Category: Cusco Tours

Tour: Cusco – Combapata – Palcoyo Mountain – Cusco

The tour begins at 4:00 am with pickup from your hotel, the trip will take approximately 3 hours by bus, there will be a stop in the town of Cusipata for breakfast. Then we resume the trip to the community of Pitumarca and finally begin the walk of approximately one hour, where you can appreciate the fascinating landscape in the different colors of the strata of the earth that make up the three mountains. Also, during the tour you will be able to see rock peaks that make up a “forest of stones” and in the rainy season the “red river”, a stream that acquires a red color due to the landslide of the mountain.

After appreciating the multicolored mountain range, we returned along the same outward route with a stop for lunch. We will be in Cusco at 6:00 pm.

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $29
• Foreigners $37

Tour: Cusco → Rainbos Mountain – Vinicunca → Cusco.

The tour starts at 4:30 a.m. on a bus that heads towards the community of Paucarpata where you arrive after a three-hour trip, you have breakfast there, and then head to the Chillihuani bus station.

From this last location, the ascent hike begins until reaching the mountain of colors, which can be done in an hour and a half. After spending a good amount of time to admire the scene and the surrounding landscapes, you return along the same path. , upon arrival a delicious buffet lunch awaits you to enjoy Peruvian food.

The return bus will arrive in the city of Cusco at approximately 3:30 p.m., concluding this adventure.

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $29
• Foreigners $35

Tour: Cusco → Mollepata → Soraypampa → Humantay Lagoon → Cusco

The departure is at dawn, at 4:30 a.m. on an exciting trip that lasts about three hours to reach the base camp of Soraypampa, where you have breakfast and gain strength to ascend towards the lake for an approximate period of one hour and forty minutes along the way you enjoy the pure mountain air. and the spectacular views of the snow-capped mountains of Humantay and Salkantay.

After staying in the place, the excursion continues along the same path to Soraypampa where we have lunch in an atmosphere of friendship and camaraderie. The return trip to the city of Cusco is done in the same way with the satisfaction of knowing one of the most beautiful places in the region.

 

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $29
• Foreigners $35

Day 01: Cusco → Hydroelectric → Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town)

The trip begins early, at 7:30 a.m., departing from your accommodation and following the Cusco – Quillabamba highway where you can see beautiful landscapes and the possibility of seeing the snow-capped mountain Verónica. A detour on the road allows you to reach Santa Teresa, where you make a brief stop for lunch.

After lunch, the journey continues to “Hidroeléctrica”, from where the walk begins for approximately three hours until reaching Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town), where we will spend the night to ascend to Machu Picchu the next day.

Day 02: Hot waters → Machu Picchu → Hot waters → Hydroelectric → Cusco

The ascent to the citadel can be done in two ways:

1. Ascent on foot along the Inca trail, for an approximate time of 1:30 hours.
2. Ascent by road tourist bus for an approximate time of 30 minutes.

Those who wish to climb the Inca trail must depart at 4:30 a.m. to arrive at the Inca city early and take advantage of the view at sunrise.

Those who wish to ascend by tourist bus must board the first buses from 5:30 a.m., that way, they will also be able to appreciate the sunrise over the sanctuary.

After a brief wait in the access area to group together and once the doors of the sanctuary have been opened, the tour will begin in the company of the guide through the most important points for a period of two hours. Take advantage of this moment to ask questions. that you want. After this time, you can freely explore the place for two hours and then descend to Aguas Calientes in the same way you ascended.

After having lunch at noon, the return walk begins along the same route to the hydroelectric station. There is the option of returning by train from Aguas Calientes to Hidroeléctrica in a single service that departs at 1:00 p.m. for an additional cost. At the last station the vehicle is boarded to return to the city of Cusco, arriving at 9:30 p.m. approximately.

 

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $ 79
• Foreigners $ 79

Tour: Cusco → Tipon → Pikillaqta → Andahuaylillas Cusco

Early in the morning, at 8:30 a.m., the trip begins with a journey of approximately half an hour to the archaeological site of Tipón, where a system of platforms or monumental cultivation terraces associated with a complex hydraulic system can be seen. which demonstrates the dominance of the Incas over the liquid element, in addition to the ceremonial use of the place in relation to water.

The second destination is a large walled city, with straight streets, two and three-story buildings, a military zone and a ceremonial area associated with large plazas. The city of Pikillaqta is very old and was built by the people of the Wari culture ago. two or three millennia, influencing the entire Lucre Wetland basin, a paradise for bird watchers.

The next point of interest is the Andahuaylillas chapel, a temple of colonial Andean baroque style that surprises with the profusion of syncretic paintings inside that cover the walls and coffered ceilings, in addition to the paintings and the profusion of gold leaf on its walls. altars and altarpieces, attributes that have earned it the nickname “The Sistine of America.”

