Cusco

DAY 01: Cusco – City tour

I transfer the airport to discuss your flight bound for Cusco. To your arrival to Cusco, I transfer your hotel. We recommended to rest the morning rest to acclimate to the height and to have lunch at the hotel. In the afternoon, Cusco's city, visiting the Bigger Plaza, the Cathedral and the Sun's Temple or Korikancha will know in guided tour. The excursion continues outside the city to visit Kenko's Inca complexes, Tambomachay, Puca Pucara and the impressive Fortress of Sacsayhuamán, constructed strategically on a hill dominating the Cusco. Famous for his enormous stones carved, assembled with an amazing precision, that they conform the complex's external walls. Some of these stones surpass the 9 mts of height and weigh over 350 tons.

I return to the hotel to get ready to enjoy a dinner with Show Folklórico at a restaurant cusqueño, where the musicians play their melodies, with Andean instruments of beautiful sounds, while the dancers with typical suits will make you different ancestral dances of our country know themselves, stop next inviting to the most enthusiastic spectators to be a part of the show.

Nutrition: Breakfast and dine

DAY 02: Cusco - the Incas' Sacred Valley

After-breakfast will go out in an excursion directed to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, on the river Vilcanota, for a bird's-eye view of Písac's Inca citadel and visit the typical Indian Marketplace of Písac's town that you walk away with to end on Tuesdays, Thursday and Sundays, where we will have opportunity to know about his inhabitants' habits near and bargaining over prices with the salespeople.( on Sundays one says Mass in Quechua, the native language ).

Lunch in a local restaurant of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the afternoon, I walk on the way the Fortaleza and Ollantaytambo's Ciudadela by Calca and Urubamba, constructed for to watch the entrance to this part of the valley and preserving it from possible invasions of the inhabitants of the jungle. We will have opportunity to walk on the village little streets and that way having an obvious idea of how it was this military, religious and cultural center, during the Inca Empire.

I transfer the hotel selected in Cusco to stay overnight. Free night. We recommended to take you for a walk for the Parade Ground and to enjoy the Cusco's nighttime environment, delighting in a Pisco Sour in any one of the numerous pubs that surround the plaza.

Nutrition: Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 03: Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes

Too early in the morning, we will transfer the station of train for a journey of three hours toward Machu Picchu's Citadel, acquaintance like The City Lost of the Incas. We will arrive at Aguas's station Hot to take the bus that will take us in a journey of 20 minutes, ascending a twisting road, to the incredible Machu Picchu. The excursion includes a tour guided of the Citadel, visiting the Principal Plaza, The Circular tower, the Sacred Sundial, the real rooms, the temple of the three Windows and the cemeteries. Free time to give a walk for the citadel. Lunch in a Hot restaurant of Aguas's town.

Sleep at the hotel selected of Aguas's town Hot. Free night. We recommended to dine you at the selected hotel.

Nutrition: Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 04: Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes - Cusco

Golden opportunity to get up early to observe a pretty dawn and, besides, going over Aguas's town Hot, knowing and visiting his hot springs. Next, you will have enough time to accomplish any one of the following activities ( not included in the price ):

1.- visiting second time around Machu Picchu's Citadel.

2.- for the more venturesome we recommended to raise the Huayna Picchu ( else it is raining ), from where Machu Picchu's dimension can be appreciated, still more impressive from above and distance. Raiseeing this far take approximately two hours and stocking and only hrs can be made even before the 13:00. It is necessary to check in at the booth that you find at the beginning of the journey. This walk is a moving adventure for the travellers that want to see the contrast between the agrestal nature and the stone tilled emergent of the land like a geological miracle.

In the afternoon, I return by train to the Cusco, I transfer the hotel selected to stay overnight.

Free night. We recommended to dine you at the hotel and going to bed early.

