Trip details
- Duration: 7 days
- Starting Point: Airport pickup in Cusco on day 1
- Ending Point: Airport transfer from Cusco hotel on day 7
- Elevation Range: From approximately 11,152 feet in Cusco to higher lake areas
- Group Size: Maximum 17 for some parts, private for others
- Languages: Spanish and English, specify beforehand
- Transportation: Private vehicles owned by the agency, with proficient drivers
- Accommodations: 4 nights in Cusco hotels, 1 night in Aguas Calientes hotel, 1 night in Mountain View cabins, all with breakfast
- Meals Provided: Breakfast each day, specific lunches
- Entrance Fees Covered: To Inca sites, lakes, salt areas
- Optional Add-ons: Train types, mountain buys, photographer
Highlights
- Proficient guides handling global groups in languages offer deep route insights, setting this apart from simpler options in our assortment or from other firms.
- Agency-owned private transportation provides steady safety, unlike borrowed setups in competing deals.
- ATV exploration, cabin stay with baths, and lake walk create a mixed active-relax format, broader than single-theme trips from rivals.
- Private Machu Picchu guidance permits adjusted speed, better than fixed group paces elsewhere.
- Local organic meal bases, with global picks at added cost, give choices missing in some packages.
- Continuous staff monitoring delivers fast help, improving over less attentive services.
- Train firm choice for Machu Picchu: PeruRail highlights window scenes, Inca Rail stresses calm smaller spaces; this option outshines rigid selections in others.
Trip Itinerary
TRIP ITINERARY
Arrival in Cusco - Hotel Transfer
The tour commences with our team at Cusco airport. Private transportation owned by the agency moves you to the hotel. Drivers, highly trained for these roads, complete the shift smoothly.
Drink coca tea after arriving, an Andean infusion that aids with height symptoms like tiredness. Staff provides a map pointing to cultural spots, places serving typical foods, currency spots, and stores.
Cusco’s position at 3,399 meters calls for initial calm. Spend first hours relaxing indoors. This helps body adjust. Guides advise light activity only later.
Overnight at a hotel in Cusco.
Sacred Valley of the Incas & Aguas Calientes
Breakfast serves at the hotel. The Sacred Valley tour leaves in the morning. First, to Pisac, with its market and Inca terraces for crops.
Guides, versed in these circuits, discuss grain storage. Then to Awanacancha, showing fiber dyeing from plants. See camelids, vital for Andean cloth.
Lunch in Urubamba, valley midpoint. Proceed to Ollantaytambo, featuring active Inca aqueducts. View the large stones. Train departs to Aguas Calientes, in forested heights.
Select PeruRail for covered landscapes or Inca Rail for quieter rides. The area has thick plants.
Overnight at a hotel in Aguas Calientes.
Machu Picchu Private Guided Tour - Cusco
Team leads from hotel to station. Bus ascends 30 minutes to Machu Picchu. Private guide explains Inca facts, including cultural enigmas.
Sessions cover how designs match Andean patterns. Time follows for own discovery. Return to Aguas Calientes. Train back to Cusco.
Options: Lunch at Belmond Sanctuary Lodge, entry-front. Vistadome return with broad seats. Buy Huayna Picchu access for overlooks; sales team for info.
Overnight at a hotel in Cusco.
ATV Tour to Maras, Moray and Salineras - Private Service & Mountain View Check-in
Breakfast at the hotel. Between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., private transportation goes to Mountain View. ATVs wait there.
30 minutes for setup. Guide leads 3 to 4 hours ride. First to Maras salt pools, family-run evaporations from springs, Andean resource example.
To Moray terraces, crop experiment zones with varying heats. Guides detail adaptations. Between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., check-in and lunch (separate cost) at restaurant.
At 3:00 p.m., free time. Use bikes for area, bath in cabin, paint and picnic 2 hours, horse ride 1 hour in Maras fields, row in Huaypo Lagoon 2 hours (paid), path by lagoon with salt and terrace sights. Interact with llamas, alpacas. Feel Andean presence.
Overnight at Mountain View Ecological Cabins.
Adventure and Rest in the Andes by Mountain View
Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out at 10:00 a.m., then free for more activities. Continue with cabin features in this Andean immersion.
A visitor mentioned how a bath refreshed after rides. From 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., private transportation returns to Cusco.
Overnight at a hotel in Cusco.
