The sacred valley

itinerary

The Sacred Valley, it`s composed of mountains and valley connected by the Urubamba river between the village of Pisaq and Ollantaytambo.

Precisely in those two place are located the most important archeological sites of the region. Some historians sustain that the according to the mythology, the valley had sacred character, because the river that flows along the valley was finally joining the milky way, the celestial river. For that reason in the Sacred Valley built a series of sanctuaries to observe and revere the constellations. The study for the Incas did in the universe was recorded myths and in same chronicles Spanish, but the greater part of this knowledge has been lost. However the scholars have managed to outline an approximation of their observations on the constellations, probably the Incas classified as : The shining ones (joining the most brilliants stars in order to create shapes), The dark ones (formed by the dark zones of the universe). The figures obtained, but obviously related to the world that surrounded the Andean culture of the condor, llama, etc.
This tour is a full day visit to the impressive Sacred Valley of the Incas, covering the visits of the traditional Pisaq Market, Ollantaytambo archaeological site and Chinchero colonial village and market. The second “must” of all Cusco visits after the City Tour.
Recommended places to visit in the Sacred Valley are the following:

PISAQ :
It's the first way in this tour, it is situated in the highest point of the sacred valley, at 33 Kms from the city of Cusco, it's very interesting to visit pisaq, because the local people are wearing their best clothes to show to the foreign people. And also you must the market you can find the most beautiful variety of handicraft besides you will have a tour at the Incas Site of Pisaq where you can observe a huge system of terraces for the cultive, as in the past by high slopes with amazing pretric remain in which "THE SUN DIAL" is the most important. It is included guided visit to the native market of Pisaq, here you can purchase beautiful textiles, jewelry and ceramics at bargain prices.

URUBAMBA :
It is located at 78 Kms. From the city of Cusco in the road towards Pisaq. Situaded in the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. It was very popular for it's fertility. And also is located in the bottom of the snowed peaks of Chicon and Pumahuanca and finally it's meeting the best typical food as the region of Cusco, in which we are going to take our lunch.

OLLANTAYTAMBO :
following the tour schedule Ollantaytambo it's located in the north zone of the Valley, at 97 Kms. From the city of Cusco. We can find this fortress on the bank of Urubamba river. It is the only Inca Site that keeps intact it's buildings which are used as homes for living for its actual holders. On the top there is the Temple of the Sun, built with huges rocks, the sun dial, the baths of the princess with an fantastic fountains, in the other side of the mountain is meeting the lord Tunupa and under him there are deposit food. The legend says that this name is due to the Cacique Ollanta who had fall in love of Inca Pachakutec's daughter called kusi Q'oyllur for that reason every year is celebrated the Ollantay Raymi.

CHINCHERO :
It's the last place of this tour, and to get to Chinchero we have to come back to Urubamba and from there to Chinchero, once more, we can see the Colonial church, which was built over the Inka wall, and finally we are going to back to the city of Cusco at 6:30 pm aprox.

what is included

• Private transportation to all sites including transfers to and from your hotel
• Guided service by a professional tour guide (English or Spanish speaking available)
• Buffet lunch (when requested)

what is not included

• Meals
• BTG (Tourist Ticket for the entrance to the sites) Prices: US$ 35.00 Adult Person US$ 15.00 to Students with ISIC international Card

important

DURATION: (All day)
From 8:30 am - 6:30 pm aprox.

FIXED DEPARTURE:

• Shared service: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
• Private service: daily

Price Information

This tour is available in Shared Service and in Private Service.

SHARED SERVICE:

• Price per person US$ 20.00 ( without lunch) and US$ 35.00 ( with buffet lunch)
• group size ( maximum 26 people)

Private service: A private service is highly recommended since it has the big advantage of allowing a customized tour in which you can choose the sites you wish to visit, as well as the duration of the visit in each case, not being subject to a larger group itinerary and timings.

• Pisaq ruins and market
• Ollantaytambo archaeological site
• Chinchero colonial village, church, site and Andean market
• Maras salt mines
• Moray, amazing agricultural terraces for experimentation of while plants

For all private tour itineraries, we recommend a selection of a maximum of 3-4 of the above-mentioned attractions to be covered in one day.

All private service departure dates are adapted to your request. Depends on the client.Price depends on suit group size. Please contact us for farther information.