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DAY 1: CUSCO PICK UP
Upon arrival to Cusco reception and transfer to the
select Hotel where will receive an aromatic coca tea
to stimulating for the height, will have the free
morning, in the evening we will depart on a City
tour (entrance to the archaeological centers and
museums including) we will visit to the Main square,
Cathedral, the Koricancha (temple of the sun) and in
addition we will make a route by bordering
archaeological centers like Sacayhuaman, kenco,
Pucapucara and Tambomachay, tour finishes 6:00pm,
transfer your Hotel and overnight (B)
DAY 2: SACRED VALLEY TOUR
At 9:00am gather of its hotel to make the trip to
the Sacred Valley where We will visit the colorful
Indian market in Pisac where a mixture of color,
tradition will be able appreciated The Valley has a
distance of 31 km (19 miles) of Cusco, and one
altitude of 2,970 ms (9,700 p), Pisac where we will
visit the market, and is located to the entrance of
the Sacred Valley followed by Ollantaytambo, the
older town continuously occupied of the American
continent. The narrow streets of Ollantaytambo,
along with their channels that have not varied from
the time Inca, evoke their ancestral inheritance,
lunch in a typical restaurant and on the evening.
Return to Cusco where we will arrive around 5:00pm
transfer to its Hotel (B; L).
DAY 3: MACHUPICCHU TOUR
Breakfast and at 8.15am pick up to go Poroy Train's
station. The Hiram Bingham departs from Poroy
Station (20 minutes outside Cusco) at 9.00am which
gives a more leisurely start to the day than the
traditional 6am departures of other train services
to Machu Picchu.
Brunch is served on board the train whilst
passengers watch the spectacular scenery unfolding
before them. From the agricultural plains of the
Sacred Valley, to the crashing waters of the
Urubamba River, and as you get closer to Machu
Picchu the soaring mountains, the scenery is
constantly changing, and the Hiram Bingham travels
at a speed where this can be appreciated.
The train arrives into Aguas Calientes where private
minibuses await passengers to escort them on the
fifteen minute journey up to the citadel, avoiding
the queues.
Upon arrival at the Machu Picchu entrance,
passengers can go straight into the citadel as
tickets will have been pre-purchased for all
guests.
A guide will escort you around the citadel in small
groups, pointing out the best of the ruins and
recounting the history of this Inca settlement.
After the guided tour, guests are given the choice
to wander alone through this fascinating World
Heritage site, or to enjoy Afternoon Tea at the
Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, the Orient-Express
hotel located right at the entrance to the citadel.,
overnight at the select hotel in Aguas Calientes
town (B)
DAY 4: BACK IN CUSCO
Morning at leisure by your own - (entrance and bus
fee to Machupicchu archaeological site not included
on the fee) in the afternoon return to Cusco.
The Hiram Bingham departs at 18.00. Guests are
welcomed back on board with pre-dinner cocktails
served in the Bar Car with live musical
entertainment. Later a 4-course, à la carte dinner
is served in the dining cars. The train pulls into
Poroy station just outside Cusco at 21.25. Upon
arrival transfer to your hotel. Overnight.(B,L)
WHAT'S INCLUDED ON HIRAM BINGHAM?
On-board meals with Peruvian wine, cusqueña Beer,
soft drinks and hot drinks (brunch on outward
journey, dinner on return), on-board entertainment,
guides, bus transfers, entrance to the Machu Picchu
sanctuary and afternoon tea at Machu Picchu
Sanctuary Lodge, pre-dinner cocktails.
DAY 5: SOUTH VALLEY(Tipon
- Pikillacta-Andahuaylillas )
Breakfast. Pick you up from your hotel at 9:15 am
for a tour in the south valley where you can visit
the following sites:
TIPON: A large area of crop that contains 12
impressive terraces that are now grown, whose walls
were built with finely carved stone. More impressive
still is the irrigation system which is still
serving agriculture and the advantage is the water
in the spring season.
PIKILLAQTA: presents characteristics of a major
urban center for the development time of the Wari
empire with over a thousand spaces between
buildings, colcas (deposits food), athletic fields
or houses, temples, long and narrow streets with
buildings that took up to 4 stories high.
ANDAHUAYLILLAS: Typical Andean village time the
colony of origin and unique architecture.
Andahuaylillas stressed in his Catholic church from
the colonial era with a beautiful decoration and
wall painting of the seventeenth and eighteenth
century known as the Sistine Chapel of Cusco.
On the return pass Saylla typical Cuzco where people
can enjoy the delicious pork chicharrones
(optional).
We returned to Cusco for approximately 3:30 pm. (B,
Box lunch)
Includes:
-Pick up from hotel to start our trip.
-Bus tour.
-Professional bilingual guide (English / Spanish).
-Box lunch
DAY 6: MARAS AND
MORAY
Maras, from which one can reach the salt flats and
the Moray ruins, is located on the northwestern side
before entering the city of Cuzco. We will depart on
the tour at 9:00am to see the salt flats that
display a spectacle of unusual beauty. Located on a
wide-open hill above the Urubamba Valley, the salt
water runs along channels, which extend through the
flooded lands and follow a more or less rectangular
pattern, depending on the variations in the land.
The water, which is exposed to the sun, leaves salt
on the bed. Viewed from the peak, the myriad of
rectangles look Like an enormous painting designed
by nature. Inland, not far from Maras, one can find
the Moray ruins, there are three "coliseums" , used
by the Inkas as a sort of open-air crop laboratory
,the terraces arranged in concentric circles and
spread out at intervals from the lower to the upper
region are reminiscent of a Greek theatre. Afternoon
back to Cusco to the Hotel and overnight (B).
DAY 7: TRANSFER OUT
Breakfast and bus service to the airport and end of
our services (B).
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