The Ultimate Full Day Sacred Valley Tour





Description
Beat the Crowds: Experience the magic without the masses. We've meticulously planned our itinerary to ensure you arrive before the crowds at each destination. Deep Dive Exploration: Enjoy a leisurely 40-50 minutes at each site. While many touristic tours rush through in 20-30 minutes, we give you ample time to fully absorb the beauty, take photographs, and immerse in the history. 4 Wonders, One Day: Explore the weaving magic of Chinchero, the shimmering Maras Salt Mines, the agricultural marvel of Moray, and the majestic Ollantaytambo fortress. Personal Touch: Dive deeper into the wonders of the Andes with a more personalized touch. Our group is limited to just 8 travelers, ensuring everyone gets a front-row view of history. Seamless Comfort: Travel in style and comfort. We prioritize your ease with our top-notch transportation, ensuring every journey between sites is as remarkable as the destination itself.
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Itinerary
6:45 am: Pickup from your hotel in Cusco and 1h ride to Chinchero
8:00 am: Meet Roxana who is part of the eldest family keeping the weaving traditions alive. Her alpacas and guinea pigs will welcome you and you can feed them their breakfast. Further, learn about their fascinating weaving techniques using natural ingredients to create impressive textiles by hand.
9:30 am: Imagine the impressive Inca terraces and the beautiful Andes in the background. This view is just stunning, the story behind even more. Your guide will teach you about the Inca's agricultural laboratory, and how they created different climatic zones in these terraces. We'll enjoy this place for about 45min - 1h.
11 am: Staying in front of thousands of salt ponds, still intact. Here you have the chance to take one of the most famous pictures in the Sacred Valley. Our guide will be happy to capture this moment for you. From here we continue our tour to have delicious lunch.
1 pm: Enjoy an outstanding lunch buffet (vegetarian and vegan options available) in one of the best restaurants in the Sacred Valley, the highly ranked Tunupa.
2:40 pm: Our last discovery for that day: The terraces and ruins of Ollantaytambo. This place was highly protected as it was the entrance to the path to Machu Picchu. Thus, much happened here during the Spanish invasion.
3:50 pm: You have the option to be dropped off at the train station in Ollantaytambo, or to return with us to Cusco.
5:35 pm: Arrival at your hotel in Cusco, filled with lots of magical moments. Note: All times are approximations.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick you up from your hotel/hostel/Airbnb in Cusco. IMPORTANT: You can decide whether to be dropped off at the train station in Ollantaytambo, at its main square or to head back to Cusco. We'll ask you about your preference after the reservation has been made (via the Viator/Tripadvisor chat).
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Bring adequate clothes according to the weather and a raincape just in case
- Use sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat
- Bring bottled water, some snacks and some extra money
Reviews(696)
Maik (and the driver German) took great care of us. Fantastic attitude, great explanation, smooth driving, well executed itinerary and a super delicious lunch. We couldn't have asked for more.
We hope you get Cesar as your tour guide like we did! He was so interesting to listen to as he explained history of Inca life and many other things related to Peru. He didn’t just know history but also would stop to show us plants and animals. You can tell he is passionate about what he is talking about which made him so interesting to listen too.
Well organised tour. Senor Ceasar was an excellent guide. Everything was well planned from the morning hotel pick up to return.
Vidal our tour guide is excellent, I highly recommend him with 5 stars rating . My husband and I learned a lot of history of the Ollantaytambo National Archeological Park. We were able to climb up the Temple of the Sun because Vidal was patient with us and offered for us to stop and rest on a beautiful bench with a beautiful view of the mountains . We also enjoyed seeing the Maras Salt Mines and the Moray Archeological site as well. Vidal offered to take pictures of us and it will serve as a beautiful memory for me and my husband to look at time and time again. The tour is awesome and worth it . I highly recommend it for couples . We would also like to thank Juan Carlos our driver for keeping us safe throughout the trip with his good driving skills. From the bottom of our hearts, we both thank you 🙏 Victoria and Rowell S.
This was an excellent tour. The guide and driver were kind and helpful. Marilu is very knowledgeable about all of the sites, and she took some wonderful pictures of us. We highly recommend this tour!
