Sacred Valley Machu Picchu and Rainbow Mountain

Our guides will pick you up from Cusco airport and take you to your hotel in the city. Later on, we’ll explore the streets of Cusco, mainly around the main square and its cobbled alleys, as a way to acclimatize to the high altitude of this beautiful city.

Our guides will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco around 7:30 a.m. Our first stop will be the Sacred Valley lookout point, where we’ll enjoy breathtaking views and excellent photo opportunities. Then, we’ll visit the famous Pisaq market, where people come down from Andean villages to sell their textiles and vegetables. We’ll continue the journey to the Pisaq Inca archaeological site, located at the top of Pisaq Mountain in the Sacred Valley. After that, we’ll drive to Urubamba, where we’ll stop for lunch (lunch not included in the price). After lunch, we’ll head to the Incan town of Ollantaytambo. Later in the afternoon, you’ll go to the train station to catch the train to Aguas Calientes. Once there, your guides will take you to your hotel.

On this day, we will take a guided tour of Machu Picchu. You will have the optional opportunity to do the challenging unguided hike (for an additional cost) to the top of Huayna Picchu, where you’ll get the best view of the site. After a long day exploring this lost city, we will take the bus back to Aguas Calientes and then the train back to Cusco. Upon arrival in Cusco, you will be transferred to your hotel to rest.

This day, we will pick you up from your hotel around 8:00 am. The first stop will be Maras, from where we can reach the famous salt mines. After visiting the salt mines near Maras, we will continue to the Moray archaeological site, comprised of three coliseums, believed to have been used by the Incas as a kind of open-air cultivation laboratory. Around 1:00 pm, we will return to Cusco. You will enjoy an authentic Peruvian cooking class where you will learn how to prepare a dish called lomo saltado, which you will then pair with a traditional Peruvian cocktail, the pisco sour.

On this day, we will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco around 4:00 a.m. The journey to the trailhead takes approximately 3 hours. We will enjoy panoramic views of the Ausangate Mountains, and after a total hike of approximately 2.5 hours, we will finally reach our destination: Rainbow Mountain. We will have time to explore the area and then descend. The hike will last 2 hours. Our private transportation will be waiting for us upon our return. We will stop for lunch before heading to Cusco. We will arrive in the city at approximately 5:00 p.m. and then transfer you to your hotel.

This day we will say goodbye after breakfast, according to your flight schedules we will go to your hotel to take you to the Cusco airport