Cusco Express Tour

Exploring the Sacred Valley of the Incas (Altitude: 2800 m.a.s.l)

Arrival Cusco before 8:00am

Private transfer from airport to the Sacred Valley together with your private guide. En-route we visit the Pisac and Ollantaytambo towns. We arrive at Pisac on the Urubamba river and visit the colourful Pisac village market. Here you can bargain for some of the many artisan goodies on offer. We then head up to Pisac ruins situated high up overlooking the valley. After an hour exploring this magnificent site we head back down and through the valley until we reach the town of Urubamba. Here we take a traditional lunch before heading on for a visit to Ollantaytambo town and its ruins, which hang, high on the valley walls overlooking the town. This is the gateway to Machu Picchu, where the road ceases and the route must be continued by train. If you have chosen a private service tour then you will board the afternoon train to Aguas Calientes (16:36pm). If you are with group then, due to slower travel times, you will board the later, evening train (18.45pm).  On arrival, our representative will help you find your hotel. Our guide will visit you at your hotel to brief you about the next day events. Machu Picchu 2017 (UNESCO).

Accommodation: Hotel or hostel in Aguas Calientes

Meals: Breakfast

Exploring the lost City of the Incas (Altitude: 2430 m.a.s.l)

After breakfast your guide will accompany you for an early bus to the the citadel of Machu Picchu. Our professional guide will slowly show you around the main areas recounting myths and legends passed down over the centuries and explaining about some of the advanced building techniques the Incas used. After your tour you will have plenty of time to look around maybe do some of the other treks which are available in the surrounding mountains. At about 1.30pm it will be time to have lunch in town and at 3.20pm you will board the return train through the Sacred Valley to Ollantaytambo  town and then a transfer back to your hotel in Cusco arriving at approximately 7.30pm. (If you would like more time at Machu Picchu, later train times are available).

Exploring Cusco the Capital of the Inca Empire

After breakfast you will be collected from your hotel for a privately guided city tour, including 4 archeological sites. We visit the impressive Koricancha temple and then take a short stroll through the atmospheric streets of Cusco visiting the Cathedral in the main square. From here our car will takes us to the megalithic site of Sacsayhuaman, QuenQo, Pukapukara and Tambomachay. At the end of the tour we drop you off at Cusco airport for your afternoon flight at 3:10pm or later to Lima.
Upon arrival in Lima transfer at your hostel or airport.

Huayna Picchu, or Wayna Piccchu, is the oft-pictured mountain rising in the background several hundred meters above the Machu Picchu citadel. A stunning outlook over Machu Picchu and the surrounding area, it has become a very popular hiking destination, so much so that access is now fee-based and limited to 400 daily permits – 200 at 7am and 200 at 10am. Physically fit hikers will reach the top of Huayna Picchu in about 45 minutes, but should not underestimate the climb. It is not an easy trek, especially in the rain. The most dangerous parts involve steep steps with via-ferrata-style support cables and railings. There is even a girth-limiting squeeze through a narrow tunnel. Take care at the summit, which can get crowded.

Visiting times of Huayna Picchu: Once you enter Machu Picchu you have 2 time options for climbing Huayna Picchu:
 From 7:00am to 8:00 am - first shift   - From 10:00am to 11:00am - second shift
Note please: If you go by train to Machu Picchu then you can add Huayna Picchu to your Machu Picchu entrance for US$20

TRAINS TO MACHU PICCHU:

Included:

•     Entrance tickets: All entrance tickets for the places to visit mentioned in the program
•     Excursions: All excursions mentioned in the program
•     Guide: Official bilingual guides during excursions
•     Machu Picchu: Roundtrip bus tickets and entrance tickets to the Sanctuary on day
•     Meals: Meals as mentioned in program
•     Train: Train to Machu Picchu by Expedition (round trip)

Not included:

•     Flights:International flights
•     Flights: 02 Domestic flights Lima/ Cusco/Lima
  
•     Flight taxes TUA: National and international departure airport taxes
•     Tips: Tips at airports, hotels and tips for guides, drivers or other personal.