Main Info
Overview and Highlights
Enjoy this adventure through the beautiful landscapes of the Peruvian Andes, knowing its main attractions and crossing the cloud forest on the train to reach Machu Picchu. In addition, you will have the opportunity to hike to the most beautiful geological formation: The Rainbow Mountain.
Located in the Peruvian Andes in Cusco just 3 hours from the historic center, Rainbow Mountain is becoming the main attraction to see after or before Machu Picchu. As you might guess, the mountain is famous for its multicolored natural beauty at the staggering height of 5,200 meters above sea level. This rainbow appearance is created by the sediment of minerals throughout the area that give the mountain the colors turquoise, lavender, gold and others.
Included
- A professional guide will give You a briefing for the Tour a day before.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
- 01-night hotel 3* hotel in Aguas Calientes.
- 03 – night hotel 3* hotel in Cusco 03-night hotel 3* hotel in Huamanga
- Entrance to Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu.
- English and Spanish speaking professional guide for all tour.
- Train Ticket Inca rail Voyager y/0 expedition from Ollantaytambo to Aguas
- Calientes and back from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo.
- Bus ticket Aguas Calientes – Machu Round trip.
- Transportation from/ to your Cusco Hotel.
- Flight Cusco to Ayacucho.
- Entrance ticket to vIlcashuaman.
- Entrance ticket to Volcan Pachapupum.
Not Included
- Flight Ayacucho to Lima
- Travel Insurance.
- Gratuities (recommended).
- Meals and Snacks during the Sacred Valley Tour.
- Meals and Snacks during the Machu Picchu day Tour.
- Meals and snacks during the all tour in Ayacucho.
- Huayna Picchu Mountain hike.
- Other excursions or places are not described in the Itinerary.
What to bring and advices
- You can acclimate for the altitude in one or two days this will depend on how
- your body react; you can take some personal medication.
- In case you need to pay the remaining balance, it is advisable to take some cash.
- You can get some money from the ATM machine that are located in the centre
- of the City of Cusco.
- You need to bring your original passport; this is very important to enter to
- Machupicchu, train station.
- Rain poncho, rain jacket, proper hiking boots.
- Insect repellent.
- Travel insurance this from your site, always recommended.
Itinerary
Welcome! According to your flight schedule, our representative will be waiting for you at the Cusco airport to transfer you to your beautiful hotel. In the afternoon it is time to discover this historical city through a walking tour visitng to the Main Square, Sun temple or Qoricancha and San Blas, besides the 4 nearby ruins in the Archaeological complex of acsayhuamán.
Meals: None
Night: Not included
ACTIVITY LEVEL: Moderate
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 3500m / 11151.57ft
We will pick you up from your Cusco Hotel around 07:30 am. Our first stop is: The Sacred Valley Lookout Point, for amazing views and photos. Following, we will visit the famous Pisaq Market, where People come down from the Andean villages to sell their textiles and vegetables. We will continue the journey up to the Pisaq Inca Archeological site, located on top of Pisaq Mountain in the Sacred Valley.Then, we will drive, until we reach Urubamba, where we will stop for lunch (Not Included). After lunch, we will drive to Ollantaytambo. This living Inca town displays narrow walkways, lined with water channels. Later in the afternoon You will head the train station and catch your train to Aguas Calientes, upon arrival and we will lead you to your hotel. Overnight in Aguas Calientes.
Meals: Not included
Night: 3*** hotel in Aguas Calientes
ACTIVITY LEVEL: Moderate
MINIMUM ELEVATION: 2040m / 6692.9 ft
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 2430 m / 7972.44 ft
Today is the highlight of any trip to South America – Machu Picchu! A guided tour will help you discover and understand what Machu Picchu tells us about the life and customs of the Incan people. You have the optional opportunity to take the challenging, unguided hike to the top of Huayna Picchu, where you will have the best view of the site. This hike is highly recommended for people who are in the right physical condition, as it truly gives unparalleled views of Machu Picchu. After a long day of exploring this lost city, you will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes to catch the train back to Cusco. Upon arrival to Cusco, you will be brought back to your hotel for a good night’s rest. Overnight in Cusco.
