the tour is not hard, but you have some small hikes into the Inca Sites where there are many steps to go up and down if you think they are not to fit to do it, we recommend to take a Private tour, that will be a perfect plan to do the tour quite easily and smoothly.
4.- We want to take the tour included Wayna Picchu or Machu Picchu mountain, do we have enough time to do it in the same day tour of Machu Picchu?
Yes, On this tour you will sleep in Aguas Calientes (Town of Machu Picchu) so you can take some of the first busses, the park opens at 6:00 am. suppose that you will get in at 7:00 am. First, you can climb the Mountain (2 or 3 and 1/2 hours hike) until 10:30 am. Then, you can go out to use the toilet or eat something and rest, then you can start the guided tour around the citadel (Around 2 hours) until 14:00 hrs. Then you will have free time to continue exploring on your own, the park is open until 5 pm. You will have like 10 hours to be there, the train departure to return is at 19:00 hrs.
5.- How about my luggage, can I take all my staff?, or where can I store it?
As this tour is only for 2 days we recommend to take only small backpacks because there are restrictions to take on the train, and also all the streets in Aguas Calientes have only pedestrian access. The rest of your stuff you can be stored at your accommodation in Cusco, All the Hotels have storage if you book the night for your way back, you can leave your stuff there, another option is that you can leave your stuff in our office, in the two options you don’t need to pay anything extra.
6.- How about the altitude, Are going to pass by other places higher than Cusco?
Cusco city is located in 3350 masl. (10990 Ft.) the only place higher than Cusco is Chinchero area 3750 masl. then you will descend to Aguas Calientes 2050 masl. Machu Picchu is located in 2450 masl (8038 Ft.); we always recommend to have at least one day in Cusco to acclimatize; altitude sickness is very different for everyone, sometimes you don’t have any problem.
