Our service is personal and professional. We have over 12 years of experience and knowledge of tourism in Peru with excellent English speaking guides. COME AND JOIN US!!! Any time we are here to help you get the most from your visit. All private service departure dates are adapted to your request. We recommend earlier start times for our tours to ensure that you have enough time to enjoy each place we visit, without rushing and without the crowds. All our training, organization, conservation, preservation, flora, fauna polices, and environment are in accordance with the local authorities.
INCA LEGACY
(8 DAYS – 7 NIGHTS)
PRIVATE TOURS
TOURS EVERY DAY
MINIMUM : 2 Passengers
PRICES : On request
DAY ONE
Arrival and transfer to your hotel. The rest of the morning free time. Optional tours available to visit modern and colonial Lima. Lunch, dinner on your own and over night at hotel.
DAY TWO
Transfer to the airport to board your flight to Cusco .
Capital of the Inca Empire. Reception and drive to the sacred valley. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Hotel. We ended up leaving you in your hotel. The rest of the fee.
End of the day
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DAY THREE:
SACRED VALLEY TOUR
WE VISIT:
From 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
(The P'isaq Market, Ollantaytambo ruins and the town)
Our Guided Sacred Valley tour starts by collecting you from your Hotel, we then have 40 minutes van ride to The P'isaq Market is highly recommended for its Sunday market. The peasants from the surrounding communities descend from the mountains in order to perform their commercial transactions. The colorful clothing of peasants is very showy. Their native hats make them very easy to distinguish. At 11:00 a.m. there is a catholic mass in the church for the local populace in Incan language.
After the market visit, we will enjoy Lunch at a restaurant. We then have a demonstration of Inca beer preparation in an Andean bar (Ajahuasy).
Afterwards, we travel to Ollantaytambo Town which is about 68 kms. (47.2 miles) northwest of Cusco; its altitude is 2,700 mts. (8,856 ft). It was a Royal estate of the Inca Pachacuteq, which stands at a strategic spot, enclosed in hills that hide some of the most impressive ruins from Inca and Pre-Inca times. The town is one of the best surviving Inca settlements still inhabited, in blocks called Canchas, one Cancha housed several families.
Moreover, we will have a fantastic Ceramic demonstration in pre-Inca and Inca style. We then return to Cusco. We ended up leaving you in your Hotel.
End of the day.
DAY FOUR
MACHUPICCHU IN THE AFTERNOON
WE VISIT:
From 5:30 am to 5:30 pm
(Machupicchu, the sun gate, and The sunset)
Our Guided Majestic Machupicchu tour starts by collecting you from your Hotel. We then have 10 minutes van transfer to the train station. We take the first train at 6:00 am in Cusco or at 8:00 am in the Sacred Valley to Machupicchu located at Km 112 (69 miles) northwest of Cusco, its altitude is 2,450 mts (8,038 ft). This is without doubt, one of the most fascinating wonders and mysterious cities in the entire world.
We then take the bus to Machupicchu Inca city. Afterwards, we start walking up towards the Sun Gate. On the way up, we can enjoy the fantastic views of city, the Mamakuna grave, the rock carving of the Inca altar, the check points of the city and the original Inca trail. After this short hike is our lunch at a restaurant.
At around 3:00 pm. Machupicchu begins to empty as the days tourists leave for the last train. It is a special time for taking pictures. We then watch the sunset from the guardian house and its surroundings. It is imposible to describe the landscape, the shadows of the buildings and the suns reflections, they are so impressive all year around set in amazing nature. Once the sun has set.
we then take the bus to the Hotel in Aguas Calientes town. Dinner and overnight at Hotel. We ended up leaving you in your Hotel.
End of the day.
If you stay at the sanctuary lodge there is no need to take the bus as the hotel is situated on the grounds of Machupicchu.
DAY FIVE
MACHUPICCHU TOUR
WE VISIT:
From 6:00 am to 12:00 pm
(Machupicchu, the sunrise and the tour of city)
Our Guided day starts early in the morning we take the first bus at 6:00 am to visit Machupicchu and enjoy the sunrise from the Guardian House. The rising sun, its shadows, the reflections on astronomical observatories and on the Incan Altars were, and still are, very important for farming, religion and festivities celebration. Today it is a famous natural phenomenon on the gateway to the Amazon (Machupicchu).
After this, we start the tour from the Guardian House, the best look out post and postcards viewpoints are here. The tour involves walking and visiting each sector, section by section. It is a meeting with the Inca legacy, and its energy and is connected step by step with each enclosure, temple, and altar within nature. The city is incredible in any season.
After a guided tour, we have lunch at a Restaurant. In the afternoon, we will return to Cusco by train. we have 15 minutes van transfer from the train station to the Hotel. Dinner at a Restaurant. we ended up leaving you in your Hotel.
End of the day.
