2-Day Tour: Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu by Train
Cusco, Peru
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Trip Type: Overnight Tours
Duration: 2 days
This Sacred Valley Tour connecting to Machu Picchu is the best option to explore and save time if you have limited time for your vacation. The tour will go through Pisac, with its typical market and the Inca Site of Pisac. On the way to Machu Picchu we will also visit Urubamba and the Inca site of Ollantaytambo!
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This Sacred Valley Tour connecting to Machu Picchu is the best option to explore and save time if you have limited time for your vacation. The tour will go through Pisac, with its typical market and the Inca Site of Pisac. On the way to Machu Picchu we will also visit Urubamba and the Inca site of Ollantaytambo!Day 1: Cusco - Pisac - Ollantaytambo - Aguas Calientes
After breakfast in your hotel, we will pick you up at 8am in our transport to drive you from Cusco passing Saqsaywaman & Tambomachay, over the mountains toward the Sacred Valley and descend 1500 feet to the valley floor of the sacred Urubamba river and the village of Pisac where we will visit a traditional market and you can buy some local souvenirs.
Then we will drive to explore the Inca site of Pisac with stunning views over the valley. Here you can appreciate temples, residences, altars, channels, carvings, tunnels/caves and the famous Intihuatana “The hitching post of the Sun". After this amazing visit we will drive for about 40 minutes to the Lunch stop in Urubamba. Here we will enjoy a buffet lunch (not included).
After lunch we continue our journey to Ollantaytambo where we will visit the Inca site, which is an area of important Inca construction built during the Inca’s times. This is an extraordinary Inca site where we will find an amazing rock formation representing the Inca god Wiracocha. Later today we will board the train to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town). On your arrival we will take you the hotel where you will spend the night. Our guide will meet you for a brief briefing for the following day tour in Machu Picchu.
Overnight at 3 star Hotel: Casa Andina, Santuario or Andina Hotel according availability
Day 2: Machu Picchu - Cusco
After breakfast, we will head to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. We will appreciate the spectacular sunrise, then you can head for Huayna Picchu (extra cost) on your own without guide it will take about 2 hours round trip. Then return to Machu Picchu where our guide will be waiting for you to start the guided tour in Machu Picchu for about 2 hours, visiting the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Solar Clock, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of Three Windows and various cemeteries around. Then you will have free time to relax, take pictures and enjoy the last views to.
After that you will take the bus to go down to Aguas Calientes for Lunch (not included) and take the train back to Ollantaytambo, where we will be waiting for you, and take you back to your hotel Cusco.
After breakfast in your hotel, we will pick you up at 8am in our transport to drive you from Cusco passing Saqsaywaman & Tambomachay, over the mountains toward the Sacred Valley and descend 1500 feet to the valley floor of the sacred Urubamba river and the village of Pisac where we will visit a traditional market and you can buy some local souvenirs.
Then we will drive to explore the Inca site of Pisac with stunning views over the valley. Here you can appreciate temples, residences, altars, channels, carvings, tunnels/caves and the famous Intihuatana “The hitching post of the Sun". After this amazing visit we will drive for about 40 minutes to the Lunch stop in Urubamba. Here we will enjoy a buffet lunch (not included).
After lunch we continue our journey to Ollantaytambo where we will visit the Inca site, which is an area of important Inca construction built during the Inca’s times. This is an extraordinary Inca site where we will find an amazing rock formation representing the Inca god Wiracocha. Later today we will board the train to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town). On your arrival we will take you the hotel where you will spend the night. Our guide will meet you for a brief briefing for the following day tour in Machu Picchu.
Overnight at 3 star Hotel: Casa Andina, Santuario or Andina Hotel according availability
Day 2: Machu Picchu - Cusco
After breakfast, we will head to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. We will appreciate the spectacular sunrise, then you can head for Huayna Picchu (extra cost) on your own without guide it will take about 2 hours round trip. Then return to Machu Picchu where our guide will be waiting for you to start the guided tour in Machu Picchu for about 2 hours, visiting the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Solar Clock, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of Three Windows and various cemeteries around. Then you will have free time to relax, take pictures and enjoy the last views to.
After that you will take the bus to go down to Aguas Calientes for Lunch (not included) and take the train back to Ollantaytambo, where we will be waiting for you, and take you back to your hotel Cusco.
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