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Hotel Los Andes De America Cusco

 

 
 

Cusco Terrific Tour

6 days 5 nights

 
 

DAY 01: ARRIVAL TO CUSCO / CITY TOUR AND RUINS

Reception and transfer to the Hotel, where you will receive general information about the City, the tours and drink the delicious “Mate de Coca”.

Approximately at 2:00pm, you will start the guided sightseeing tour in Cusco visiting the Main Square, the Cathedral and the Temple of the Sun or Qoricancha. Then, out of the City you will visit the Inca sites of Q’enqo, Tambomachay, Puca Pucara and the impressive Fortress of Sacsayhuaman, strategically built on a hill overlooking Cusco, famous for its enormous carved stones, some of them standing over 9 m /30 ft high and weighing over 350 tons. Return to your Hotel. (No meals).

 

cusco city tour

 

DAY 02: CUSCO / SACRED VALLEY / CUSCO

After breakfast, we will take the Full-day excursion to the "Sacred Valley of the Incas", along the Vilcanota River. We will have the opportunity to share closely the peasants' customs and bargain with vendors at the typical Indian market of Pisaq. The lunch time will be in a local countryside restaurant. In the afternoon, passing through the Towns of Calca and Urubamba, we will visit the Inca Fortress and Citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to guard the entrance to this part of the Valley and protect it from possible invasion from the tribes in the Lower jungle. You will be able to walk through the quaint streets of the nearby Town, and get a good idea of what this strategic military, religious, and agricultural centre was like during the era of the Inca Empire. After that we'll visit the archaeological place of Chinchero. Ending the tour we will be Back to Cusco and the Hotel. (B, L).

 

DAY 03: EXCURSION MARAS / MORAY (PVT)

After breakfast you will be picked up from your Hotel to visit first Moray which main attraction is the Inca circular amphitheater built in different ecological zones representing different climates suitable for studies of the benefits of different plants to get walking Salt, ancient salt mines that are currently operating in a natural system (wells). . Continuing along horseshoe indigenous, we will arrive to Pichingoto, indigenous Community with own facial features and unique housing system (Cave built close to the foot of the hill). Optional box lunch or lunch (not included in the program). At the end of the tour, return to Cusco via Urubamba. (B)

 

maras moray cusco travel

 

DAY 04: CUSCO / MACHU PICCHU

After breakfast approximately at 05:50 hrs, you will be transferred from your Hotel to the Train Station for a 3 ½ hour train journey to the famous Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu, also known as "The Lost City of the Incas", discovered for the science in 1911 by the American explorer Hiram Bingham. We will visit the ruins for around 3 hours, during which time our guide is going to show you the Intihuatana, (or "Hitching Post of the Sun), the Temple of the Sun, the Royal Tomb, the Priests' House, the Inca Baths and the Temple of the Three Windows, which allow us to glimpse back into the past. Time for lunch (Optional). This day you will spend the night in Aguas Calientes town. (B).


DAY 05: MACHUPICCHU / CUSCO

Morning at leisure to explore by your own (entrance fee and transportation not included). In the afternoon you will take the train to Cusco. Upon arrival in Cusco, transfer to the Hotel and overnight (B)


DAY 06: TRANSFER OUT

Breakfast. On a coordinated hour you will be transfered to the Airport or Terminal. Checking passengers. (B)


END OF OUR SERVICES


INCLUDED

All Hotel or Lodge accommodations. All scheduled transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services. All entrance fees. Meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner.

 

 NOT INCLUDED

International and domestic airfares, Airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of international flights and items of personal nature.

 
       
     
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