6-day Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca Tour Package
6-day Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca Tour Package
6-day Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca Tour Package
6 Days Starting in -13.531950,-71.967463 and ending in -15.840222,-70.021881
Visiting: Centro Histórico, Pisac, Restaurante Tunupa, Aguas Calientes, Ollantaytambo Sanctuary, Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Paso La Raya, Andahuaylillas, Museo Lítico de Pukara, Puno, Sicuani, Raqchi, templo de Wiracocha, Taquile Island, Uros Floating Islands, Atuncolla, Sillustani
Tour operator:
Tour code:
786
Guide Type:
Fully Guided
Group size:
1 - 10
Age range:
0-80
Special diets catered:
Vegetarians, Meat
Tour operated in:
English , SpanishInterests:
Activities:
Tour Overview
Enjoy a one-week tour package exploring the heart of the Peruvian Andes, admiring impressive mountains, beautiful lakes and discovering the beauty of the south of Peru.
This trip to Peru will take you to know Cusco and Puno, two amazing destinations located in the Peruvian Altiplano with fantastic tourist attractions, such as the citadel of Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca.
You can start the trip both in Cusco and in Puno, as the order of the excursions can be changed
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1 : Arrival In Cusco
Location: Centro Histórico
Accommodation: Hotel
Arrival in Cusco and transfer with only driver to the hotel located in the historic center of Cusco. Rest of the day at leisure to have a good adaptation to the high altitude. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2 : Pisac, Ollantaytambo & Aguas Calientes
Location: Pisac, Restaurante Tunupa, Aguas Calientes, Ollantaytambo Sanctuary
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
We will pick you up from the hotel located in the city of Cusco in order to start the tour to The Sacred Valley of the Incas. We will arrive at the small town of Pisac after a road trip of 20.5 miles. This fantastic place has an amazing craft market and Inca sites with stone buildings and incredible views to the valley, and the wonderful Inca platforms.
After exploring the market of Pisac, we will continue the tour until reach the town of Urubamba to enjoy a traditional Peruvian food in a local restaurant, situated on the banks of the Urubamba River. This buffet lunch offers regional flavors, and you can taste alpaca and trout.
Later, we will reach the town of Ollantaytambo located at 2,792 meters above sea level. The Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo was the headquarter of Inca’s army, as well as a religious and agricultural place. It has stunning views, and more than a hundred Inca platforms with an advanced irrigation canal for that period.
You will climb many steps until get the top of the Fortress and you will visit main sites such as the ceremonial center of the Temple Hill. Here, we are going to explore different places including the wall of the six monoliths also known as the Temple of the Sun.
At agreed time, you will board the train to Aguas Calientes from the train station of Ollantaytambo to visit one of the Seven Wonders of the World. After a journey of one hour and a half travelling on the train, we will arrive at the train station of Aguas Calientes, where our staff will be waiting for you to take you to the hotel. Later, you will have a short briefing about the tour to Machu Picchu in your hotel for the next day.
Day 3 : Machu Picchu
Location: Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast
You will board the bus to go up for 30 minutes taking the winding road to Machu Picchu, amid a spectacular view of the Urubamba River and its canyon. Machu Picchu, which means “Old Mountain”, will astonish us with its terraces, ceremonial shrines, steps and urban areas. Energy is all around us.
After a tour guide of 2 hours and a half, you will have time enough to explore Machu Picchu on your own or if you want, you can climb the Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountains (optional).
Another option is to take the bus to go back to Aguas Calientes to enjoy lunch (optional). The town has good restaurants with tasty Peruvian food.
At the agreed time, you will take the train back to Ollantaytambo to then take the tourist bus to Cusco and drop you off at your hotel located in the historical center of Cusco.
Day 4 : Route Of The Sun, From Cusco To Puno
Location: Paso La Raya, Andahuaylillas, Museo Lítico de Pukara, Puno, Sicuani, Raqchi, templo de Wiracocha
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
After boarding the tourist bus located at the bus station in the city of Cusco, we will begin a 1-hour journey towards the beautiful south valley in order to make the first stop in Andahuaylillas situated at 3,093 meters above sea level.
