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Peru
Trekking - Inca
Trails of Cusco
Departing from Cusco visiting andean markets, we hike on Inca
trails connecting the Sacred Valley of the Urubamba, visit lesser known sites
along the way, Pikillacta, Tipon, Chinchero, Huchuy – Qosqo, Moray and Maras and
better known sites like Pisac, Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu combining one day
hikes and overnights at country inns.
Itinerary:
Day 1 Cusco, 2 Urcos/Andahuaylillas/Pikillacta/Tipon, 3 Huachuy Qosco, 4
Maras/Moray/Ollantaytambo, 5 Machu Picchu, 6 Cusco, 7 Cusco/Lima
Duration :
7 days / 6 nights
Season :
March – December
Departures :
Any Saturday
Minimum :
2 passengers
Day by day description
Day 1 CUSCO (Saturday)
Arriving in Cusco, the center
of the old Inca Empire, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. The
rest of the morning free to acclimatize to the altitude (3,460
m.a.s.l./11,400 ft.). An (optional) afternoon tour of the city and nearby ruins
of Sacsayhuaman, Kenko and Tambomachay will educate you on the history of this
astonishing city. Lunch and dinner on your own.
Day 2 URCOS/ANDAHUAYLILLAS/PIKILLACTA/TIPON/CUSCO
(Sunday)
Early morning drive for about an
hour to Urcos, a colorful Andean market, where traditional trading of goods
takes place. On the return drive, we will visit the colonial church of
Andahuaylillas with its renowned frescoes and the pre-Inca Wari site at
Pikillacta, the rest of the morning we will explore these ruins. After lunch
visit the Inca ruins at Tipon below Mt. Pachatusan with its water - fountains on
the terraced hillside, which characterize this important site. Lunch will be
provided en route. Late afternoon return to Cusco, dinner on your own.
Day 3 PIURAY/HUCHUY QOSQO
(Monday)
A very early departure to the
beginning of our hike either near Chinchero or Ccorao. A slow ascent brings us
to the pass at Huchuy Qosqo, with a beautiful view of the peaks of Pitusiray
and Sawasiray and the Urubamba Valley below. Descent to Huchuy Qosqo -
where one of the few standing three story Inca buildings dominates the
complex. Continue downhill until we arrive at the road head near the
Sacred Valley of the Incas, where a vehicle will pick us up and transfer to
our country inn.
Day 4 MARAS / MORAY /
OLLANTAYTAMBO (Tuesday)
Visit Maras and Moray in the
morning and walk down past the salt mines to the valley.
Maras is renowned for its colonial doorways having been an important
trading town for the open pit salt mines nearby. Moray is an Inca
construction shaped like an amphitheater. It is said that the area
was used to acclimatize plants and domesticate them. In the afternoon we
will visit the fortress at Ollantaytambo and the Inca village of the same
name - one of the few vestiges of Inca urban design that can still be
appreciated. Picnic lunch and overnight at the same country inn, dinner on your
own.
Day 5 OLLANTAYTAMBO/WIÑAY
WAYNA/MACHU PICCHU (Wednesday)
We take the train to Machu
Picchu, , an ever narrowing gorge brings us to Km. 104 where we begin our
guided hike on the famed Inca Trail. Past the Chachabamba ruins, a three hour
ascent through highland grasses and a small gulley, brings us to Wiñay Wayna.
From here a winding trail though a cloud forest, which cuts across a ridge,
brings us finally to the door of the sun, Intipunku with a spectacular
view of the citadel of Machu Picchu below. Overnight at a hotel, dinner on
your own.
Day 6 MACHU PICCHU/CUSCO
(Thursday)
After a full-day tour of the
citadel we will return to Cusco in the afternoon train arriving in the evening.
Also, a chance to visit the site early in the morning before the tourist train
arrives, permitting to photograph the site without many visitors. Transfer from
the train station to your hotel, dinner on your own.
Day 7 CUSCO/OUT (Friday)
After breakfast transfer to the
airport or train station for your ongoing destination.
SERVICES INCLUDED :
Transportation,
bilingual guides, breakfasts and lunches during full day excursions (hikes
or river trips), lodging on double basis in comfortable country inns and entry
fees to museums or archaeological sites during journey.
SERVICES NOT INCLUDED:
Lunches in the
cities, dinners on the trip, alcoholic beverages, extras, taxes, tips, laundry
service, additional tours, insurance and airline tickets.
Important:
Before you travel please check your Tour Voucher and Arrival
Information for the latest joining instructions. This will be sent to you
upon receipt of final payment.
All itineraries are
subject to change without prior notice.
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