Description

The sacred valley of the Incas is characterized by very special conditions, such as an excellent climate, very fertile lands and the waters of the sacred river of the Incas, the Vilcanota (Quechua voice, sacred or wonderful thing), which upstream, in the Urubamba town, they change their name and it is called Urubamba River, Today we offer you a complete tour including magical places that are moray and salt mines.

Intinerary

Pick up from your respective hotel at 07:00 am to take the tour where. The tours in Cusco of the Incas are characterized by having very spectacular conditions, such as an excellent climate, very fertile lands and the waters of the sacred river of the Incas, in this tour we can appreciate different villages and picturesque, in addition to making some stops in places as Chincheros, Moray, Maras, where we appreciate textile art and ceramics, At the same time we will visit Urubamba to enjoy a typical lunch, later we visited the villages of Ollantaytambo and Pisaq where it has wonderful Andean landscapes, and its inhabitants, natives of the Quechua ethnic group , they conserve many customs and ancestral rites until the moment. The guided tour ends at 7:00 p.m.

Zonas arqueológicas a visitar

CHINCHEROS: A very traditional and typical place for colorful handicrafts and fabrics. The main attraction of this is the archaeological complex, it is the Sunday market that is still bartering where they make an exchange of products. Traditions since the Inca era. Thanks to the studies carried out in the sixties, it has been discovered that some walls belong to an Inca palace covered with earth by the Spaniards and finally we return in our mobile to the imperial city of Cusco (07:00 pm)

MORAY: Here we find a kind of amphitheaters, in which each of the different terraces has a different microclimate, which varies depending on the height of the crop.

The Moray complex would have more than 20 miniature sectors in which different crops were maintained according to the temperature to adapt. The visit to Moray will take you about 1 hour if you want to walk through all the terraces or platforms and get to know first-hand one of the most incredible places in Peru.

MARAS MINAS DE SAL: Located in the upper area of ​​the sacred valley where we find the Salinas de Maras a river, of not much flow, pour its salty waters into the pools, where they stagnate and where the water evaporates little by little thanks to the heat of the sun, thus producing salt, an element so characteristic of this area of ​​Peru.

The use of the terraces or wells by the locals is hereditary, but it works in a common way, like the Salt of Maras.

The visit to the Salineras de Maras is about an hour, at the end we return in our mobility to Cusco (03:00 pm)

URUBAMBA: A great place with Inca productions, the most primordial is the corn, and today a beautiful countryside, with a great production of fruit trees. An excellent place to enjoy our typical lunch buffet in the area, at the end we continue the trip to:

OLLANTAYTAMBO: The foundation of Ollantaytambo is attributed to Ollántay, and the military fortress that protected this area of ​​the valley, strategically located between two mountains, prevails. Today you can see this fortress, and also the rich sites, formed by the temple to Inti (sun god), the baths of the Ñustas (princesses), the chullpas of Cachiccata, a group of terraces symmetrically staggered and very steep on the hillside of a hill.

The current town of Ollantaytambo, has many houses built on the foundations of the ancient Inca town, where native inhabitants live rooted in ancestral customs. Ollantaytambo is located 97 km (60 miles) from Cusco, 2,846 m.s. (Train station to Machu Picchu).

PISAC: A town located in the foothills of the Intihuatana hill (place where the sun is tied), has the best system of terraces worked by the Incas.

Near the town is the Archaeological Park of Pisac, Inca archaeological sites, constructions in polished stones finally assembled, citadel, towers, military fortresses, astronomical observatory, etc. We observe the Inca cemetery, the largest in all of America. Pisac is located 32 km (20 miles) from the city of Cusco, 2,972 m.s.n.m

Includes

• Bus transportation for the entire tour in Pool service
• Professional specialized guide.
• Buffet lunch in tourist restaurant.

No included

• Drinks like Water
• Phone calls
• Snack
• Tickets (BTC) entrance fee to Archaeological groups

BTC (tourist ticket of Cusco, allows to enter Pisaq, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, and other 13 attractions include museums and 4 archaeological groups that are visited in the City Tour) S /. 130.00 or USD 47.00 only these three places, Tourist Ticket of Cusco Children and students have 50% discount in the integral BTC, 10 soles sal mine.