This lovely Andean town has an incredible jewel of the architecture dating back to the seventeenth century known as the Sistine Chapel, with an impressive work covered in gold leaf and paintings of the art school of Cusco.
There is a fascinating artwork inside the Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas, ceilings and walls decorated in a Baroque style, many of them belong to the Peruvian painter Luis de Reaño. Definitely, it should be a must in your travel bucket list.
The bus ride continues, for one hour and a half, until reach the archaeological site of Raqchi, our second stop located at 3,450 meters above sea level. The temple of Wiracocha was built next to the Vilcanota River during the fifteenth century and, currently, it has huge walls that belonged to temples, as well as aqueducts and tombs.
In this place, there are circular storehouses known as Colcas. Them were used to hold different kind of grains such as quinoa, potato, corn, among others. Another interesting fact is that Raqchi is part of the incredible Inca Trail.
The tour to Puno by bus continues until we reach the city of Sicuani to enjoy a buffet lunch in a local restaurant, that offers local and regional dishes, vegetables, desserts and hot drinks like mate de coca.
After lunch and a travel of 40 minutes by bus, we are going to reach the highest point of the tour called La Raya Pass, situated at 4,335 meters above sea level. This is the border of the cities of Cusco and Puno, and here, we are going to make a short stop to admire the snow-capped Chimboya and take pictures of beautiful landscapes.
The next and the last visit will be at Museum of Pucara, after a trip of more than an hour from La Raya pass. This museum has an excellent collection of monoliths, stone sculptures and ceramics belonging to the culture of Pucara, a civilization developed in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia.
At the end, we will take the tourist bus to travel for two more hours towards the city of Puno. Along the way you will be able to admire landscapes of the heart of the Andes, passing through the city of Juliaca, until we arrive at the bus station of Puno at 05:00 p.m.
Transfer to the hotel in the city of Puno and overnight.
Day 5 : Uros And Taquile Islands
Location: Taquile Island, Uros Floating Islands
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast at your hotel located in the city of Puno, you will be transferred to the lake port, where a regular boat will take you to the floating islands of the Uros.
We are going to spend an amazing time with the local people. They will show to us their lifestyle and traditions, with more than 200 families living here. At this point, the half day tour at the Uros Islands ends.
we will take the boat for a travel of one hour and a half, to the island of Taquile. This is Quechua, unlike the other Aymara speaking islands on the lake. It was part of the Inca empire and vestiges of this culture can still be seen in its constructions.
This is the second largest island located in the Lake Titicaca with an extension of 3.4 miles. Their textiles are amazing and they are being considered as a heritage by UNESCO. The highest point gets 4,050 meters above sea level.
Later, we will enjoy a delicious Andean lunch, and then, we will return to the port of Puno, where our transport will be waiting to take you to your hotel.
Day 6 : Sillustani And Departure From Puno
Location: Atuncolla, Sillustani
Meals Included: Breakfast
We will pick you up from your hotel located in the city of Puno to go towards the archaeological site of Sillustani Puno. This amazing complex is located on the top of a peninsula on the shores of Lake Umayo, 22.3 miles from the city of Puno and Lake Titicaca.
This place has circa 90 funerary towers built by the Kolla culture, an Aymara community developed before the Inca Empire. A lot of mummies have been found inside these towers, including important people as priests, leaders and nobles. They were previously mummified and were places as fetal position, along with all their belongings such as gold, silver and ceramics.
The Sillustani tour continues with the visit to a local family that breeds Alpacas and they will show us how they process and cook their own food, their lifestyle, their looms and how they maintain ancestral customs.
At the end of the visit, you will be taken to the airport of Juliaca.
What's Included
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Private arrival and departure transfers with only driver
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05 hotel nights with breakfast included
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Lunch on the tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Cusco, on the route from Cusco to Puno and on the Island of Taquile
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Entrance tickets to the places mentioned in the itinerary
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Train Expedition to Machu Picchu
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Regular boat for the Uros and Taquile tour
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Shared excursions, except for the tour to Sillustani which is private
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Guided tours in Spanish and English
What's Not Included
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Local and international flights
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Food and drinks not mentioned in the itinerary
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Gratuities
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Entrance to Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain
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