Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley By Train 2 Days your trip to Machu Picchu will be unforgettable. Throughout your trip, you will enjoy a lot of the landscape or the valley. It is a tour that does not involve much walking alone in the llaqta of Machu Picchu. You will explore one of the Seven Wonders of the modern world. , the citadel of Machu Picchu! It’s a long day, but it won’t seem hard at all once you’re in awe of this great masterpiece of historic architecture. Machupichu is one of the wonders of the modern world translated into Quechua. It has very interesting places such as temples Plazas Machupicchu is located in Peru Cusco Urubamba.
Awanacancha Alpaca Farm. Here, you will see traditional Inca animals: llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos. Your guide will provide information about the farm, show you a potato exhibit, and a textile center, demonstrating how wool is woven and dyed (high-quality alpaca wool is sold). We will then head to the Sacred Valley Lookout for stunning views and photos. Next, we will visit the famous Pisaq Market, where women come down from the Andean villages to sell their textiles and vegetables. The market is open every day, but is busiest on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
After visiting the market, we will continue our journey to the Inca archaeological site of Pisaq, located at the top of Pisaq Mountain in the Sacred Valley. Your guide will take you to the most impressive sites, then continue through the valley for approximately 45 minutes until reaching Urubamba, where we will have lunch. You will enjoy an incredible variety of fresh dishes, served buffet-style.
After lunch, we will head to Ollantaytambo, home to the second-heaviest Inca monoliths. The archaeological site features an incredible Temple of the Sun, the Moon, and the Temple of the Ten Niches. This living Inca city features narrow walkways lined with water channels. If your departing train is at 7 pm, you will have time to explore more of the city and enjoy dinner. However, if your departing train is at 3:36 pm, you will need to head to the train station and take the train to Aguas Calientes where you can have dinner there (train schedule will depend on how far in advance you booked and/or the availability of the train).
The trip to Aguas Calientes takes less than two hours, descending into the Cloud Forest where you’ll see orchids, bromeliads, and ferns. Our representatives will meet you outside the train station upon arrival and take you to your hotel.
Today’s Highlights: Your excitement for our rendezvous at Machu Picchu will rise as we are hiking early in the morning through the forest to reach the site before most other tourists – even the Inca Trail trekkers!! You will have of time to explore this truly magnificent World Wonder while you enjoy the beautiful sunrise from this once-in-a-lifetime viewpoint.
This day we will arrive one of the New 7 Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site – Machu Picchu! We will wake up early after a refreshing night at our hostel to beat the crowds to the top of Machu Picchu and enjoy its serenity in the soft morning light. The Machu Picchu entrance check point is open from 06:00 AM until 17:00 PM.
Here we will have a 2-hour guided tour through this incredible ancient city to visit .Be amazed at the engineering ingenuity of the Incas which was so far ahead of their time and still partially a mystery today!
Without having modern tools or even steel and iron to work with, the people who built this city were genius in organizing this community in a sustainable and beautiful way on the side of a mountain, even bringing water in canals through its streets for the people to use.
When a Peruvian guide showed this site to Hiram Bingham, it was almost unrecognizable, covered in thick vegetation and in a state of disrepair. It has since been cleaned and restored and is now protected and treasured by the world at large!
After this tour, you are free to climb up to Huayna Picchu (the top of the mountain we see in all the Machu Picchu pictures; 2720 MASL/8890 FASL) or Machu Picchu Mountain (Be sure to book in advance to get tickets for these!).
Huayna Picchu hike is a 50 minute hike up and 50 minute hike down. Machu Picchu mountain takes approximately 3 hours to hike up and down.
before hiking back down to Aguas Calientes. If you go down early enough, you can have lunch (it is not included but it can be added up to the package).
We will take our train ride at 16:22 hrs (subject to availability) to Ollantaytambo. A private bus will pick up our group and drop you off at your hotel in Cusco at about 20:00 hrs. Aprox.
