Combo Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu | Moray to Machu Picchu
Description
The Combo Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu tour involves the best experience of visiting the famous Sacred Valley of the Incas,Maras, Moray and Salineras or Salt mines. This tour usually is private and you can discover and explore the all Sacred Valley of the Incas. Visit Pisac, Moray, Chincheros and Ollantaytambo archeological site, the Salt Mines or Salineras and the small colonial town - Maras. In the afternoon you will take the train to Machu Picchu and spend one night in Aguas Calientes before visiting the site the next day. The next day you will wake up early and take the bus up to Machu Picchu. There, you will visit the Machu Picchu city and have the chance to climb Huayna Picchu mountain (must be purchased in advance) or walk around the ruins.
The Sacred Valley, Vilcamayo to the Incas, traces its winding, astonishingly beautiful course to the north-west of Cusco. Known today as the Urubamba river - Valley of the Spiders - It´s still easy to see why the Incas considered this a special place. Continue by driving to Moray - is a very extraordinary Inka's site consisting of many huge terraces formed by circular depressions. Then we take the car to Maras, this small town on the colonial time, it was very important for the agriculture. After the Maras, Our guide will take to Salineras - these are salt mines that have been used since pre-Inca times. Salt comes from a subterranean salty mineral stream that springs on a hill above the salt mines. The flow of the stream runs into a complicated system of tiny canals that irrigate a huge number of small salty pools. Finishishing the visit the Salt mines, we will go to Ollantaytambo - it is a magnificent littlet town where a great temple -fortress clings to the sheer cliffs of the valley side.
What to Expect
The antique citadel of Machu Picchu (Old Peak in Quechua native language) is a very popular worldwide tourist attraction and the most famous Inca architectural work. It is located at 74.7 km far away from Cusco in the department of the same name. The Inca citadel stands at an altitude of 2,430 meters above sea level on the Machu Picchu Mountain, close to the Urubamba River, in the midst of a lush vegetation of a cloud forest.
After spending a great time here, you will return to Aguas Calientes to take the train back to Ollantaytambo Train Station, then take a bus back to Cusco and be dropped-off at the main square in Cusco.
Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu Overview
Sustainable Tourism: At Tierras Vivas, we are happy to promote and practice sustainable tourism by being eco-friendly and supporting local communities. We are again supporting Sernamp this Inca Trail 2022 with picking up trash and clearing the trail
Tour Operator: Local Tour Operator & Tierras Vivas Travel
Service Level: Comfortable, hotel with private bath, tourist train and private transport.
Physical Rating: 2 - Moderate - Some low-altitude hikes, but accessible to most healthy travellers
Age requirement: 4+ / All travellers under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Crew: A Tierras Vivas representative in the Cusco and Profesional guide in the Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Moray, Maras, Salt Mines, Chinchero and Machu Picchu
Meals: 1 x Breakfast and 1 x buffet lunch on the Sacred Valley tour
Transportation: Tourist transportation, Train
Accommodation: Hotel (1 night). These following hotels are used to accommodate you during your 2 day tour to Machu Picchu: Wiracocha Machu Picchu Hotel. Once you booked, our booking department will confirm your accommodation. If you would like to upgrade your hotel, visit our website ESSENTIAL INFO on the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu page.
Quick Itinerary
Combo Sacred Valley Tour
07:00: We pick you from you hotel
08:00: Driving and guided tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
- Pisac market,
- Pisac, Moray, Chinchero, Ollantaytambo archoelogical site,
- Moray, the colonial small town
- Salineras or Salt Mines
19:00:Train to Machu Picchu (if you book in advance, you will have early train)
21:00: Transfer your hotel and our guide will visit your hotel for your briefing
Machu Picchu Day Tour
05:00: Bus up to Machu Picchu
06:00: Guided tour to Machu Picchu 2 hrs
09:00: Free time, you can walking around to the lost city of the Incas or climb up to the mountains (Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu)
19:00: Return train to Ollantaytambo
20:30: Arrived to Ollantaytambo and tourist transportation to Cusco
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you would like to return early, you can choose the train at 14:30 and you will be in Cusco at 18:00
Highlights of the Combo Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu tour
- Walking in the Sacred Valley of the Incas
- Visit the Pisac Market
- Guided tour of Pisac and Ollantaytambo archeological
- Guided tour of the Moray, Maras, Chinchero
- Guided tour of the Salt mines or Salineras
- View the amazing Sacred Valley
- Visit the Machu Picchu
Meeting & Starting point for tour to Machu Picchu
Departure Point: Cusco - We pick you up from your hotel.
Briefing Point: Our guide will visit your hotel 2 or 1 day before the trek
Briefing Time: Between 17:00 - 18:00
Return Point: Cusco - Our driver will drop-off in your hotel or Airbnb department
Cities visited
Cusco | Pisac Market | Pisac Ruins | Urubamba | Moray | Maras | Salineras or Salt Mines | Chinchero | Ollantaytambo | Aguas Calientes Pueblo | Machu Picchu
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Itineray Details
Day 01: Combo Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu
At 07:00, we pick you up from your hotel to take you to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, a lush agricultural region, created by the Urubamba River and an important source of food for the Incas that keep supplying the city of Cusco with a majority of its production until nowadays! Our first stop after 1 and half an hour is Pisaq. There we first visit its ruins of a large Incan city situated above the today´s Pisaq Town. Then, we descend by our bus to the modern Pisaq to visit its famous traditional handicraft market.
Continue the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu tour, we drive to Moray; This is a very extraordinary Inka's site consisting of many huge terraces formed by circular depressions, the deeper the terrace the cooler the environment, and crops were planted at their preferred growing temperatures and Maras, It is small colonial town, where you can explore and known about the colonial time, continue to drive to Salt mines, Salt comes from a subterranean salty mineral stream that springs on a hill above the salt mines. After that, we head for lunch to Urubamba Town considered to be a capital of the valley. There, we have a buffet lunch in one of its lovely tourist restaurants offering traditional Andean cuisine.
Then, we continue our trip to later visit the still alive Incan town of Ollantaytambo, where our Tour Guide guided us around its Incan fortres and explains us about its purpose and history. The town and fortres are strategically located overlooking the beautiful valley! This major ruin site is known as the best surviving example of the Incan urban planning and engineering. It is admired for its huge steep terraces guarding the Incan fortress and for being one of the couple places where Spaniards lost a major battle during their conquest!
Then we take the Train to Machu Picchu and spend one night. Our guide will visit your hotel and he will give the briefing for the next date