Peru Essential – Executive

We will pick you up at the airport and drive to the Sacred Valley of the Inkas, where on the way we will visit an Andean camelid farm: llamas, alpacas, vicuñas and huanacos near Cusco, stopping at strategic places to enjoy the wonderful scenery and visit the Inka town of P’isac, then its charming traditional market. Overnight in the Sacred Valley to avoid altitude sickness.

– Distance: 33 km/20.5 mi driving

– Duration: 5 hours approx.

– Maximum altitude: 3700 m/12139 ft (driving)

– Minimum altitude: 2900 m/9514 ft Pisa’q

– Accessibility: Driving

We will continue to learn about the agricultural and mining technology developed by the Inkas, which today the local population still preserves these working techniques, allowing us to experience the salt mines, which have been an important resource for humanity since time immemorial, as well as to appreciate one of the centres of acclimatisation and domestication of plants. We will continue with more adventure descending by bicycle from Moray to the Sacred Valley.

– Distance: 22 km/13.6 mi Driving, 15 km/9.3 mi by bike and 42 km/26 mi by train.

– Duration: all day

– Maximum elevation: 3500 m/11482 ft

– Minimum altitude: 2792 m/9160 ft Ollantaytambo

– Accessibility: Road and train

– Difficulty level: easy

– Activities: Scenic, cultural, visit to archaeological sites: Ollantaytambo, Moray, salt mines and mountain biking with picnic.

– Overnight: Hotel in Ollantaytambo

For the most awaited day We will take the train to enter  to the magical mountainous formation that surrounds Machupicchu, the emblem of our culture, and live an experience that will take us back to the time of the Incas. A unique mystical panorama, surrounded by the beauty of the mountains, this visit will reveal the knowledge of the Inka life. We will have lunch at a restaurant near Machupicchu. In the afternoon we take the train back to Ollantaytambo.

– Maximum altitude: 2792 m Ollantaytambo.

– Minimum altitude: 2040 m Aguas Calientes town.

– Accessibility: Bus and walking in Machupicchu

– Level of difficulty: Easy

– Activities: Scenic, historical, archaeological and cultural tour in Machupicchu.

– Overnight: Hotel in Sacred Valley

We will continue the journey, learn about the technological, agricultural, textile and mining advances that the Inkas developed, even today they still use these techniques of work, to know how they get natural dyes for the wool of their animals we will visit Chinchero. All this activities is to up grade the arrival to Cusco, which was the capital city of the Inka civilization.

– Distance: 138 km driving

– Duration: all day

– Maximum altitude: 3700 m Chincheros

– Minimum altitude: 2792 m Ollantaytambo.

– Accessibility: Driving

– Difficulty: easy

– Activities: Scenic, cultural, experience with alpaca lamas and textiles, visit to archaeological centers: Chinchero,.

– Overnight: Hotel in the Cusco.

Very early in the morning our transportation will take us to the starting point, it will be the first time at such a high altitude and we will take it easy to reach our destination. These are places of spiritual and cultural importance and in this time it will show us their colors and the beautiful mountain scenery will heighten the emotions..

– Distance: 110 km driving, 7 km walking.

– Duration: all day

– Maximum Altitude: 5200 m Cerro Arcoíris (Rainbow Hill)

– Minimum altitude: 3390 m Cusco

– Accessibility: Transportation and trail

– Difficulty: Moderate

– Activities: Scenic, Cultural, Historical, Adventure hiking, Nature

– Overnight: Hotel in Cusco

Early in the morning we will leave to Mollepata for breakfast and then to the starting point, it will be the last time we will be surrounded by mountains, but it will be the first time closet o glaciers. This experience is very demanding but it will bring us closer to the natural beauty and of our humanity, we will rediscover the humanity lake.

– Distance: 244 km driving, 7 km walking.

– Duration: all day

– Maximum Altitude: 4200 m Humantay lake

– Minimum altitude: 3390 m Cusco

– Accessibility: Transportation and trail

– Difficulty: Moderate

– Activities: Scenic, Cultural, Historical, Adventure hiking, Nature

– Overnight: Hotel in Cusco

We will explore the surroundings of the city of Cusco and stroll through the Inca streets of the city. Outside the city is Saqsayhuaman, famous for its walls of gigantic proportions, evidence of great engineering, Q’enqo astronomical center and then we continue in our transportation that will take us to Pucapucara (red fort, 3580 m) from where we will have the mountain panorama of the guardians of Cusco. In the city and visit Q’oricancha (place of gold). In the afternoon we will visit the traditional market of San Pedro.

– Distance: 45 km driving

– Duration: all day

– Maximum altitude: 4089 m Huanacaure

– Minimum altitude: 3399 m Cusco

– Accessibility: Transportation.

– Difficulty: easy.

– Activities: Scenic, gastronomic, cultural, historical and visit to archaeological centers: Sacsayhuaman, Q’enqo, Pucapucara and Q’oricancha.

– Overnight at hotel in Cusco.

Goodbye Cusco! Transfer to the airport for your flight home.