A wonderful day out, experiencing different aspects of history and culture. The small group worked extremely well, everybody getting to know each other. Great guide, who had answers to all questions. Not streneous, if you opt out of running up the terraces in Ollantaytambo, as many do.
This was the first tour for us in our Peruvian vacation, and what a wonderful start. Our tour guide Vidal contacted us the afternoon before to schedule pick. The next morning everything worked like clock work. Vidal and the driver arrived precisely when they said they would. Luckily for us, my boyfriend and I were the only ones on this tour so it felt more personal and we immediately liked our tour guide. We settled entrance fee payments and we started our Sacred Valley tour journey. Vidal was so informative and helpful from the get go. He volunteered his information and we could tell how much he enjoyed his job and how passionate he is about his country. Our first stop was Chinchero to feed the llamas, alpacas and guinea pigs, this was my first experience with them and how lovely it was, there we also witnessed the production and hand weaving process which was so interesting and informative. As we carried on with our adventure we stopped to take pictures of the beautiful sites. Vidal explained to us many things about the People and area we drove through. Then we arrived at the Salt mines which is such a very unique and interesting place. I could not get over the landscape of where we were, then we learned about how the salt mines work which was so informative, after Vidal took many photos of us we left the salt mines and headed to our next site Moray. On the drive there we stopped to buy some of the salt harvested from the mines, Peruvian chocolate which are amazing and refreshments, again the Peruvian country landscape takes my breath away, so the drive was always enjoyable for me. Moray what a historical place, the intelligence behind these ruins is so fascinating. We got may beautiful photos here as well. Then driving through mountains and fields of barley we traveled to Ollantaytambo. Another fascinating and intellectual place, a place of engineering before its time. Vidal climbed and walked us through all of the many fascinating rooms of the ruins, teaching us all the intricacies of the carved granite, the view from up in these ruins down on the valley and mountains surrounding is breath taking. Our lunch was at the beautiful hotel Sonesta Posadas Yucay, the lunch was amazing, the hotel was amazing, friendly staff. We had a lovely lunch before our long, beautiful journey home. I totally recommend this tour, everything about it was enjoyable.
This was the first tour for us in our Peruvian vacation, and what a wonderful start. Our tour guide Vidal contacted us the afternoon before to schedule pick. The next morning everything worked like clock work. Vidal and the driver arrived precisely when they said they would. Luckily for us, my boyfriend and I were the only ones on this tour so it felt more personal and we immediately liked our tour guide. We settled entrance fee payments and we started our Sacred Valley tour journey. Vidal was so informative and helpful from the get go. He volunteered his information and we could tell how much he enjoyed his job and how passionate he is about his country. Our first stop was Chinchero to feed the llamas, alpacas and guinea pigs, this was my first experience with them and how lovely it was, there we also witnessed the production and hand weaving process which was so interesting and informative. As we carried on with our adventure we stopped to take pictures of the beautiful sites. Vidal explained to us many things about the People and area we drove through. Then we arrived at the Salt mines which is such a very unique and interesting place. I could not get over the landscape of where we were, then we learned about how the salt mines work which was so informative, after Vidal took many photos of us we left the salt mines and headed to our next site Moray. On the drive there we stopped to buy some of the salt harvested from the mines, Peruvian chocolate which are amazing and refreshments, again the Peruvian country landscape takes my breath away, so the drive was always enjoyable for me. Moray what a historical place, the intelligence behind these ruins is so fascinating. We got may beautiful photos here as well. Then driving through mountains and fields of barley we traveled to Ollantaytambo. Another fascinating and intellectual place, a place of engineering before its time. Vidal climbed and walked us through all of the many fascinating rooms of the ruins, teaching us all the intricacies of the carved granite, the view from up in these ruins down on the valley and mountains surrounding is breath taking. Our lunch was at the beautiful hotel Sonesta Posadas Yucay, the lunch was amazing, the hotel was amazing, friendly staff. We had a lovely lunch before our long, beautiful journey home. I totally recommend this tour, everything about it was enjoyable.
Jesus was really good tour guide. Told us the history of the sacred valley and was a lovely person to talk to. Highly recommend. :)
Great experience. Jesus was an awesome guide who was very knowledgeable and very friendly. Activities were perfectly spaced out. Never felt too rushed.



