What to visit on the Sacred Valley of the Incas 1 day tour:
Pisac is the first place to start the journey to the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Písac (also Pisao) is located 33 kilometers from the city of Cusco, in Peru. Its archaeological site is one of the most important in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
It is located east of the Vilcabamba mountain range. As was customary in Inca architecture, the cities were built on the basis of figurative animal traces. Pisac had the shape of a partridge, as its name suggests.
This town has an Incan and a colonial part. Its main square is an entertaining place full of color and with various handicrafts for sale. This town is known for its astronomical observatory.
Ollantaytambo:
Ollantaytambo (Quechua: Ullantay Tampu) is an Inca settlement and archaeological site, capital of the Ollantaytambo District (Urubamba Province), located in southern Peru, about 90 km northwest of the city of Cusco.
During the Inca Empire, Pachacutec conquered the region and built the town and a ceremonial center. During the time of the conquest, it served as a stronghold for Manco Inca Yupanqui, leader of the Inca resistance. It is the only Inca city in Peru that is still inhabited.
In Ollantaytambo there are resistance terraces (to prevent landslides), not agricultural ones like in other archaeological sites in Cusco. Today it is an important tourist attraction due to its Inca constructions and because it is one of the most common starting points of the Inca trail to Machu Picchu.
Chinchero:
Chinchero, the most typical town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, is a distinctly Incan city that the ambitious conquistadors wanted to “civilize” in order to implant their culture, but they never fully succeeded. Its inhabitants live in almost intact Incan buildings, in the same place where their distant ancestors lived and formed the largest and most prosperous civilization in America.
Tour Details
Physical Classification: Easy (2/5)
Activities: Hiking, cultural, archaeology, gastronomy, nature, landscapes, flora and fauna, mountains, snow-capped mountains
Accommodation: We have Economy, Standard, Superior, Deluxe hotels, in single, double, triple or family accommodation; Reservations.).
Group Size: Large groups, personalized groups and private services.
When to travel: All year round.
Sacred Valley Tour Summary:
- 7:30 am pick up from the hotel (historic center of Cusco).
- 8:00 am Departure to the Sacred Valley of Cusco
- 10:00 am Taray Viewpoint
- 11:00 am Entrance to Pisaq
- 12:00 heading to Urubamba
- 1:30 pm Lunch in Urubamba
- 2:30 pm visit to Ollantaytambo
- 3:30 pm return to Cusco
- 6:00 pm arrival in Cusco
*Note: Hours are approximate. There may be variations.
