CUSCO & RAINBOWN MOUNTAIN

Day 1: CUSCO / CITY TOUR & NEARBY RUINS

Arrival in the city of Cusco, reception at the airport and transfer to the chosen hotel.
Rest of the morning free for air conditioning.
For the City Tour, visiting the tourist attractions such as La Plaza de Armas, Cathedral, Qoricancha, then you will visit the four nearby ruins of the city located 15 minutes away: Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay, return to the Hotel.

THiking trail from Inca Ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru, 2,430 masl, to the top of Machu Picchu mountain, 3,082 masl, 1600 steps and stone trails.

Day 2: CUSCO / SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS

Breakfast at the hotel.
Full day excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, on whose route we pass over the towns of Calca, Lamay, the Indian Market of Pisaq, buffet lunch included in a tourist restaurant in Urubamba; in the afternoon we will visit the Ollantaytambo Fortress.
19.00 pm, or similar, departure by tourist train Ollantaytambo / Aguas Calientes
20.45 Pm. Arrival, reception by hotel staff where you will be accommodated

Day 3: DAY AGUAS CALIENTES / MACHU PICCHU

Breakfast at the hotel.
Am. Departure by bus to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, entrance on the 1st. shift and guided tour of the main buildings; free time on the ruins and return to Aguas Calientes.
Buffet lunch in Aguas Calientes. After lunch, you will board the train back to Cuzco, transfer to the hotel.

A view of cuzco, high in the Peruvian Andes

Day 4: CUZCO / VINICUNCA OR MOUNTAIN OF 7 COLORS

Am. Breakfast at the hotel
03.00 am. Pick up from your hotel, departure from Cusco to Collasuyo, following an old Quechua road, an important part of all Tawantinsuyo (the 4 regions divided of the Inca Empire) we will arrive at CHECACUPE, and afterwards at the town of PITUMARCA DISTRICT, where the history teach that the first rebels began by challenging Pachacutec, (the main Inca of that time) Then, passing the beautiful landscapes and valleys of Pitumarca, arriving at the native town of JAPURA, and HACHIPACHA with native Quechua inhabitants, finally we will arrive at the point-road point called QUECHUYNO. From where we will have a delicious breakfast.
After our breakfast we walk past beautiful landscapes, lagoons where the South American camelids alive (alpacas, llamas, vicuñas, pumas, Andean birds and condors, etc.). After some 3 ½ hour up walk approx. arrive to the place called VINICUNCA-PASS at 5200 MSN, from where we will observe the impressive view of Cerro Colorado with the sunrise showing its best imposing valley and colored hills of magical colors that only exist in this place in Peru.
Around we will see the Apus or mountains Sarinini, and the Apu Ausangate. The Ausangate is the highest mountain in Cusco with a height of 6372 MSN. In the Inca mythology this mountain and the nearby lakes – among which Sivinacocha stands out from where the masculine energy that fertilizes the sacred mother earth Pachamama is born; after a long flow, the waters are lost in the unknown lands of the Amazon to return with the rains, to fill the lakes and glaciers every night turned into the river of stars or Willkamayu known in the west as the Milky Way that resembles with our Cosmo vision.
The Chillca Community, made up of llama and alpaca herders, is known as the guardian of these Andean places. Every year on the north side of Ausangate, the feast of Qoyllur Rit’i has been celebrated since time immemorial, where faith is impressive as dancers from different cities arrive. parts of the country Peru, (Quechua: «star snow») before the feast of Corpus Christi, during which thousands of Quechua make a pilgrimage to the Lord of Qoyllur Rit’i in the temple of Sinakara (painting made on a rock). This pilgrimage was included in the Representative List of Heritage.
After a long photo shoot, we will return back to the place of Hachipacha where our delicious lunch awaits us, and then we will go to the town of Cusco arriving approx.,at 6:30 pm.

Tourists pause to take in views of the Vinicunca ‘Rainbow mountain’, colourful geological formation in the Peruvian Andes. Cordillera Vilcanota, Cusco, Peru

Day 5: DAY CUSCO / LIMA

Breakfast at the hotel.
At the appropriate time, transfer to the airport. For your return to Lima.