7 Day Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu

In the morning, you’ll board your flight to Cuzco. Your guide will meet you at the airport, and take you on a journey through the spectacular scenery of the Sacred Valley, the agricultural strip that supplied food to the Inca Empire. On the way to your hotel, you will visit the town of Pisac and the Inca ruins perched on the hillside above the valley. When you arrive, you can relax in the peaceful garden surroundings of your country hotel as you settle in and acclimatize to the altitude.

Your guide will take you into the Sacred Valley, a land lost in time amid the mountains, to visit Moray, a circular terraced agricultural site, and the Salineras salt flats. In the afternoon, you’ll explore Ollantaytambo with its massive Incan ruins and charming town, before returning to your picturesque hotel.

This morning we will pick you up from the hotel to take you to Ollantaytambo train station for your journey to Aguas Calientes. This experience will be once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to uncover the secrets of Machu Picchu with a guided tour of the Inca citadel. Your guide will take you to the most important parts of the complex, and reveal all that’s known about how the it was created. After the tour, you’ll have time to explore the ruins on your own, or sit back and enjoy the magic and tranquility of Machu Picchu and the breathtaking scenery that stretches away from it. Spend the evening at your exclusive hotel.

It’s no stone unturned today, as you return to Machu Picchu to explore its far reaches. The more energetic members of the group can also hike to the top of Huayna Picchu for a bird’s eye view of the ruins sprawling beneath them. The steep path takes about an hour and a half to ascend. In the afternoon, you’ll descend to Aguas Calientes to return to Ollantaytambo on the Vistadome train. We will meet you at the station and bring you back to your hotel in Cuzco by private car.

During your tour of Cuzco, once the capital of the Inca Empire, you’ll visit Sacsayhuaman, an immense Incan complex with impressive stonework; Koricancha, one of the most important Inca temples (the walls were once actually coated in gold!); and Cuzco’s Cathedral where you’ll learn about the Cuzco School of Art.

One of our representatives will collect you from your hotel and drive you to the Cuzco airport for your flight to Lima. Optional recommended excursion – Depending on the time of your international flight, you can take the opportunity to squeeze in a private tour of Lima’s key sites. You will visit the Larco Pre-Colombian Museum, the San Francisco Monastery and its catacombs, Lima’s historic colonial plazas, and Miraflores, a picturesque waterfront district.