5 Days CUSCO & VINICUNCA

CUSCO & VINICUNCA

5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS

Package Includes:

• Transfers Airport – Hotel – Airport, private service
• 4 nights of accommodation with breakfast included
• Half-day tour of the city of Cusco and nearby archaeological sites in shared service.
• Full day tour to the citadel of Machu Picchu in shared train service Peru Rail – Expedition class or Inca Rail – Voyager class. (A la carte lunch at Café Inkaterra included)
• Half day tour in the sacred valley to the Salineras de Maras and Terrazas de Moray in shared service.
• Full day tour to the Mountain of 7 Colors or Laguna Humantay in shared service including lunch.
• Entrance fee to tourist places during visits.

Not Included:

• International and domestic flights.
• Details not specified in the itinerary.
• Early check-in, late check-out, and extra services at the hotel.
• Personal expenses.
• Tips.

CUSCO & VINICUNCA
5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS
 

DAY 1 – CUSCO Transfer Cusco Airport / Hotel (private)
Upon arrival into Cusco International Airport, you will be met by our representative and private driver and will be transferred to your hotel. Our representative will assist you with the corresponding check-in procedures.

HD Cusco City tour & Ruins Royal Class (shared)
The tour will start picking passengers up from hotels, to enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of the city of Cusco, the Imperial City and archaeological capital of South America, where you will be able to admire the finest examples of Inca history and architecture. Visit the city’s most important historical monuments that reveal the influence of different cultures: the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral dating from Spanish viceroyalty times, built with great slabs of red granite renaissance style in contrast with the baroque style silverwork of its interior and, the Santo Domingo church built upon the foundations of the Inca temple Koricancha, dedicated to worship the Sun God. Continue to Cusco City’s main surrounding ruins: the Sacsayhuaman Fortress – a ceremonial compound and magnificent example of Inca military power that boasts a panoramic view of the city, the Qenqo Amphitheater – a ritualistic site with subterranean galleries that form an underground maze, Puca Pucara or red fortress and, the Inca Baths of Tambomachay. After the tour, you and the other members of the group will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cusco

DAY 2 – MACHU PICCHU: Full day excursion to Machu Picchu via roundtrip train
Breakfast included at hotel. We begin with a morning transfer to the train station for an amazing train journey to the famous Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu, the great mountain-top city abandoned by the Inca Empire, reclaimed by the jungle and lost to humanity until its rediscovery in 1911. Along the way we will enjoy the changing landscape as we travel from Andean highlands to the beginnings of the jungle (“eyebrow of the jungle”), before finally arriving at the town of Aguas Calientes. From here, we board the bus that will take us on a 20-minute ride up to the citadel of Machu Picchu (3,400masl/11,15ft), or Lost City of the Incas. Here, we take a guided tour of the Citadel, probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire, with its giant walls, terraces and ramps, which appear as though they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments.
A la carte lunch at Café Inkaterra Restaurant
This restaurant combines Andean cuisine and architecture with a contemporary approach, creating innovative fusion-style dishes. Café Inkaterra is located under a traditional Ese’ Eja Amazonian roof made of palm thatch. As an experience and a destination, Café Inkaterra offers an intimate setting overlooking the Vilcanota River. It is the ideal place for travelers to relax, after visiting the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu. In the afternoon, at the appropriate time, walk to the station to board the return train. Upon arrival at the train station, you will be met by our representative and private driver who will transfer you to the hotel. Overnight in Cusco

DAY 3 – CUSCO: Half Day Maras Saltpans & Moray Terraces
Breakfast included at hotel. Pick up from your hotel to enjoy a journey through the Sacred Valley of the Incas, to the salt fields of Maras and its seemingly never-ending terraces, where salt extracted from springs is stored. Although these waters have been used for centuries, even before the time of the Incas, Maras were founded by the Spanish in 1556. It supplied salt to the southern highlands during the viceroyalty, so it was an important town. The use of Maras Salt dates back thousands of years and is inherited from generation to generation and managed communally. It is produced naturally in about 5,000 pools of approximately 5 square meters each forming different levels of terraces, nourished by salty water from a creek that permeates the pools and then evaporated by the intense sun, forming thick crystals. They are extracted once a month, as soon as they have reached a height of 10 cm. It is impressive to see the variety of colors created by the reflection of the sun’s rays in this field of salt deposits and to learn about the Incas striking ability to generate resources. Continue your excursion to admire the Moray terraces, believed to be a former gigantic agricultural laboratory, an astronomical observatory or a place of worship, or maybe all three. It is thought that Moray was used for plant adaptation to new climatic environments thanks to its circular terraces in immense cone-shaped depressions of 47 to 84 m that resemble giant fingerprints or contour lines. These create a series of microclimates at the different heights of the terraces, which enabled the Incas to experimentally improve a great variety of crops. Today, it is evidence of the high level of agricultural knowledge they reached. After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Cusco

DAY 4 – CUSCO
Breakfast included at hotel. Full day tour to the Mountain of 7 Colors – Vinicunca in shared service This tour begins with the pick up at your hotel in Cusco, we head south of Cusco for 2 hours and 30 minutes until the beginning of our walk. On the way we will pass through small towns, spotting our natural attraction in crops, rivers, mountains and snow-capped peaks, until we reach Phulawasipata (4,625m / 15,173 feet), here we begin our hike uphill for approximately 1 hour 45 minutes. until we reach the Rainbow Mountain “Vinicunca” (5,036m / 16,522 feet), we also have the opportunity to appreciate the Red Valley from a beautiful viewpoint.
Already in the place we can enjoy this great experience of knowing the Mountain of Colors. We have some free time to take photos and the guide will tell us when we should return, the return is by the same route as the ascent, until we reach the beginning of the walk where our transport is located. We continue with our trip by transport to the town of Cusipata where we make a stop for lunch. After having lunch, we return in our private transport to the city of Cusco to leave you at your hotel. Finally, we arrive in the city of Cusco to drop you off at your hotel. Overnight in Cusco

DAY 5 – CUSCO
Breakfast included at hotel Transfer from the hotel to the Cusco airport.