You will be greeted in your Lima hotel and transported by private van 45 min from your Miraflores hotel the the Lima airport for your 1 hr flight east over the Andes to historic Cusco. You will be greeted outside the Cusco terminal and driven 15 minutes to your downtown hotel. It is important to rest, breathe, drink the coca tea provided in your hotel to acclimate to Cusco's 11,000 ft elevation. Overnight Cusco. 

At 2PM you will be met at your hotel to enjoy the wonderful sites around the city. Visit Koricancha- Temple of the Sun near the center of Cusco. Sacsayhuaman- 15 minutes outside of Cusco with huge walls comprised of monolithic stones, Q’enqo – a small cave like structure used in Inca ceremones, Pucapucara- the small fortress and Tambomachay with its fountains and small canals. All of these sites are near each other and played an important part in the Inca’s ceremonies religious and civic. After completion of the tour you will be returned to your hotel. Overnight Cusco. (B)

Private tour Pisaq & Ollantaytambo 

Store the bulk of your luggage with your Cusco hotel and get a claim check

BRING: passports and all tickets

BRING: Overnight or carry-on bag for 2 nights.. Trains cannot accommodate large luggage

You will be picked up at your hotel to begin your tour of the beautiful Sacred Valley. This ride through the land of the Incas first stops in Pisaq where the perfect stonework rivals anything you will see in Machu Picchu. In the afternoon enjoy a typical Andean buffet lunch in a hacienda on the Urubama River. Stop in the market in Urubamba to see all the local food that is grown here. Shop for fruit if you wish. Finally arrive to the old Inca Town of Ollantaytambo with it's narrow streets, small mountain fed canals and houses laid out much as they were 500 years ago. Wander, take pictures visit small shops, artist studios and get a demonstration of how wool is died using natural ingredients. If you wish, climb the magnificent wall of Ollantaytambo. Rugged steps rise high above the small town to see where and how the Incas guarded the Sacred Valley to the north. More Inca miraculous cut stones await you at the top of the wall. You can hike the small mountain trails here for a full day if you wished.It gets windy and cold here before sundown. Return to your hotel late afternoon. Overnight Ollantaytambo. (B, L)

Hot Spring Pools available (small fee)

After breakfast and check out be sure to leave nothing behind in the room. Leave your luggage with the hotel and explore Ollantaytambo before your afternoon train to Aguas Calientes. Walk the small streets with their small mountain fed canals to get different views of the wall and ruins. Train Ollanta-Aguas Calientes (90 min) through steep valley walls along the Vilcanota River. Overnight Aguas Calientes. (B)

Bring passport with you up to the Machu Picchu Park Entrance to receive souvenir stamp

You will be met by your guide to walk to the buses to take you up to Machu Picchu’s entrance (20 min). Enjoy 2 hrs with your guide then have plenty of time to hike and explore the park on you own. Machu Picchu was probably an estate of the Inca Pachacutec, who also designed Cusco. It was a town with individual homes for nobility made in the classical Inca style with polished dry-stone walls. Its 3three primary structures are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. The magnificence of this site is fully appreciate at sunrise. As the mist rises just after sunrise the site itself is revealed to you. Like a saddle straddling a mountaintop, Machu Picchu sits hidden amongst other spectacular surrounding mountains. When finished take one of the continuous running buses back down to Aguas Calientes. Many restaurants of all qualities in the town of Aguas Calientes. Train/van back Aguas Calientes-Cusco. Overnight Cusco. (B)

Since you've been on the go for a week today would be a good day to take a break and explore the markets, small streets and many eateries in Cusco. Wander the small streets, practice your Spanish with locals and just look at the architecture of the city with its fantastic walls. 

Walk to the huge San Pedro Market and the bohemian neighborhood of San Blas uphill out of the main square.

If you desire just one more tour then you can take a group tour east of Cusco to the South Valley to see the church of Andahuayllilas, Pikillacata and the magnificent site of Tipon with its small canals and huge terraced steps. 

You will be greeted in your Cusco hotel 2.5 hrs before your flight to Lima departs. If you have a long layover in Lima we can arrange options to ease a long layover with a private car to Miraflores for dinner or, day in use airport hotel.