Tour details
Day 1 ARRIVAL – CITY TOUR CUSCO
Our Tour to Machu Picchu will begin with your arrival in Cusco. The AS PERU TOURS & ADVENTURE team will meet you at the airport with a sign with your name to take you to your hotel.
Cusco is located at 3,400 meters above sea level (11,200 ft). We recommend you rest for a few hours and when you wake up drink coca tea, which will help you acclimatize better.
In the afternoon, at the established time, we will pick you up at your hotel to take the Cusco City Tour in which we will visit the most important places in the city and the surrounding area. We will begin by visiting the great Cathedral of Cusco, inside it houses more than 300 paintings from the Cusqueña school of Art.
Then we will visit the Qoricancha, which means Place surrounded by gold, it was the most important Inca temple. We will board our transportation again and leave the city until we reach the Sacsayhuaman fortress, it is one of the most amazing buildings in the world, built with enormous stones weighing up to 120 tons.
2 kilometers away we will arrive at Qenqo, an impressive enclosure carved in limestone. Scholars believe that the Inca Pachacutec was buried and preserved there. The last place we will visit will be Tambomachay, it was a ceremonial site with water fountains, known as the Inca bath or Ñusta bath.
Finally we will return to the city of Cusco. We will arrive in Cusco at approximately 6:30 p.m. Our transportation will leave us in the center of the city, from there we can do some walks and you can find many restaurants where you can enjoy a delicious dinner.
Pernocte: Cusco
Day 2 FULL DAY TOUR TO MACHU PICCHU
We will continue our three-day excursion with a visit to Machu Picchu, early in the morning we will pick you up from your hotel (from 04:00 to 7:00 approximately) depending on train availability, then you will be transferred to the train station of Ollantaytambo for 2 hours by car, van or minibus (it will depend on the tour option and the number of people).
In Ollantaytambo we will board the train to Aguas Calientes. Those trip will last approximately 1h30m. Next in Aguas Calientes our representative will be waiting for you with a sign with your name and will take you to the bus station, where you will make a trip for another half hour to the entrance of the citadel of Machu Picchu. Already in Machu Picchu, our guide will be waiting for you to begin the guided tour of Machu Picchu, we will have a guided tour of approximately 2 h 30 m. We will visit the main places of Machu Picchu. (This will depend on the type of ticket that is assigned to you based on availability for this day and how far in advance you booked your trip to Machupicchu).
At the end of the visit, our guide will leave you in a strategic place, where you will have freetime to take photographs and explore on your own. Leaving the citadel you must board the bus to Aguas Calientes, where you will have many options to enjoy a delicious lunch.
In the afternoon we will board the return train to Ollantaytambo, there our representative will wait for you with a sign with your name and will take you back to the city of Cusco. We will arrive in Cusco at night.
Pernocte: Cusco
Day 3 CUSCO – TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT
According to your flight schedule, our private transportation will transfer you from your hotel to the Cusco airport.
Arriving at the airport our service will end.
END OF OUR SERVICES!
What’s Included
- Personalized and permanent attention
- Airport – Hotel – Airport Transfers
- City tour in the imperial city of Cusco: Transportation, guide and entry
- Machupicchu tour: Entrance Ticket, Bus (Consettur).
- Train ticket (EXPEDITION) Ollantaytambo/Poroy – Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo/Poroy.
- Professional Guide (Spanish or English).
What’s not Included
- Hotel in Cusco.
- Flights.
- Water and snack.
- Telephone calls.
- Meals in Cusco and Machupicchu.
- Travel insurance.
- Tips.
- Services not mentioned.
GROUP SERVICE
- $446 USD per person
- Bring your passport or identity document (DNI) (the same with which the reservation was made).
- Wear suitable shoes for walking in Machu Picchu.
- Bring a small backpack, your camera, hat, sunscreen, and mosquito repellent.
- It is only allowed to carry 5 kilos of luggage on the train.
- Book your tickets to Machu Picchu in advance.
- Bring personal medications.
- Bring a bottle of water and snacks.
- Bring extra money.