Meals: Breakfast
Night: 3*** hotels in Cusco
ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate
WALKING TIME: 02: 30 hours
MINIMUM ELEVATION: 2040m / 6692.9 ft
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 2430 m / 7972.44 ft
We will pick you up early from your Cusco hotel around 03:00 am. The drive to the trailhead 4,326 m (14,189 ft) is 03 hours long. On the way we will provide you Breakfast. We then start off on our hike. We will have consistent views of the Ausangate Mountain. After a total hike of approximately 2.5 hours, we finally reach our destination, what we came to see, the Rainbow Mountains 5,020 m (16,466 ft). After getting over the shock of their beauty, you will have time to explore the area. At this point, it is time to go back down. We hike downhill the way we came. The hike will take 2 hours. Our private transport will be waiting for us when we return. We will stop for lunch before we head to Cusco.
We will embark on the 3-hour drive back to Cusco and drop you off at your Cusco hotel. Approximate arrival time is between 5:00 pm.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Night: 3*** hotels in Cusco
ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate to hard.
WALKING DISTANCE: 7 km
WALKING TIME: 3&4 hours
HIKING STARTING POINT: 4630m / 15190 ft
MINIMUM ELEVATION: 4795m/ 15371ft
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 5100m/16732 ft
At the scheduled time of your flight, we will transfer you to Cusco Airport, from this point you will take your flight to Ayacucho.Upon arrival in Ayacucho our representatives will be waiting for you and will drive you to your hotel. In the afternoon you can visit the main square, the temple of Santo Domingo and the monastery of Santa Teresa.
Meals: Breakfast
Night: 3*** hotel in Huamanga
Flight: Cuzco- Ayacucho
This day we will leave very early 04:30 am we will pick you up from your hotel and depart to Pachapupum Volcano and its hot springs. Approx 09:30 am. We will arrive at Huancasancos, in this place you can have breakfast (not included), then we continue our journey to reach the Pachapupum Volcano where you can observe the petreous monument in the form of a giant cone, likewise we will find small rustic wells around rustic medicinal thermal mineral waters and take the opportunity to immerse ourselves in it. It has medicinal properties due to the high content of sulfur it contains, obviously the smell it emanates is strong. Then we will return to the point where we will have lunch (not included), then we will drive the same way until we arrive to Ayacucho at night at 8:00 pm approximately.
Meals: not Included
Night: 3*** hotel in Huamanga
ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate to hard
DRIVING TIME: 9 -10 hours
We pick you up from your hotel at approximately 08:00 AM. We will visit the most admired native plants known as the Puyas de Raimondi (titankas); later we are arriving to the archaeological complex of Pumaccocha where we observe the lagoon of the same name and the archaeological remains of the Inca Culture (Torreón del Inca, Portada del Sol, Baños del Inca, Acllayhuasi, Intihuatana; thus arriving to the imposing Inca Archaeological City of Vilcashuamán (the Temple of the Sun and the Moon, the Plaza Pachacutec, and the Inca Pyramid better known as the Ushno a Ceremonial place of the Inca and tail. Pachacutec, and Inca Pyramid better known as the Ushno a Ceremonial place of the Inca and the coya. After the tour in the afternoon, we will be returning approximately 6:00pm to the city of Ayacucho.
Meals: Not included
Night: Hotel 3*** in Huamanga - Ayacucho
ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate to hard
DRIVING TIME: 6&7 hours
The end of your adventure has arrived, it was a truly pleasure for us to accompany you through this amazing experience! At an appropriate time, we will transport you to Ayacucho airport for your fly out. Safe travels!
Meals: Breakfast.
Night: not included
Flight: Not included.