ALTITUDE: 2850m - 3700m
HIGH-SEASON: All year round
DURATION: 01 day

The Inca’s Sacred Valley stretches out along the Urubamba river, between Pisac and Ollantaytambo. It's one of the most fertile places in South America and served as a food-source and reserve for the whole empire.
The Inca Empire was an agricultural Empire and the Sacred Valley had such an importance that can be noticed throughout the numerous impressive archaeological sites that can be found there. The ruins of Pisac and Ollantaytambo are without a doubt the most important of these sites.
The Sacred Valley tour is a great mixture of breathtaking landscapes, pre-Columbian and Colonial History, architecture and art, It also is an excellent preparation for the Inca Trail or Machu Picchu .

Our tour starts at 08h 45. We pick you up from your hotel and take you in a private transportation to the market of Pisac, which is one of the stops on this journey (40 minutes driving). Here you will find a large amount of original artisan work such as pottery, textile, paintings and many more. After visiting it we walk up to the archaeological center of Pisaq which we will visit for about an hour with a professional guide who will explain to us all about this impressive archaeological remains.
Then we continue our tour through the Sacred Valley of the Incas going to the typical village of Urubamba (40 minutes driving) where we'll enjoy a delicious typical lunch. After this we'll continue our journey to the archaeological center of Ollantaytambo (30 minutes driving). Ollantaytambo is an archaeological site where the Inca's built some of the most impressive constructions. We'll visit this site for about 45 minutes with our guide. After that we'll return by bus stopping at the colonial village of Chinchero (1 hour driving) with its remarkable little church, its typical market and the archaeological center.
We'll be back in Cusco at around 18h30.

INCLUDED:
·  Guide
·  Bus
·  Entrance-fee