TASTE OF THE INCA LAND: Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu and Rainbow Mountain, Cooking Class 6 Days / 5 Nights

We will pick you up from you up from Cusco airport and take you to the hotel. Then  we will explore Cusco Downtown. The Main square and it cobble streets as a way to acclimatize for High Altitude.

• Meals: Not included
• Night: 3*** hotel in Cusco Mamasara
• MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 3,399 m / 11,151.44 ft

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: Breaksfast
• Night: 3*** hotel in Aguas Calientes - Coya Palace
• 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 Inca people. life and customs of the Inca people. You have the optional opportunity to take the challenging unguided hike to the top of Huayna Picchu (extra cost and with advance reservation to get the ticket to climb huaynapicchu), where you will have the best view of the site. This hike is highly recommended for people who are in adequate physical condition, as it truly offers unparalleled views of Machu Picchu. After a long day of exploring this lost city, you will take the bus to Aguas Calientes to  take the train back to Cusco. Upon arrival in Cusco, you will be taken back to your hotel for a good night's rest. Overnight in Cusco.

• Meals: Breakfast
• Night: 3*** hotel in Cusco Mamasara
• ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate
• WALKING TIME: 02 hours
• MINIMUM ELEVATION: 2040m / 6692.9 ft
• MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 2430 m / 7972.44 ft

We will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco around 8am. Our first stop is  Maras, from where we can reach the salt mines. The salt mines display a strange spectacle of beauty.  they have been evaporating the salt water from this stream to obtain the salt left behind. After visiting the salt mines near Maras, we continued on a short distance to the ruins of Moray. The ruins are made up of three coliseums, which are believed to have been used by the Incas as a kind of open-air crop laboratory. This place was used by the Incas to study the effects of different climatic conditions on crops. Around 1:00 pm we will return to Cusco and transfer you to the airport for your departure from Cusco (remember to tell us your flight times) Enjoy an authentic Peruvian cooking class where you will learn how to make Lomo Saltado and wash it down with a Pisco sour, which you will also learn to make.

• Meals: Breakfast
• Night: 3*** hotel in Cusco Mamasara
• ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate
• WALKING TIME: 03 hours
• MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 3,399 m / 11,151.44 ft

We will pick you up early from your Cusco hotel around 04:00 am. The drive to the trail head 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 4:00 pm.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Night: 3*** hotel in Cusco Mamasara
• ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate to hard.
• WALKING DISTANCE: 6 km
• WALKING TIME: 3 hours
• HIKING STARTING POINT: 4630m / 15190 ft
• MINIMUM ELEVATION: 4795m/ 15371ft
• MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 5100m/16732 ft

After breakfast we will drop you off at the Cusco airport.