Machu Picchu 3 Day tour
- 3 days
- Starting From: $ 540.00 per person
Altitude
Min: 2,430m/7,972 ft. Max: 4,231m/13,881 ft.
Duration
3 days
Physical Level
Easy
Tour Type
Sightseeing and Cultural
Group Size
Min 2 people, Max 16 people
Best Season
April to October
Description
the 3-day Machu Picchu Tour, seamlessly blending cultural immersion with historical exploration. Begin with the awe-inspiring Sacred Valley, unraveling its treasures, and culminate your journey at the renowned Machu Picchu. This meticulously crafted itinerary ensures an enriching experience, unveiling the best of Cusco’s significant sites.
Overview
Visiting Machu Picchu is an unforgettable experience, the mystical that gives rise to its imposing stone walls inspires deep respect for the builders of this monumental work, who knew how to conjugate, like no one in the world. The Inka city of Machu Picchu, is located in the middle of majestic mountains of jungle brow, its incomparable beauty, and spiritual strength are privileged, the city is hidden within the tropics and built with a privileged geographic location that combines with the sacred mountains, running water, and an Almost perfect celestial alignment, excellent stonework and a large number of terraces for agriculture are impressive.
In this adventure Cusco Machu Picchu Tour 03 days we will visit the most important places of Cusco, the Sacred Valley tour, Pisaq, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Maras salt mines, and Moray circular terraces finally we will enjoy the wonder of Machu Picchu.
what's it like
Itinerary
On this day we will visit the alternative sacred valley it is a half-day tour in our first day Machu Picchu 3 days tour we will pick you up from your hotel in our private transportation at 9 Am From Cusco, we will drive to our first destination Chinchero in Chinchero we will visit with our tour guide the most relevant places like the incredible farming terraces then we will visit the beautiful colonial temple
Then we can visit a factory where the local families can show us all the weaving process hand made textiles
After Chinchero we will continue to Moray where we will see the famous circular terraces there are 4 and You will explore all these amazing Inca terraces with your tour guide
Then we will continue to our last destination the natural salt ponds where we will appreciate more than 3000 thousand salt ponds still the locals are cultivating keeping the tradition, here you will learn how is the process and what kind of salts they get.
After this natural beauty, we will go back to Cusco City and drop you off at your hotel in Cusco or Sacred Valley.
We will pick you up from your hotel at 8 Am in our private transportation From Cusco, we will drive for 1 hour 1/2 with a few stops at the lookout points we can also stop at Awanacancha excellent place to see local people weaving and the andean camelids also you can feed them after this we will continue to the mirador of Taray this is an excellent lookout to the sacred valley of the Incas then we get to our first Inca site Pisac once in Pisac, we have plenty of time to explore all around this amazing place with your tour guide, Pisaq is considered the biggest inca site so you will have time to explore
After the Inca site of Pisac, we will visit the Pisac Market considered the biggest handicraft center here you will have time to see the handicrafts and the local market then we will continue driving to Urubamba where we can buy our lunch
After a good lunch, we will continue to Ollantaytambo where we will explore the religious place if we have time we can wander the urban sector of Ollantaytambo the only Inca living town then we will head to the train station in order to board the train to Machu Picchu Pueblo where one of our representatives will be waiting for you outside of the train station and take you to your hotel where you will spend a night.
this day you will organize depending on your ticket time to visit Machu Picchu
according to your organized time, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and you will take the bus to Machu Picchu Citadel Here your tour guide will give you a guiding tour for two hours more or less then you will have to exit Machu Picchu
If you have your ticket for Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu mountain you will climb this time once you finish exploring you need to take the bus back to Machu Picchu Pueblo where you can buy your Lunch then you will take the train back to Ollantaytambo in Ollanta train station one of our representatives will be waiting for you and take you back to Cusco and drop you off in your hotel or close by
Inclusions
- Collection from your hotel in our private van
- 01 breakfast (the second day at the hotel)
- Entrance fee to Machu Picchu Sanctuary
- English-speaking tour guide
- round trip bus ticket to Machu Picchu
- 3-star hotel based in a double room, if you want to upgrade let us know
- lunch and dinner
- Entrance tickets all the places or Inca sites require an entrance ticket you can buy this at the first Inca site 70 soles for a day pass which covers specific places or 130 soles for a day pass which covers 16 places
- entrance to Huaynapicchu or Machu Picchu mountain
- tips for the crew
- hot springs in Machu Picchu Pueblo (10 soles)
- travel insurance (check that your insurance covers you for treks above 4,200
What to Bring?
- Original Passport
- ISIC card (if you are a student and want to qualify for the discount)
- Walking boots
- Waterproof jacket/rain poncho
- Warm jacket
- Hat and gloves
- T-shirts
- Comfortable Trousers
- Sun hat
- Sun cream (factor 35 or higher)
- Insect repellant
- Toiletries and hand sanitizer
- Personal medication
- Camera
- First aid kit
Pricing
560 USD per person
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FAQs
When is the best time to visit Machu Picchu?
any time you visit Machu Picchu, it looks incredible but in Cusco, we have a well-defined season dry season and a wet season so the best time would be from April to October which is the dry season.
When is the worst time to visit Machu Picchu?
Due to the rainy season and less visibility of the places to visit in Cusco the worst time would be February
Travel Guide
what is not allowed in Machu Picchu?
the things that are not allowed in Machu Picchu are:
waking sticks you can not use them at Machu Picchu at least you have disabilities and you really need them to walk then you can use them and need to have a rubber tip.
Backpack in this case you can take small backpacks under 30 litters bigger than this are not allowed if you have bigger they will ask you to store them at the entrance of Machu Picchu.
Camera Profesional cameras and tripod or selfie steak are not allowed in Machu Picchu in case you it you have to get permission for it and costs extra
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