7 Day Machu Picchu Tour

This 7 day tour offers travelers the chance to see what Peru has to offer including a visit to the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu.

 7 DAY MACHU PICCHU TOUR LINK

ITINERARY 

DAY 1 - MIAMI TO LIMA TO CUSCO

Board your overnight flight from Miami to Lima. You'll need to be 3 to 4 hours early at Miami Airport.

DAY 2 - EXPLORING CUSCO

After your arrival in Lima, you will take your connection flight to Cusco. Upon your arrival there, a Valencia Travel Cusco representative will be waiting to transport you to your hotel.  You'll have the day to relax and enjoy Cusco and its surroundings.

CUSCO CITY TOUR

We will pick you up from your hotel to start the city tour of Cusco and visit the following places:

• The Koricancha: Temple of the sun
• The Cathedral: Religious art 
• Sacsayhuaman: Majestic place with impressive works in stone, some up to 120 tons
• Q´enqo:  a religious center dedicated to the Earth
• Puca pucara: used to be a military control center.
• Tambomachay: Temple of the Water

DAY 3 - ON THE WAY TO AGUAS CALIENTES    

In the morning, we will pick you up and take you to the train station. The train leaves at 11:30 am, you'll go on a 3 and a half hour ride until you arrive in Aguas Calientes.   

 Things to do in Aguas Calientes: 

Visit the Machu Picchu Manuel Chavez Ballon museum and orchid exhibition.  It is a 35 minute walk from Aguas Calientes to Puente Ruinas. You can also go to the hot springs.  Entrance is 10 soles per person. 

DAY 4 - MACHU  PICCHU IN ITS GLORY

Today, your guide will pick you up from your hotel so you can take the bus up to Machu Picchu. You will catch the sunrise and then begin your 2 hour tour through the site.   Afterwards, you can explore the citadel by yourselves. Then, you will meet your guide back in Aguas Calientes for lunch and be given your train tickets back to Cusco. The train will take you to Ollantaytambo and then you will take the bus back to Cusco. 

There is the option to climb Wayna Picchu. This climb will need to be booked in advanced in order to schedule a spot. There are two time slots: 7 - 8 am and 10 - 11 am. We recommend the 10 am spot. 

DAY 5 - TIME AT LEISURE

Today, you have a free day to enjoy at your leisure exploring the city of Cusco or take a tour to Maras and Moray.

MARAS AND MORAY TOUR Option:

            

You'll be picked up and taken to Moray considered an Incan agricultural greenhouse or laboratory. Then, we will drive for about an hour and 20 minutes through the Andes and fields of wheat until we reach Moray. This Incan site displays amphitheater like terraces, which are carved deep into the earth in a bowl shape. After exploring this site, we will visit the salt mines of Maras. This village is known as the former salt producing center thought to date back all the way to pre Incan times. There are over 3000 salt pools carved into the mountainside. The salty water emerges at a spring and it flows into an intricate system of tiny channels constructed so that the water runs gradually down onto the several hundred ancient terraced ponds. The water is exposed to the sun and leaves salt behind.  Ending our tour, we will drive back to Cusco.

CUSCO CITY TOUR - Half Day Option: 

On this half day city tour of Cusco, we will visit the following places: 

• Koricancha: Temple of the Sun
• The Main Cathedral: Marvel at the religious art
• Sacsayhuaman: Majestic place with impressive works in stone, some up to 120 tons
• Q'enqo: A center dedicated to the Earth.
• Puca Pucara: Used as a military control center
• Tambomachay: A center dedicated to Water

DAY 6 -  OPEN MORNING AND FLY BACK TO LIMA

In the morning, you will enjoy Cusco at your leisure. In the afternoon, we will transport you to the airport so you'll catch your flight back to Lima.  

DAY 7 - DEPART FROM LIMA TO MIAMI

Today, you will take your connection flight from Lima to Miami.