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Sacred Valley Tour

Sacred Valley Tour

1 Day / 0 nights

from: USD 45.00

The Sacred Valley of the Incas was undoubtedly a key area of settlement to the Incas. Its agreeable climate and fertile plains make a rare and fruitful combination for the high Andes. It was also the route to a jungle and therefore an area with access to fruits and plants of tropical lowlands. The Sacred Valley also served as a buffer zone, protecting Cusco from invasions of the Antis, fierce jungle tribes raided the Andean highlands from time to time.

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Itinerary

07:30 We pick you from your hotel

08:00 Start the Sacred Valley Tour

09:00 Visit Pisac market

09:30 Driver to Pisac ruins

10:00 Guided Tour in Pisac ruins

11:00 Bus to Urubamba (lunch)

13:00 Continue the Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo

14:00 Guided tour in Ollantaytambo

16:00 Driver to Chinchero

17:30 Guided tour in Chinchero

19:00 Arrived to Cusco 

 

Highlights of the Sacred Valley Tour:

  • Visit of the Sacred Valley of the Incas in 1 day,
  • Guided tour of the Pisaq Inca City,
  • Exploration of the traditional handicraft market of Pisaq,
  • Guided tour of the Ollantaytambo´s Incan fortres,
  • Guided tour of the Incan site of Chinchero.


Detailed Itinerary

Sacred Valley Tour

In the morning, we pick you up from your hotel to take you to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, a lush agricultural region, created by the Urubamba River and  an important source of food for the Incas that keep supplying the city of Cusco with a majority of its production until nowadays!

Our first stop after 1 and half an hour is Pisaq. There we first visit its ruins of a large Incan city situated above the today´s Pisaq Town. Then, we descend by our bus to the modern Pisaq to visit its famous traditional handicraft market.

After that, we head for lunch to Urubamba Town considered to be a capital of the valley. There, we have a buffet lunch in one of its lovely tourist restaurants offering traditional Andean cuisine.

Then, we continue our trip to later visit the still alive Incan town of Ollantaytambo, where our Tour Guide guided us around its Incan fortres and explains us about its purpose and history. The town and fortres are strategically located overlooking the beautiful valley! This major ruin site is known as the best surviving example of the Incan urban planning and engineering. It is admired for its huge steep terraces guarding the Incan fortress and for being one of the couple places where Spaniards lost a major battle during their conquest!

In the afternoon we start returning to Cusco making a last stop on the way to receive a guided tour in the archaeological site of Chinchero that served as an astronomical center and Moon worship during the Incas times.

We reach Cusco around 7 pm.


Included

  • Tourist transportation,
  • Professional bilingual Tour Guide,
  • Buffet lunch in Urubamba Town.

Not Included

  • Boleto turistico (tourist ticket) to the Sacred Valley,
  • Tips to local staff.