CUZCO SILVER

Lima - Cuzco (Machu Picchu)

frecuency: Dayli departures
5 days 4 Nights

 

 

1st day

International flight to Lima
Arriving into Lima at night
You’ll be picked up and transport to the hotel in Miraflores
(The airline will provide 2 snacks and dinner)

2nd day

5.30 am Pick up and Transport to Airport
from Lima to Cuzco
Departure time 8 am
Arrival time 9 am
Reception at the airport, transfer to hotel where you will have free time to acclimatise your self and have no problems with the city  height. In the afternoon visits begins with the Temple of Koricancha, the main square, and the Cathedral, then continue by bus to visit the Inca archaeological sites:
The Temple of Sacsaywaman which has a strategic location from where you can have a panoramic view of

Cusco, this temple is very famous for the huge polished and shaped stones, some of these have 9m/30ft tall and weigh 350 tons, all these were assembled with a precision that is impossible to insert a needle at the junctions of these huge stones, we’ll go to a mystical temple of the Incas “Inca Qenqo” where religious sacrifices were made​​, then we will visit the center and military control of the Incas “Puca Pucara”, where every man here would record his access to the City of Cusco and finally the Temple “Tambomachay”. Return to hotel and evening free.


3rd day


(the hotel will provide breakfast)
This day we will have a trip to the Sacred Valley where we visit different villages and archaeological sites. The first point will be Pisac, the colorful Andean market and the Catholic Church. After we pass places like Lamay, Calca and Urubamba we’ll stop for lunch at a tourist restaurant. After lunch we’ll drive to Ollantaytambo, to see the typical Inca streets, and most of the impressive construction and agricultural terraces of the Temple, with an impressive view of the Sacred Valley . Finally we will visit the Andean town of Chinchero and admire the perfect Inca walls that are still preserved in the main square and visit the Colonial temple with interesting wall murals.
Return to Cusco.
(The hotel will provide breakfast)

4th day

Pick up from hotel to the train station and go to the full day tour to the magical Machu Picchu. (aprox 75 miles from Cuzco). During the trip you can see the Urubamba canyon, the river Vilcanota and the great spectacle of the mountain peaks of Veronica. We’ll arrived at the village “Aguas Calientes” to take the buses and head to Machupicchu where we visit this wonderful Sanctuary also known as "The Lost City of the Incas"one of the best known examples of Inca architecture that still survives. On this tour you will see all the temples and the main square, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Solar Clock or Intihuatana. After the visit, we return to “Aguas Calientes” to catch the train back to Cusco.
Transfer to the hotel.
(The hotel will provide breakfast)


5th day

transfer from hotel to airport.
fly back to Lima and noon
International departure from Lima
(Departure taxes are included)