4 Day Machu Picchu Specials

Welcome to Cusco and to our Machu Picchu Special Tour 4 Days. 

Once you get to the Cusco airport, we will collect you and transfer you to your hotel and give you a briefing about the places you will be visiting during the tour that awaits you.

The Machu Picchu Special Tour 4 Days will start visiting Cusco's colonial heritages mixed with its mystical Inca background.  Your guide will provide you as much information of the places you will be visiting.   Later on you will have the late afternoon at your own leisure to carry on exploring Cusco's nightlife or sampling some of its many typical restaurants. We will very happy to suggest you places according to your taste

Today we are passing to your hotel very early in the morning (time to be confirmed) and travel to the train station to leave Cusco in direction to Aguas Calientes.  As we are travelling around the Sacred Valley and Urubamba we will get very impressed by its magnificent landscapes all the way.  This is a unique train journey which you will enjoy from the beginning and it will stay with you as a memorable time.

Aguas Calientes is a town located in the middle of a deep and green valley crossed by a river and it has a variety of cafes and restaurants.  The Machu Picchu Special Tour 4 Days has consider you to try the local natural hot springs in Aguas Calientes.  So you can feel very relaxed for your next day when visiting Machu Picchu.  You will check in at your hotel in Aguas Calientes and prepared to pass the night in this location.

There is also an interesting choice to do in Aguas Calientes such as Visiting the Machu Picchu 'Manuel Chávez Ballón' museum and orchid exhibition. This is open from 9am to 4.30pm, and is a 35 minute walk down the road from Aguas Calientes to Puente Ruinas. This museum gives you an interesting background on Machu Picchu.

The Inca, the son of 'Inti' (The Sun) was allow to enter to the glory and enjoyment of his royal house, Machu Picchu.  Today you will trace his steps and complete the whole Machu Picchu Special Tour 4 Days 

After taking your breakfast at 05:45 am we leave this town and get the first bus to Machu Picchu. The ride will take us around 20 minutes to get to the top of the hill.  Our aim is to get to the ancient citadele when the sunrise over the city.  

The first impression of Macchu Picchu is its fantastic location which mix very well with the whole nature around it.  Very far away at the back the Andean mountains and snow peaks.  The whole view it will just take your breath away that is for sure.

Our guide will give you a 2 hour guided tour and after this you can explore the mysterious city by yourself.

If you have done the arrangements during your Machu Picchu Special Tour 4 Days, you will know that in order to climb the mountain of Huayna Picchu at 2.720m/8,890ft above the sea level, you will need a permit. To climb the Huayna Picchu mountain which is the one facing the ancient city, It takes around 45 minutes to reach the top.

Once you finish exploring the city or part of it,  your guide will meet you in Aguas Calientes to have lunch and to receive your train tickets back to Cusco. The return to Cusco takes about four hours with a bus transfer in Ollantaytambo to Cusco.

Please note: allocations or Itineraries are subject to change depending on time of bookings and campsites provided by INC (National Culture Institute that runs the Inca Trail).

Now you have explored the Machu Picchu Special Tour 4 Days, it will worthy also to explore a 5 day Machu Picchu traditional. 

It was a fantastic time in having you with us and we do appreciate in choosing our service during this Machu Picchu Special Tour 4 Days.  After you have finished your breakfast, our private transport will arrive to  your hotel and get you to the local airport according your flight itinerary.

Attractions we will visit

• The Koricancha, Temple of the sun.
• The Cathedral, Marvel of the religious art.
• Sacsayhuaman, Majestic place with impressive works in stone, some up to 120 tons.
• Q´enqo, (Labyrinth) a religious center dedicated to the adoration of the Earth.
• Puca Pucara, (reddish place) that was used as a military control center.
• Tambomachay, (Temple of the Water) a center of adoration and worship of water.
• Sacred Valley,  became an area of royal estates, country homes for the Inca, for the religious establishment and also agriculture.
• Aguas Calientes, officially known as a Machu Picchu Pueblo is a small town at the bottom of the valley next to Machu Picchu, and the principal access point to the ancient city during our Machu Picchu Special Tour 4 Days.
• Machu Picchu, a magnificent Royal state built during the period of the two great Inca rulers, Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (1438–71) and Túpac Inca Yupanqui (1472–93). It is estimated that no more than 750 people lived there at a time.  It was declared Peruvian Historic Sanctuary in 1981, World Heritage Site in 1983 and In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.  
• Huayna Picchu, it was the residence for the high priest and the local virgins.  The Incas built a trail up the side of the Huayna Picchu and built temples and terraces on its top at 2,693 metres (8,835 ft) above sea level.

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