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SACRED VALLEY of The INKAS

(Full Day Programs)

 

SV4- Pisac Market & Ollantaytambo + L.

Sunday, Tuesday and Thursdays available. ( Private & Pool Tour *)

Pick up time : 09.00 am. Tour to one of the most important colonial town named P'isaq In the lower part of the valley to the northwest of Qosqo City ..This small town was made in the Andean way, with narrow and cobbled streets; it is in the town's Main Plaza where every Sunday is the famous "Indian Market" that attracts hundreds of peasants from the surrounding communities who descend from the mountains in order to perform their commercial transactions. a vast sector of it displays handicrafts or "souvenirs" Therefore, nowadays it is possible to find two markets in the same spot: the "Indian" one and the touristic. In general, this is a good place to shop for pottery that is made locally and somewhat old weavings (15 or 20 years). On the other hand, on Sunday mornings, by 11:00 am. there is a Catholic Mass in the church for the local populace as well as for the "Varayoq" (whom has a "vara", that is, a staff of office) or mayors of peasant communities of the region.

It is a nice experience of Ethnography.

We continue along the side of the Urubamba river, flanked by peaks and a beautiful landscape , Lunch at Urubamba town ( local restaurant ) Maizal -Inka land-San Agustin-Casa Grande

 

Afternoon tour to the ancient Inkan town of OLLANTAYTAMBO ,a terraced fortress like town built by the Inkas and also considered a protective gateway to Machupicchu .Ollantaytambo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in South America, people is still leaving in the same houses and palaces as 500 years ago. Return to Cusco via Chincheros.

Includes : Transportation ,Guide, admissions , Lunch

 

SV5- Pisac Ruins&Market +Ollantaytambo + L.

Sunday Tuesday and Thursday available. ( Private & Pool Tour *)

 

Pick up time : 09.00 am. Tour to one of the most important colonial town named PISAC In the lower part of the valley to the northwest of Qosqo City ..This small town was made in the Andean way, with narrow and cobbled streets; it is in the town's Main Plaza where every Sunday is the famous "Indian Market" that attracts hundreds of peasants from the surrounding communities who descend from the mountains in order to perform their commercial transactions. a vast sector of it displays handicrafts or "souvenirs" Therefore, nowadays it is possible to find two markets in the same spot: the "Indian" one and the touristic .This is your chance to bargain for some exotic craftwork or simply enjoy the colorful spectacle.

We continue our journey to the upper side of the mountain where is located one of the most important Archaeological Parks in the region

The Inkan City of Pisac is at the top of the mountain ,over the well preserved terracing.

 

All over the complex there are farming terraces built even as far as the edge of precipices that still keep their straight sometimes vertical aqueducts (water does not flow any more) and their projecting ladders made with stones that are fit into the retaining walls allowing one to pass from one terrace to the other, it offers a very interesting panorama.

We continue along the side of the Urubamba river, flanked by peaks and a beautiful landscape , Lunch at Yucay

Or Urubamba Villages.

Afternoon tour to the ancient Inkan town of OLLANTAYTAMBO ,a terraced fortress like town built by the Inkas and also considered a protective gateway to Machupicchu . Ollantaytambo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in South America, people is still leaving in the same houses and palaces as 500 years ago. Return to Cusco via Chincheros.

Includes : Transportation ,Guide, admissions , Lunch

 

SV6- Maras & Moray + L.

Daily excursion Private tour.

 

Pick up time : 09.00 am. Towards the west of Cusco at an altitude of 3300 mts. (10824 feet); over a plain that in prehistoric times was a huge plateau, is located MORAY, a very unique archaeological site in the region , enormous natural depressions or hollows in the ground surface are found here , The Inkas used as a prototype of a greenhouse or experimental biological station, very advanced for its age.

We continue along the dramatic “andes” from which it is possible to observe the range of mountains of Urubamba towards MARAS the famous “ Inka Salt mines” are constituted by about 3000 small pools with an average area of 5 m² (53.8 ft²), constructed in a slope of a mountain.

People is still using the same traditional methods as 500 years ago ,to extract the salt .

Includes : Transportation ,Guide, admissions , Box Lunch


* Pool Service = You will share a bus with other tourists.