Nutrition: Breakfast


Inca road 2dias 1 night

DAY 01: Cusco Huayllabamba - km 82 -

I transfer of the hotel of train on the way to the Km. 104 to the station where will initiate the road Inka short toward Machupicchu. We crossed the bridge on the river Urubamba where we will visit the first archeological so-called zone Chachabamba. Two hours after a long walk of promotion to the mountain, we will be able to observe an extensive archeological zone located at a beautiful natural settlement of the mountain, called Wiñaywayna, Continuando our long walk we will get to the Sun's door ó Intipunku, where we will have the first appearance of Machupicchu. We walk down the mountain to get to Machupicchu's same city. Descent in bus toward Aguas's town Hot. Sleep at the hotel ( not included ).

Nutrition: Snack, lunch, lonche and dinner

DAY 02: Machupicchu - Cusco

Early in the morning I return the citadel of Machupicchu. We will have several long optional walks inside the same city, that you would be able to begin with the promotion toward the Sun's Door principal entrance for the walkers of the Road Inka or directly to Huaynapicchu's sacred mountain or young mountain, from where one has Machupicchu's most impressive sight. Free time to go for a ride for the citadel stop next coming across the rest of the group and being transferred in bus to Aguas Hot. In the afternoon I return to Cusco by train. To the arrival to Cusco, I transfer the selected hotel.

Nutrition: Breakfast and snack


Inca road 4 days 3 nights

DAY 01: Cusco Huayllabamba - km 82 -

Our am. drives to the 6:30 you will go by the hotel stop next transporting in bus to the km 82 to where we will get approximately to the 11:00 am; We will be pleased to know about people that you will accompany us during our trekking, as they are carriers, to the team in this place carperos, cooks, etc will begin the long walk, this first day is quite easy in the first kilometers, we will have a beautiful sight of the snowed the Veronica and will walk by the riverside Vilcanota even getting to Patallacta's archeological group, where we will be able to have lunch to recover forces and continuing to get to Huayllabamba, where we will sell off our first camp.

Nutrition: Snack, lunch, lonche and dinner

DAY 02: Huayllabamba - Pacaymayo

After a comforting breakfast, our second trekking's day will begin, perhaps the most difficult since we will have to promote to Wuarmihuañusca's sheltered bay 4.200 msnm in this place we will be able to enjoy a bird's-eye view of the mountain ranges of this region, after the lunch begin the descent toward the Pacaymayo's valley where we will sell off our second camp.

Nutrition: Breakfast, snack, lunch, lonche and dinner

DAY 03: Pacaymayo - Wiñayhuayna

In the morning early on the way we will find 30 minutes to solo to Runquracay's archeological group as from this place we will be able to find the Inca Road, the fact that it is paved completely, in certain places comes to have to 2 mts in width and it can observe the quality of Inca architecture itself; We will visit beautiful compound architectonic Sayacmarca; We will also go by a tunnel stop next getting to Phuyupatamarca's archeological group, we will begin to descend for an extremely interesting road, with a vegetation clogged of the eyebrow of jungle, very rich in flora and fauna, right after two hours we will get to Wiñayhuayna where we will pass our third camp.

Nutrition: Breakfast, snack, lunch, lonche and dinner

DAY 04: Wiñayhuayna Cusco - Machupicchu -

After-breakfast, we will start the trekking stop next getting to the Intipunku to Machu Picchu ( the Sun's Door ), known as the front door, from where one has an impressive panoramic sight of the citadel. To the arrival to Machu Picchu, we will sell off a guided tour the citadel, visiting the principal remains and monuments, such like the Principal Plaza, The Circular tower, the Sacred Sundial, the Fourth Reales, the Temple of the three Windows and cemeteries. Free time to go for a ride for the citadel stop next coming across the rest of the group and being transferred in bus to Aguas Hot to have lunch ( not included ). In the afternoon I return to Cusco by train. To the arrival to Cusco, I transfer the selected hotel.

Nutrition: Breakfast and snack


PROGRAM: 2 days 1 night of trek to Machupicchu

CIRCUIT: CUSCO MARAS MORAY

An archeological complex's combination of a long beautiful walk and visit more famous Machu Picchu. The first day you begin to walk at Maras's little city, that has colonial pleasant doors at your main street. You find the Inca's laboratory in next Moray..