The tour concludes upon returning to Cusco at 3:00 p.m. approximately

 

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $19
• Foreigners $25

Cusco Cathedral → Coricancha or Temple of the Sun → Sacsayhuamán → Quenko → Puka pukara → Tambomachay

The day begins by picking you up at your accommodation in the company of the guide and then exploring the city. The first place to visit is the cathedral complex formed by the churches of the Sagrada Familia, Catedral and Triunfo, which hold an important sample of colonial and mestizo art. interesting stories to know.

The second stop is at the Temple of the Sun or Coricancha, where important vestiges of Inca cosmogony and engineering can be seen.

At the end of these two visits in the city, a stop is made at Sacsayhuamán, an ancient solar temple, known today as a fortress due to its colossal dimensions. Quenko, a labyrinthine stone shrine. Puka Pukara, the red fortress, a mysterious place named after the color of the walls at sunset and finally Tambomachay, a ritual site dedicated to the cult of water where springs and ceremonial fountains still exist. The tour concludes in the city’s Plaza Mayor at the designated times.

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $10
• Foreigners $15

Tour: Cusco → Moray → Maras → Cusco

This trip begins at 8:30 a.m. along the road that connects Cusco with Urubamba, taking a detour that allows you to reach Moray, a place that is surprising due to its characteristics, it is a complex of perfectly circular terraces, located in a hollow of uncertain origin, which has been used as laboratory for the acclimatization of plants to different altitudinal levels and for obtaining corn and potato seeds, archaeological excavations and scientific observations have also concluded that the place is never flooded despite its sunken conical shape.

Las Salineras de Maras is a place where salt has been exploited or processed with flooding and evaporation drying techniques on thousands of small terraces in the sun since time immemorial, the white and brown color of the pools and the aridity of the territories. surrounding areas forms a spectacular desert landscape that is worth seeing. At present, two Quechua communities have inherited the techniques and use of this place and the product they extract comes from a single spring that passes through a deposit of pure rock salt in the earth’s crust, which makes it highly valued by its characteristics of purity and flavor due to the growing boom in the country’s gastronomy.

 

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $16
• Foreigners $19

Cusco → Pisac → Ollantaytambo → Chinchero → Cusco

Leaving the city of Cusco at 8:30 a.m., we take a road to the east and take a 30 km long route to Pisac, a huge Inca archaeological complex located on a mountain that is formed by several complexes that are recognizable among themselves. It contains sacred places such as Intihuatana, associated with astronomical observations important for the Andean agricultural calendar, other residential areas and also an inaccessible necropolis in the surrounding farallones.
The visit to the complex returns to the colonial town of Pisac, famous for its artisanal market where you can acquire all kinds of records of tailoring, textiles, etc., which have received the reinterpretation of the complex Andean iconography.
Moving away from this town, the trip takes us to the city of Urubamba, where you wait for lunch at whose buffet you can choose between the varied and delicious Peruvian cuisine.
The next destination is the Inca pueblo of Ollantaytambo, a site of religious, agricultural and military use where the impressive construction of the solar temple stands out on top of a hill, a site that demonstrates the legendary capacity of Inca engineering in a block building pink diorite cyclopeans and their unions without any mortar, all of them associated with earthworks and enclosures where the work of the stone is demonstrated perfectly and there is no other thing that increases the mystery regarding the construction methods with which they are lost.
From the previous point, the return to the city of Cusco begins, but before making a last stop at the Inca-colonial pueblo of Chinchero, also called “pueblo del rainbow” due to the continued appearance of this atmospheric phenomenon. There you can appreciate, as in many other ancient places, the superposition of the colonial church over the “huaca” or the Inca worship, Chinchero has a complex structure of monumental terraces and an artisanal market that is very colorful and important.
Returning to the city from this last place takes approximately three minutes in the afternoon.

 

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $25
• Foreigners $35

CUSCO → OLLANTAYTAMBO → AGUAS CALIENTES → MACHUPICCHU AND VICE VERSA

To visit Machupicchu in a single day, it is necessary to get up early, leaving at 3:40 a.m. from the hotel and travel from Cusco to Ollantaytambo, at whose station you board the train that has the town of Aguas Calientes as its final destination. Once you reach the place, you must board a bus that goes up to the access area to the sanctuary.

The visit begins with the ticket check and with the company of the guide who will lead the group through the most important places of the Inca city, showing and explaining all the most outstanding points and always willing to answer doubts and answer questions regarding the particularities. of Inca engineering and architecture, talking about the scientific theories regarding the sanctuary for a period of two hours, after which there is a reasonable amount of time to visit the place freely. The entire sanctuary is conveniently organized and signposted to enhance your experience.

The visit to Machupicchu concludes in coordination with the guide, then the return bus is boarded and you can optionally visit the Aguas Calientes thermal baths, the artisan markets and the local museum.

At 6:40 p.m. You board the train to make the return trip to Ollantaytambo, where the bus waits to transport you to Cusco, concluding the trip.

 

Note Tour cost:

• Peruvians and Andean Community $205
• Foreigners $255