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4 day Inti Raymi and Machu Picchu tour involves Inti Raymi festival in Cusco and Machu Picchu day tour, inclusion the hotel, entrance fee to the festival of the sun and Machu Picchu ticket. Inti Raymi ( in quechua “Festivity of the Sun) is an Andean and Incan celebration in honor of the “Inti” or God of Sun which took place every June 24th in the South Hemisphere. Current Andean settlers with the presence of National and International tourists keep on this important celebration which is considered an important and relevant festivity held in Cusco. Because it is an Incan tradition, “Inti Raymi” is kept as a ritual for many indigenous communities related to the Inca’s legacy. Some of these communities are in other parts of South America like Ecuador, Colombia, Jujuy in Argentina, Bolivia and of course Peru.
In the Inca’s era, this ceremony was held at plaza Huacaypata (also known as Plaza Mayor) with the attendance of one hundred thousand people. When the conquerors arrived this celebration was held in secrecy. Winter solstice is the shortest day and with the longest night of the year.
Tierras Vivas Travel wants to share this breathtaking celebration with you, visit our web page and contact us to book your quota in advance. Come and visit Cusco to have an unforgettable adventure. Bring your family and friends to this wonderful and historical country, you will never regret it.
Crew: Tierras Vivas Representatives in Cusco and a professional bilingual Tour Guide.
Accommodation: 3* hotels (3 nights).
Meals: 4x breakfast, 1x Box lunch on the Inti Raymi.
Transportation: Transportation by private van, a train round trip (Expedition Class).
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Each Year Tierras Vivas hots a Christmas party in Patacancha. Family porters
BOOK ONLINEOur Representative awaits you in front of the Cusco´s arrival airport hall holding a sheet with your name. After he/she welcomes you in Cusco, he/she takes you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to relax and explore around this fascinating city as well as to acclimatize to its high altitude.
The Cusco City is the oldest continuously inhabited city of this continent as well as a hub of the South American travel network! The city attracts people from all around the world, who arrive not only to visit a unique destination, but also to experience an antique culture that differs a lot from the occidental 21st century´s way of life. One could easily spend a week just in and around this site. Inca-built stone walls line most of the central streets and it is not necessary to go far to see other major Inca ruins! This is a city steeped in history, traditions and legends!
Every year, Cusco is visited by thousands of travelers, who come to delve into its noble, but tragic past. It is a perfect base for optional explorations around the city´s surroundings as well as for a range of outdoor activities.
Cusco also has got numerous colonial churches. The most important of them is the Cathedral on the main square. Its construction started in 1559 and it took 100 years to finish!! The Cathedral can pride on the biggest depository of Colonial art of the city! A vault containing remains of the famous Incan historian – Garcilaso de la Vega is just past the entrance. Other churches that are worth seeing are La Compañía, La Merced and San Francisco.
The city is also a perfect base for those more adventurous as it offers a range of optional outdoor activities such as white river rafting on Urubamba River, horseback riding around nearby archaeological sites (Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Tambomachay and Puca Pucara) or mountain biking down to Maras–Moray–Salineras and perhaps visiting some Incan sites on the way.
The festivity in honor of the Sun god is celebrated in 3 historical scenes.
Program of the Sacsaywaman´s scene:
Very early in the morning, we pick you up from your hotel and transfer you during a 1 hour and 40 minute ride to the railway station of Ollantaytambo in order to reach Machu Picchu by train. During this 1 hour and 45 minute ride, you experience spectacular changeable landscapes passing through lush fields and colourful villages placed on the foothill of the Andes. The highlight of the way are wonderful views of mountains and the marvellous Urubamba River that runs through the Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the end, you reach Aguas Calientes, a town just below Machu Picchu, where your Tour Guide welcomes you at the railway station to accompany you to a shuttle bus taking you up to the archaeological complex of Machu Picchu following a zigzag path for about 25 minutes. Once in Machu Pichu, your Guide introduces you to the most important attractions of this unique Incan site such as its main square, the Sun Temple, Intiwatana (Sun Clock), the Royal Rooms, the Temple of the Three Windows and the Royal Incas Cemetery. This guided tour takes about 2 and half an hour and then you are given time off to explore around the complex and to climb Huayna Picchu (or Machu Picchu Mountain) to take some amazing panoramic photos of Machu Picchu. So please do not forget your camera and enjoy the visit of the “One of the New 7 Wonders of the World”!!
When you have enjoyed the site enough, you take a shuttle bus down to Aguas Calientes where you can have lunch (not included in the package) in one of many lovely restaurants offering traditional Andean as well as international cuisine. You can also visit local hot springs (entrance fee of 10 Soles is not included in the package). In the afternoon, we take a train back to Ollantaytambo where our driver expects us in front of the railway station to transfer us back to Cusco.
Transfer to the Cusco´s airport for your international flight.
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Meals budget: Please allow USD 20 – 50 for meals not included.
Single room: Please note that if you have booked the “Single Room” option for the Inti Raymi tour, you receive your own single room for all overnights.
Local flights: There are two local flights are not included in the cost of the tour.
All Tierras Vivas adventurous group tours are accompanied by a Tierras Vivas Tour Guide, a Representative or an expedition team. The aim of our Tour Guides is to take a hassle out of our customers’ trips and to help them to have the best trip possible. The Tour Guides provide information on places visited, offer suggestions of what to see and to do, recommend a good place to eat and introduce to his/her colleagues. The Guides have a broad general knowledge of each country visited during a tour, including historical, cultural, religious and social aspects. We also use local Tour Guides where we think that more specific knowledge could add more enjoyment to visited places.
These following hotels are used to accommodate you during your tour:
Accommodation in Cusco:
Address: Calle Matara N 394, Cusco
Tel: (+51) 84 224466
During the tour, we request our hotels to get ready your rooms for time of your arrival, especially, if you arrive prior to standard check-in time. Nevertheless, this is not always possible. In this case, you just store your luggage in that hotel storage room and you can explore around your new destination in between.
Please note! If you have purchased pre or post trip accommodation, you might be asked to change your room during your trip.
The sun was moving away during the winter solstice, the cold increased, in the dawns the water was frosty, therefore, it was necessary to ask the Sun to return, that the morning sun would not continue advancing towards the north. Finally, it was necessary to witness to the god Inti, the eternity and total surrender of his children, with submission and respect.
The Inka Pachakuteq ordered the construction of the Qorikancha, a magnificent temple dedicated to reverence the Sun, a god in whose honor the festival of INTI RAYMI was consecrated, which reaches outlines of solemnity and splendor, as described by the most important chroniclers.
More than six centuries ago, the Inka Pachakuteq instituted the Feast to the Sun God and nowadays the cusquenian people continue to represent it with the same fervor with which their ancestors performed it. Inti Raymi 20203
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