Cusco, Machu Picchu, and Sacred Valley 5-Day Tour

Day 1: City Tour

You'll be picked up from the Cusco Airport and be taken to the hotel. You have the morning free to rest and get used to the altitude. Your 4-hour city tour of Cusco begins around 1:20pm. You will enjoy a guided visit to the Temple of Sun (Qorikancha), and also visit Inca remains around the city including Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Pucapucara, and Tambomachay.

Day 2: Sacred Valley Tour (B) (L)

After breakfast, you'll be picked up from the hotel and head to the Sacred Valley with your guide. You will visit the town of Pisaq and its typical handicraft market. Then at noon you'll enjoy a buffet lunch in Urubamba and continue to Ollantaytambo, where you will see some of the region's most important archaeological remains. Come back to Cusco by way of Chinchero, another tourist center, and then get dropped-off at the hotel. 

Day 3: Aguas Calientes (B)

After breakfast, early in the morning at approximately 4:45am you'll be taken to the train station for a trip by rail to Aguas Calientes (gateway to Machu Picchu), where you'll spend the night. Upon arrival into town, you'll be transferred to your hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure, with options to visit the hot springs near town.

Day 4: Machu Picchu 

Very early in the morning, you will take the bus up to the citadel of Machu Picchu. You'll start with a guided tour, walking around the citadel for two hours. After the tour, you'll have time to see the place on your own. Then in the afternoon head back to Cusco.

Day 5: End of Tour (B)

After breakfast in the hotel, you'll be transferred to the Cusco airport to catch your flight.