DAY SIX
WEAVERS TOWN
WE VISIT:
From 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
(Chinchero town, the Church, the Incan Place, Maras, Moray and Salineras)
Our Guided weavers town tour starts by collecting you from your Hotel. We then have 40 minutes van ride to Chincher town which is 30 Kms. (19 miles) northwest from Cusco. Its altitude is 3,780 mts. (12,400 ft). On a clear day the views are tremendous, ringed by the snowcaps of the cordilleras Vilcabamba, Apurimaq and Urubamba. Chinchero is famous for its Sunday market, where even today it is possible to see native weavers in a private weaving demonstrations and vestiges of its great past, particularly popular with those interested in Andean textiles.
We then visit The Church has impressive works of art from Cusco school. It has a colonial fresco around the portico. Inside it is very beautiful, with entirely painted walls and ceiling of multicolored flowers and patterns, all made with natural pigments.
After the church visit. We will walk around The Incan Place must have been very important because its facade presents openings of triple jamp that by themselves indicate its category. There are two Wacas (shrines) carved on outcrop limestone formations; today they are known as Chincana and Titiqaqa.
We then have a Packed lunch and then we head towards Maras is about 50 kms towards the northwest of Cusco. Its altitude is at 3,300 mts. (10,824 ft). It was a pre-Inca settlement and around this area there are a large amount of pottery pieces from the Chanapata culture. Its occupation began when the Cusquenian Inca noblemen were dispossessed of their palaces. Many of its houses are emblazoned with Spanish nobility coats of arms on their lintels.
After Maras town , we will visit Moray is about 7 kms (4.3 miles) southwest from the dusty roads of Maras. It was an experimental biological station where the Incas domesticated and acclimatised wild vegetable species.
At last, we will visit Salineras is an Inca salt work or salt mine. It was constructed in a slope of the Qaqawiñay Mountain.
After our guided tour, we will return to Cusco. We ended up leaving you in your Hotel.
End of the day.
DAY SEVEN
CITY TOUR
WE VISIT:
From 8:00 am. To 1:00 pm.
(The temple of the sun, the cathedral, Saqsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara and Tambomacha)
Our guided city tour starts by collecting you from your Hotel. Then, we visit the Ruins near Cusco: Saqsaywaman is towards the northeast of Cusco. Its altitude is at 3,600 mts (11,800 ft). It is a bold demonstration of ancient construction skills. Made of massive stones weighing up to 17,000 kg (125 tons), this ruin was called The Fortress by the Spanish. It was more than simply a military structure. Some authors say the zigzagging shape of the walls represented the god of lightning, an important Inca deity.
Q'enqo is about 1km toward the east of Saqsaywaman. It was an Inca shrine (huaca) with a circular amphitheater and a stone block that is said to represent a puma. This ceremonial center was dedicated to the worship of mother earth (Pacha Mama).
Pucapucara is about 8.5 kms (5.3 miles) from Cusco at an altitude of 3,750 mts. (12,300 ft). It was originally thought to be a military checkpoint on a main road. It was also a collective lodge offering food and shelter for travelers, as well as for the retinue escorting the Inca in his retirement in Tambomachay.
Tambomachay is called the sacred bathing place for the Inca rulers “the Incas' Bath”, and was probably a centre of water worship. It is known that the Incas revered water as one of the principal elements of life .
We then visit Q'orycancha: (Sun Temple) Q'orycancha is a synthesis of Inca organization, architecture and religion. The walls are sedimentary or Imperial Inca and illustrate the expression of architecture in pre-Columbian America. It was the center of the religion dedicated to different gods and deities: the Rainbow, Thunder, Stars, the Moon and, of course, The Sun himself. The kidnapped idols of subdued tribes were kept hostage in the temple and if the tribe stepped out of line the idols were ridiculed and then destroyed.
We ended up visiting The Cathedral: Construction started in 1560 on the side of the Inca Viracocha's palace. It was finished in 1654 after 94 years of work. This is without any doubt, one of the most notable monuments in architecture, with the best expressions of woodcarving, silver beaten plate, gold leaf art and Cusco school paintings . We ended up leaving you in your Hotel.
End of the day.
DAY EIGHT
CUSCO - LIMA
Transfer to airport for your flight to Lima . Depending on your flight time optional tours of the city and its museums are available.
End of service.
Service Included:
• Transfer Airport – Htl – Airport.
• Bus Private Transportation by vehicles.
• Train Tickets to Machupicchu and return to Cusco.
• BTC Tourist Ticket fee to visit historic sites and Machupicchu.
• Guide Private and bilingual on your tours.
• Meals In Cusco and Machupicchu are excellent, clean and safe.
• Hotels In Cusco, Lima and Machupicchu.
Service No Included:
Alcoholic beverages, extras, tips, taxes, additional tours, laundry service, insurance, air tickets.
IMPORTANT: The names, passport number, occupation and nationality provided must be the same as shown on your passport. In each booking please indicate passengers' full name, gender, age and date of birth.
If you don't have an operator in Cusco, our personel can take care of the reconfirmation of any domestic flights. Please ask for more information when making your reservation.
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