Cusco - Sacred Valley - Machu Picchu - Rainbow Mountain

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN CUSCO 

Accommodation in Cusco

DAY 2: EMBARK ON A TOUR TO CHINCHERO, MARAS & MORAY

Accommodation in Aguas Calientes

DAY 3: VISIT TO THE INCA CITADEL OF MACHU PICCHU

Accommodation in Cusco

DAY 4: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN

Accommodation in Cusco

DAY 5: TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN CUSCO 

• According to your flight schedule in Cusco, a Waman Adventures representative will be waiting for you at the Cusco Airport with a sign where your name will be written. Then, you will be transferred to your respective hotel.
• After a 15-20 minute trip to the city center, you will be installed in your hotel. So, you will have the rest of the day to rest and acclimatize to the altitude of the city and enjoy a delicious coca tea.

OPTIONAL: CITY TOUR (USD 60.00 PER PERSON)

• In the afternoon, we will take the city tour, with this tour we will pick you up from the hotel and visit places like the Cusco Cathedral, the famous Qoricancha (that was in times of the Incanato, a place of adoration to the god Inti – sun).
• Afterward, we will continue the visit to Sacsayhuaman, a place that was considered a ceremonial fortress. Finally, we will visit Qenqo, Tambomachay, and Puca Pucara.
• We will finish the tour by taking you to your respective hotel.

Accommodation in Cusco

DAY 2: EMBARK ON A TOUR TO CHINCHERO, MARAS & MORAY

• This day begins our adventure through the incredible landscapes of Cusco. Firstly, we pick-up you from the hotel between 08:00 to 08:30 am. Then, we’ll go to the colorful town of Chinchero, where we will find Inca wall constructions and its small Church Colonial that awaits a lot of history.
• Also, we will participate in the elaboration of the Andean fabrics in a textile interpretation center, where our brothers from the town of Chinchero will show us their ancestral art.
• After that, we will go towards the famous circular cultivation terraces in Moray. There, our ancestors, the Incas, experimented to find out the type of product for each attitudinal floor.
• Continuing our journey, we will descend towards the Salt mines in Maras (a picturesque place with spectacular landscapes). Here, we will visit the more than 3000 wells of salt.
• Finally, we will go to the Ollantaytambo train station to take the train that will take us to Aguas Calientes (the closest town to Machu Picchu). In Aguas Calientes, we will rest and regain strength for the spectacular next day.

Accommodation in Aguas Calientes

DAY 3: VISIT TO THE INCA CITADEL OF MACHU PICCHU

• We will visit one of the best as we will visit one of the 7 Wonders of the World: Machu Picchu. Therefore, we will take the bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu.
• Our tour guide will provide you with all the information and will take you through the best-known sites of the Inca citadel during 02 hours of on-site guidance.
• If you add the extra entrances for the Huayna Picchu mountain or Machu Picchu Mountain, you can do it after finishing the guidance in the citadel of Machu Picchu.
• After that, we will return to Aguas Calientes to enjoy a delicious lunch (not included).
• In the afternoon, we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo, upon arrival a representative of the agency will be waiting for you and then be transferred to Cusco in our private transportation.
• Finally, we will leave you at your respective hotel.

Accommodation in Cusco

DAY 4: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN

• Firstly, very early in the morning between 04:00 to 04:30 am, our transport will pick you up at your hotel to start the tour.
• So, we will go to the south of the city, crossing fields, rivers, mountains, and villages. We will travel for about 2 hours until we reach the town of Cusipata, where we will enjoy our delicious breakfast.
• After that, we will travel for another 45 minutes, observing beautiful landscapes, canyons, glaciers, and herds of llamas and alpacas, until we reach the starting point of the hike in Pulawasipata.
• We will walk for approximately 2 hours until we reach the Mountain of Colors or Vinicunca. On the way, we will observe a large number of South American camelids with their shepherds dressed in beautiful colorful typical costumes.
• Upon reaching the top of the Mountain of Colors, we will have enough time to take the photographs and enjoy the landscape. In addition, we can also clearly appreciate the highest snow in Cusco, the Ausangate mountain.
• Later, we will undertake the return along the same path until we reach our transport to return to Cusipata, where we will taste our delicious buffet lunch.
  Subsequently, we will return to Cusco, our vehicle will leave you in the center of the city.

Accommodation in Cusco

DAY 5: TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT

• As a result, the free morning so you can relax and visit the city.
• In the afternoon, or according to your flight schedule, we will take you to the airport for your departure to Lima.

NOTE: The tour begins and ends at the airport and bus station of CUSCO.