The circles were used for the development of various tensions of harvests. There is a difference between the higher and lowermost terraces of to 15 degrees. Although the difference between the nearby terraces is very small, it is quite big to create the several microclimates that change conditions each time bigger and allow to the propagation of an enormous variety of plants each one with lightly various requirements of the growth. You walk down to the casseroles of Maras's salt after this very atmospheric place. 5000 terraces still are in production here over and a lot of Maras's families bring their salt into Urubamba's market in mules, the long something scarped walk brings bun at the sacred valley where you take a bus to Ollantaytambo into Dead Weight.

You take in Ollantaytambo the afternoon train to Aguas Hot. The second day you take a bus too early to Machu Picchu's entrance and have I lay siege to a tour guided in this Inca place important and after you have free time to explore ruins. In the afternoon you take a pullback train to Cusco.


PROGRAM: 4 days 3 nights

CIRCUIT: Lares – Huaran - Machupicchu

Adventure in the Andes, walking through wonderful Andean places of saw, tall and valley, enjoying the landscape with snowed, lagoons, restrooms Thermos bottle medicinal and united archeological, knowing native communities with clothing tinted of the Andes and finding variety of flora and the region's typical fauna, visiting Judgment Day Machupicchu's citadel.

ITINERARY:

DIA 01: CUZCO – CALCA-LARES KISWARANI

Transfer in bus to the locality of the town of PLACE in the heights of the SACRED VALLEY OF THE INKAS, we began immediately the long walk, getting to Thermos bottle to visit restrooms medicinal and having lunch, in getting dark we continued the long walk bound for Cuncani's Andean town. Lunch, dine and campground.

DAY 02: KISWARANI CANCHACANCHA

After-breakfast the long walk bound for Kishuarani ( 3670 m ) during the trajectory starts up PACHACUTEC spends for the place 4420 m from where the snowed ones belonging to PACHACUTEC And PITUSIRAY will be able to observe.

We will pass Pachacutec's step, place from where we will be able to appreciate the snowed ones belonging to the Pitusiray, we go to communities' encounter and comuneros typically dressed and we will be able to exchange cultures and experiences. Breakfast, Lunch, dine and campground.

DAY 03: CANCHACANCHA - HUARAN

Breakfast, descent to the Incas' Sacred Valley; The Andean flora and birds will be able to appreciate, they transported Ollanta's town to take the train bound for Aguas hot themselves, sleep at hostelry. Breakfast and Lunch.

DAY 04: MACHUPICCHU

Too early, Breakfast, displacement to Machupicchu's citadel, guided tour, free time, return by train bound for the Cusco's city. End of the services


THE OPCIONAL HOTELS IN CUSCO CITY

HOTEL NOVOTEL OR LIBERTADOR

http://www.novotel.com/novotel/fichehotel/gb/nov/3254/fiche_hotel.shtml

http://www.libertador.com.pe/eng/cusco.php

Add US$125 per night per person based on double occupancy

CASA ANDINA PRIVATE COLLECTION

http://www.casa-andina.com/peru_hotels/cusco_hotel-2-3-12.phtm

Add US$75 per night per person based on double occupancy

CASA ANDINA SAN BLAS

http://www.casa-andina.com/peru_hotels/cusco_san_blas_hotel-2-3-14.htm

Add US$50 per night per person based on double occupancy

CASA ANDINA, PLAZA DE ARMAS

http://www.casa-andina.com/peru_hotels/cusco_catedral_hotel-2-3-11.htm

Add US$40 per night per person based on double occupancy

SAMAY HOTEL

http://www.samayhotel.com/index.html

Add US$20 per night per person based on double occupancy

HOTEL ANDEN INCA

http://www.andeninca.com.pe/index.htm

Add US$20 per night per person based on double occupancy

PERURAIL TRAIN TO MACHUPICCHU

http://www.perurail.com/Pages_Es/cusco_mapi1.htm

LAN PERU

http://www.lan.com/index-es-pe.html



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