Cusco, Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley Tour

Your Peru tour begins after an Apu Andino guide picks you up at the airport. Travel through the city, stopping for a quick tour of the colonial Plaza de Armas. From there, you will be taken to your hotel. You are free for the rest of the day to explore the city on your own or rest in the hotel, acclimatizing your body to the altitude of 10,856 ft.

We will pick you up from your hotel at 7:30 am and drive you to the town of Pisac (approximately an hour away), stopping at viewpoints along the way. Drive up to the famous ruins of Pisac once you reach there.

Get the chance to learn more about different aspects of Incan culture. See impressive agricultural terraces all over the place before heading for Pisac's town centre, known for its handicraft market. Walk around the market and do some shopping if you want to.

Head for lunch at a nice local restaurant and enjoy some delicious Andean food. Drive along the Urubamba River towards the town of Ollantaytambo, where you will come across a significant number of Inca ruins. See the amazing rock formation representing the Inca god Wiracocha. Spend your night in the Sacred Valley.

Catch the early-morning Vistadome train at the Ollantaytambo Station and head for Aguas Calientes. Enjoy stunning views of mountains en route. Reach Machu Picchu at around 9:30 in the morning after a short bus ride from Aguas Calientes.

Start with a guided tour of the ruins and learn more about the history and cultural significance of the Incas. Next, get the chance to explore the ruins on your own. Return to Aguas Calientes at approximately 1:00 pm and enjoy your lunch upon arrival. Board the Vistadome train for Ollantaytambo. Upon reaching Ollantaytambo, change to a waiting vehicle and drive to Cusco's city centre. You will reach there at around 9pm.

Leave Cusco at 8:20 am and travel to Moray. A pre-Inca site, Moray is home to a series of agricultural terraces that look like amphitheatres and are believed to have been used as an experimental agricultural station for different crop strains.

Spend about one hour exploring these huge amphitheaters before heading for the charming village of Maras. Enjoy the view of beautiful, snow-capped mountains en route. Stop for a picnic lunch along the way.

Travel to Salineras and see the terraces that have been used to extract salt deposited by a saline, underground stream. Return to Cusco, via Urubamba, after you are done seeing the salt mines. This return journey should take around 2 hours.

We will pick you up from your hotel at 6:30 in the morning and drive you to see the famous four lagoons: Pomacanchi, Acopia, Laguna Asnaqocha and Pampamarca (also known as Tungasuca). Your next destination of the day is the hanging Inca bridge made of vegetable fiber (Ichu) across the Apurímac River.

The construction of this bridge dates back to the Inca times and its renovation and maintenance is done once a year by the locals. Get the opportunity of cross the bridge twice before driving back to Cusco.

This city tour involves visiting Cusco´s major highlights. Start off by visiting the huge Inca ceremonial complex of Sacsayhuaman, which overlooks the city of Cusco. Travel to Qenqo next and see its subterranean passages and a mummification site.

Travel to Tambomachay, a temple dedicated to the Inca God of Water, as well as to the temple of Qoricancha. Finally, visit the beautiful Cathedral of Cusco, which holds many archaeological artefacts and relics, among which is the famous painting of the Last Supper by Marcos Zapata, showing Christ and the Apostles eating a guinea pig.

Head for the airport after the city tour is over and catch your flight back home.