Experiential Travel to Machu Picchu

Early transfer from your hotel to Ollantaytambo Inca town. You will drive towards northeast Cusco to the Sacred Valley of the Incas (Incas‘ main breadbasket), past the town of  Chinchero. This scenic drive shows amazing farmlands arranged in patches and locals farming, snow-capped mountains, and picturesque andean villages.The drive suddenly leads you down to Sacred valley of the Incas to the town of Urubamba, the biggest town. Then, you will drive shortly to Ollantaytambo Inca town and have a brief stop to look at the most original inca quarters and rejoin the bus ride to go to the picturesque andean town of  Willoc. This town is located at 3,750mt/12,300ft, this most original Inca town inhabitants still wear their traditional clothes and practice their old customs.They still farm  different varieties of potatoes, maize, etc. and raise Llamas and Alpacas. The llama has been traditionally raised by pre inca and inca people, and it has been highly bred for meat, wool, skin and  used as pack animals. After lunch, you will learn how locals herd the llamas and Alpacas into their pens, sheer the ready ones and about the different plants they have been using for dying wool. 

Today, you will be awakened to the sound of Pututo, an ancient inca conch shell trumpet, used in very special religious ceremonies.Following a traditional nutritious breakfast, you will hike to lake  Azul cocha. This is a  short scenic walk with outstanding views of the andes landscape that include mountains, rivers, potato fields, llama and alpaca grazing freely, typical andean houses made of Adobe or stone and thatched-roofs. As well, you will appreciate typical flora such as Queña(polylepis), Stipa ichu(peruvian feather grass), Yareta(azorella compacta), etc. Let yourself being immersed in the andean culture. Back at the campsite, you will enjoy lunch, and then learn about potato hilling and harvesting explained and done by the Andean host family. Late afternoon, you will chill at campsite admiring the sunset before dinner.

Enjoy sleeping in today morning and wake up to the soud of the Pututo, followed by a nutritious breakfast enjoying the sun rising. You will learn about the history of  potato as an endemic Andean tuber with 4 thousand differentes varieties and many different dishes made from potatoes. The local host family will teach you about the preparation of Huatia, a traditional earthen oven which lumps of earth are warm up with firewood and potatoes, broad beans, sweet potatoes, meat, etc are baked in. After enjoying Huatia, you will drive to the Inca town of Ollantaytambo and have a walking tour of the Inca site with outstanding views of the town and surrounding scenery. Finally, you will head to the train station and board the train to  Machupichu town. Dinner and bedtime 

After an early breakfast, you will queue up to get on the bus  to Machupicchu. Upon arriving at the Inca site, you will enter and start touring the site conducted by  your tour guide. After completion of the tour, if  you have booked either Machupicchu or Huaynapicchu mountain to climb, enjoy the hike to the mountain, and especiallly the striking views of machupicchu Inca town, snow-topped mountains and surrounding scenery.Take the bus down  to Machupicchu town to rest and enjoy lunch  and finally head to the train station to board the train back to Ollantaytambo and then change for bus back to your hotel in Cusco.