DAY 1: CUSCO - AWANACANCHA - PISAQ, OLLANTAYTAMBO - AGUAS CALIENTES.
At 8 am a representative of Llama Tours Peru will pick you up at the hotel to begin your trip. Our first stop will be in Awanacancha where you can appreciate the local woven fabrics and will get to know the camels of the Andes - Lamas, Alpacas, Vicuñas and Guanacos. From here we will drive on to the archeological site of Pisaq and the central market of the town. For our lunch we will stop in Urubamba, famous for the cultivation of corn, where you´ll be able to enjoy an Andean buffet. After lunch we carry on to Ollantaytambo where we will visit the archeological site. In the late afternoon we will board the train in Ollantaytambo which will take us directly to Aguas Calientes where you will be met at the station and accompanied to your hotel.
Pisac Inca Market / Sacred Valley: Tuesdays, Thursday and Sundays are busy market days in Pisac (we made need to adjust your itinerary to fall on a market day), when people flock here from all over the valley to trade their goods in the market square. Admire the beautiful crafts such as hand-woven rugs, pottery and jewellery. Don't forget to haggle, it's all part of the game and is expected.
Accommodation: Hostel or hotel in Machu Picchu town
Meals: Lunch
DAY 2: AGUAS CALIENTES - OLLANTAYTAMBO - CUSCO.
You will have an early breakfast at the hotel, according to the schedule of the entrance ticket that you have to Machu Picchu. You will approach the bus station together with your guide in order to go up to the Machu Picchu checkpoint and you will have a guided tour of the most important site in Peru through the established circuits (1,2,3 or 4) for 2 to 3 hours. You will obviously have time to take pictures. Finally you will return by bus to Aguas Calientes for lunch and then return in a scenic train to Ollantaytambo and from there by tourist minivan to Cusco and we will drop you right off at your hotel. At the train stations a Llama Tours Peru staff will be waiting for you with a small sign indicating your name. Please be attentive!
DAY 3: CITY TOUR HALF DAY - CUSCO.
The tour begins around 1:30 pm depending a bit on how far away your hotel is. We will pick you up and take you to the City Center where our first sop will be the Cathedral of Cusco which hosts some of the most important paintings and sculptures of the “Cusqueña” school. From here we walk to the famous Qorikancha (temple of the sun) where we can appreciate authentic Inca constructions which have been perfectly conserved.
After our visits in the City Center, we head to the fortress of Sacsayhuaman located above the city where we will be speechless by the size of the stones – each weighing about 40 tons – perfectly fit to one another. Our guide will take us to the most important stops of this site.
Then we head on to Qenq´o where a massive ceremonial platform can be observed. Some consider this site the home of the Inca Pachacutec.
We move on the Puca Pucara another important center for the Incas and then on to Tambomachay where we can observe the intricate canals and water systems of the Incas. From here we return to the imperial city of Cusco.
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