CUSCO
General data:
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Location: South East of the Country.
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Extension: 72 104 km2.
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Capital: Cuzco (3360 masl)
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Altitude:
- Minimum: 532 masl (Pilcopata)
- Maximum: 4801 masl (Suyckutambi)
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Climate: Cuzco features an average annual temperature of 11° (Maximum 17° and
minimum -2° C). The rain season runs from November to March.
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Access: The best overland route is the Lima-Arequipa-Cuzco road (1,494 km) which takes
around 24 hours by car. There are also daily flights from Lima which take around an hour. A
railway lines links Cuzco with the city of Puno.
Inca walls, colorful costumes, churches built on top of palaces, citadels lost in the Andean heights,
legendary roads -all the beauty of a glorious past that enfolds the visitor who arrives in Cuzco, the
sacred city of the Incas and archaeological capital of the Americas. Ever since US archaeologist
Hiram Bingham discovered the citadel of Machu Pichu for the world, Cuzco has fired the
imagination of thousands of travelers from all over the world who venture down the Inca Trail
every year headed for the summit of one of the world's most extraordinary monuments.
TOURS
CITY TOUR
Afternoon city tour visiting the Koricancha Temple and the Cathedral. Continue to the surrounding
ruins: the fortress Sacsayhuaman,Kenko,Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay ruins.
MACHU PICCHU
At 05:30 am. morning transfer to the train station for a full day tour of Machu Picchu, the "Lost
City of the Incas" one of the most renowned examples of Inca architecture, due to their
constructions entirely of stone, bearing in mind that modern mechanical devices were unknown in
the era in which this monumental work was executed. Surrounded by lush cloud forest, the citadel
perches in a mist-shrouded mountain top.
CUSCO – SACRED VALLEY – CUSCO
In the morning departure to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, visit the colorful Indian market in Pisac
to see a blend of color, tradition and people. At a distance of 30 km. (19 miles) from Cuzco, and an
altitude of 2,970 meters (9,700 ft.), Pisac is located right at the entrance to the Sacred Valley.
Afternoon visit to Ollantaytambo giant religious, military, social, administrative and agricultural
complex from the Tahuantinsuyo times. The oldest continuously occupied settlement in the
Americas. Ollantaytambo's narrow streets, complete with canals unchanged since Inca times,
recall its ancient heritage. Return to Cusco
TIPON & ANDAHUAYLILLAS
Tipón, is located 20 km from Cusco. It was a greater portable altar where the people render cult
to the water. The water that irrigates the terraces, still circulates by the narrow and deep
channels. The quality of the construction and the excellence of the used hydraulic techniques,
make of this place an exceptional visit. The tour continues to the village of Andahuaylillas fo a visit
to a XVII centrury church, considered to be the "Sistine Chapel of the Americas", because of the
quality of the artworks found inside it.