Cusco to Sacred Valley of the Incas – Peru Sacred Valley Tour

Your epic Peru Sacred Valley Tour starts with an early morning transfer from your hotel in Cusco. We will embark on a 45 minutes drive to Chinchero, the village of the Rainbow. 

Chinchero:

Chinchero is home to Andean textile weavers. Locals will demonstrate the process of extracting wool from Alpacas and Llamas and dyeing them to knit different products. 

This beautiful and serene village is often overlooked by tourists. It houses a white washed colonial church which was once a royal palace of Incan emperor Pachacuti. 

Among all sites in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Chinchero has the most fertile soil. During the Inca civilization, under the leadership of Pachacuti. the Incas built many farming terraces. The water channels here are a testament to the advancement of Inca engineering. 

Maras Moray:

After getting an immersive introduction to the Incas history and colonial past, we will be driving to Maras and Moray. Both these sites played a prominent role to Incas and continue to do even today. Moray is home to circular agricultural terraces which served as an agricultural laboratory to Incas. 

Maras is home to the salt mines. It has been passed down generation after generation. Locals here continue to practice the traditional Solar Evaporation salt farming method. Our local expert will be explaining to you in detail. 

Urubamba:

After soaking in the views of the picturesque sites of the Sacred Valley, we will be driving you to Urubamba. Altitude wise, Urubamba is the lowest town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We will be serving buffet lunch here.

With ample options for vegetarians, you will be impressed with the wide choice of Andean meals prepared with farm fresh ingredients.

Ollantaytambo:

After relishing a native meal, we will be driving you to an emblematic village in the Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo. 

Nestled in between two hills each home to Inca ruins, the village is known as the “Living Inca Town”. This is because Ollantaytambo has been continuously inhabited since the Inca civilization. 

Ollantaytambo, which was once an administrative capital to the Incas houses a notable Inca temple. This is where the infamous battle of Ollantaytambo was fought between Manco Inca and Hernando Pizzaro. 

Today, Ollantaytambo serves as a prime point to travel to Aguas Calientes. 

Pisac:

Continuing the tour, we will be visiting Pisac. Pisac is home to one of the massive and beautiful inca sites perched on a hilltop overlooking the village. The inca complex here is massive and is just second to Machu Picchu in size. 

We will be driving you up the hill to the main entrance of the complex. Here our local expert will be giving you a guided tour of the complex. 

After touring the complex, we will be driving you down to the main plaza. During weekends, the narrow cobblestone streets here get filled with local people selling their handicrafts. 

After the tour, we will drive you back to Cusco city. It takes 45 minutes. We will be dropping you off at Plaza Regocijo, a block away from Cusco’s main square – Plaza de Armas.