7 Lakes of Ausangate Trek (Private Service)
The trek starts early with hotel pickup. Private transportation heads to Pacchanta. The 3-hour uphill path crosses green valleys, rivers, snow tops.
Guides pace for comfort. At first lake, see turquoise to pink from minerals. Prepare camera for hues. Guides explain sediment roles.
Time to view all seven. Return to Pacchanta for lunch. Option for hot springs soak post-walk. Back to Cusco later.
Overnight at a hotel in Cusco.
Hotel Transfer to Cusco Airport
Breakfast at the hotel. Team arrives 2 hours before flight for airport transfer. Services end.
If afternoon flight, check museums like Contemporary Art or Coricancha. Tourist ticket covers fees.
Check-in: Cusco 10:00 a.m., Aguas Calientes 9:00 a.m. Check-out: Cusco 9:00 a.m., Aguas Calientes 10:00 a.m.
Tour Inclusions
Inclusions
Included
- Hotels with breakfast: 4 nights in Cusco, central or view rooms; 1 night in Aguas Calientes, transport-near; 1 night in Mountain View, eco cabins.
- Sacred Valley of the Incas tour with buffet lunch plus bottle of water: Group up to 17, museum and sites.
- Private guided tour in Machu Picchu: Detailed Inca session.
- Maras Moray and Salineras tour on ATVs plus bottle of water: Private, with explanations.
- Trekking through the 7 Lakes of Ausangate plus bottle of water: Private service.
- Entrance to the Inca City of Machu Picchu: Access to main area.
- Train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes: Valley travel.
- Bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu and back: Round trip.
- Train from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo: Return.
- Tickets for all archaeological complexes to visit: Covers terraces, salt, lakes.
- Private transfers: From airport to Cusco hotel; from Cusco station to hotel; from hotel to Cusco airport.
- MACHU PICCHU RESERVATIONS benefits: 24-hour aid in Spanish and English; professional team; guidance in Spanish and English; concierge for needs.
- Meals: From natural local organics, international at extra; consult team.
Not Included
- Travel insurance: For health or trip problems.
- National or international air tickets: Flights in/out Cusco.
- Food and drinks not mentioned: Additional items.
- Extra expenses: Buys, cleaning, calls, unlisted.
What to Pack
Prices
Pricing
Prices (Valid from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026)
| Hotel Category | Hotels in Cusco (4 nights, Buffet Breakfast) | Hotels in Aguas Calientes (1 night, Buffet Breakfast) | Mountain View Ecological Cabins (1 night, Buffet Breakfast) | Single Occupancy | Double Occupancy | Triple Occupancy |
| Tourist | San Francisco Plaza, Casona Plaza Cusco, Sacha Hotel Centric, or similar | Flower House, Retama Machu Picchu, Ferre Machu Picchu, or similar | Mountain View Ecological Cabins, or similar | US$ 1,899 | US$ 1,233 | US$ 1,123 |
| First | Terra Andina, Hacienda Centro Historico, Xima Cusco Hotel, or similar | Taypikala Machu Picchu, Golden Sunrise, or similar | Mountain View Ecological Cabins, or similar | US$ 2,081 | US$ 1,307 | US$ 1,184 |
| Premium | Hilton Garden Inn, Sonesta Cusco, Costa del Sol Ramada, or similar | El Mapi By Inkaterra, Hatun Inti Boutique, or similar | Mountain View Ecological Cabins, or similar | US$ 2,277 | US$ 1,418 | US$ 1,319 |
| Luxury | Casa Andina Premium, Palacio del Inca, Belmond Monasterio, JW Marriott Cusco, or similar | Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo, Sumaq Machu Picchu, Belmond Sanctuary Lodge, or similar | Mountain View Ecological Cabins, or similar | Request a Quote | Request a Quote | Request a Quote |
For private service, costs from US$ 2,000 per person tourist, to US$ 2,500 premium, with dedicated leads and adapts; seek quotes per group.
Optional Tours
- Buffet Lunch at Sanctuary Lodge Restaurant: Hotel facing Machu Picchu. From US$ 50.00 per person.
- Return Train Vistadome Observatory Service: Shows in car. From US$ 70.00 per person.
- Entrance to Machu Picchu or Huayna Picchu Mountain: Trail for views. From US$ 65.00 per person.
- Apukunaq Tianan Quad Bike: Deity figures. From US$ 150.00 per person.
- Professional Photographer: Moment captures. Price on request.
- Private Tours and Excursions: Adjusted schedules, client fits.
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