🧂 Cusco & Machu Picchu
Sacred Valley Discovery
Market towns, salt terraces and circular Inca farms in a valley of green fields and snow-tipped peaks.
🕒 Full day · 9–10 hrs 🥾 Easy & scenic 📍 Cusco & the Sacred Valley
The route
Your journey, stop by stop
The programme
A day to remember
07:00
Pickup in Cusco
Set off into the Sacred Valley with a stop at a viewpoint for coffee and warm empanadas.
08:30
Pisac market & ruins
Browse colourful textiles and silver, then climb to the hilltop ruins above the valley.
10:45
Maras salt pans
Marvel at thousands of shimmering salt pools terraced into the mountainside.
12:00
Moray
Stand inside the Inca’s circular agricultural laboratory carved into the earth.
13:00
Valley buffet lunch
A hearty buffet of Andean dishes in Urubamba with valley views.
15:00
Ollantaytambo
Explore the grand terraced fortress and the last living Inca town.
18:30
Back in Cusco
Return through the valley, arriving in the early evening.
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Who’s it for
- Culture & market lovers
- Families
- Photographers & gentle explorers
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Need to know
- Lower & warmer than Cusco — great for acclimatising
- Intense sun at altitude — hat & sunscreen
- Carry cash for market shopping
- Beautiful year-round; greenest Nov–Mar
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