8:30 AM Adios tour guide and driver pick us up from our hotel, then drive 30 minutes to the Chinchero weavers’ village where local Quechua women demonstrate traditional Incan weaving and dyeing techniques. (textiles are for sale and 100% of sales support the women’s textile community.)  Continue by van to Moray to explore (on foot) unusual geologic sink-holes that the Inca reconstructed into concentric terraces to create a landscape masterpiece. Its purpose has been debated for decades since it was rediscovered from the air in 1931. Drive to Maras terraced salt ponds - a cascade of pink-hued salt crystals from an actively flowing underground stream that has evaporated and pooled on the surface. Each pond is owned and harvested by a local family. After lunch, continue to the hotel and out for dinner on our own in some swanky spot in the village. (not!) (Pack a small/medium backpack with everything you need for the 1 day hike + 1 overnight in a hotel. Store excess luggage at the hotel. Suggested max size backpacks: 24 liters women / 28 liters men. Save room in your backpack for a box lunch provided by our tour guide. Carry a full day's supply of drinking water)

Hike the 1-day Inca Trail 8 miles (max altitude 10,000 ft)

(or take the train to the village of Aguas Calientes on your own, where you can enjoy the hot springs)

6-6:30AM. After breakfast, Adios tour guide will meet us at the hotel and walk 10 minutes to the station. We ride the train about 1 hour to KM104 where the fun begins! After jumping off the train into the weeds, we cross a footbridge over the roaring river and checkin for the hike. For the next few hours we will tread in the footsteps of the ancient Inca who once wandered the mountains. We pass through the amazing WinyaWayna ruins, the continue to the Sungate for our first glimpse of the mystical Inca wonder. We descend on foot to the upper terrace for the classic view of Machu Picchu. Then exit the park and take the shuttle bus 30 minutes to the village. Walk to our hotel (meet up with anyone who took the train), and then explore the pedestrian-only town for the evening.

7-8AM. After breakfast, our tour guide will meet us and ride the bus with us to the main entrance where we begin a 2-3 hour guided tour on foot to get close to real functioning fountains, walk through original Inka houses, observe religious and astrological features, and learn about the many sacred elements and mysterious carved rocks of one of the noblest ancient civilizations to inhabit the earth. After we exit, we take the shuttle bus back to the village where we have time for a quick lunch before taking the train back to our hotel in the village of Ollantaytambo. 

8:30AM Pickup from hotel and drive about an hour to the village of Pisac, home of one of the lesser-known archaeological gems of the Sacred Valley. Continue beyond the village and past sweeping agricultural terraces. Begin a 2 hour hike with a short walk to the Inca cemetery where you’ll see hundreds of holes in the granite wall. Continue exploring small Inca structures, then follow the trail until we reach the astunning temple complex constructed from exquisitely carved pink granite, featuring a sun temple, ceremonial altars, water channels and wells. After time to explore, we will hike back to the van and drive to a nearby Qechua farm for a farm to table anca Feast. Drive about 1 hour to our hotel in Cusco.

 Ask your hotel to provide box breakfast. Adios team will pickup and begin 3.5-4 hour drive to the parking area near the beginning of the hike to view Rainbow Mt landscape.
We will visit the most well-known pass called Vinicunca. This pass is featured the most on social media. The hike is strenuous at 16,000 ft altitude and takes about 2 hours on foot to go up. Or horses can be rented part way. You pay the wrangler in cash (60-80 soles) and he/she leads the horse while you sit on top. The horses stop below the pass and people then hike up another 20-30 minutes to the first viewpoint. From there you have the choice to hike up another trail opposite the pass if you want a different view.  Hike down about 1 hour to the van. Return to Cusco.

Ask your hotel to arrange a taxi (at your expense) for transfer to the Cusco airport at least 2 hours prior to scheduled departure. 

If you have time, your hotel will store your luggage while you explore the city on your own before going to the airport.