Machu Picchu Cycling 5 Days

A light-weight adventure with a chance to raise a bit of adrenaline cycling downhill and a short hike to Rainbow Mountain.

Overview:


Day 1: Cusco – Pisaq - Urubamba
Day 2: Ollantaytambo – Moray - Salineras (Cycling)
Day 3: Machu Picchu - Cusco
Day 4: Rainbow Mountain
Day 5: Cusco City

Itinerary What is included Suggestions Price More Programs

Full Itinerary

Pick you up from Airport in Cusco (3350 m.a.s.l) . let us know the arrival time of your flight to wait for you at Airport!

After you meet our representative, you and the tour guide will go in private transportation to Pisaq town our first stop (2970 m.a.s.l). This Andean town gives you the opportunity to share closely the peasants' customs and bargain with vendors at the typical Inca market of Pisac and also visit the inca ruins at the top of the mountain (Agriculture Inca center)

Lunch in a local countryside restaurant.

After lunch you will go to your hotel located at the Sacred valley (2870 m.a.s.l) , it will help you acclimatize to the altitude of the Andes. After you check in at the hotel and enjoy the typical coca tea you have a free afternoon to explore by your own the little Andean town.

Meals Included: Lunch

After breakfast at the hotel, your tour guide will be waiting for you to take you and visit Ollantaytambo Inca temple (the sun temple). After Ollantaytambo, we will go up to the top of the mountain to visit the ruins of Moray (agricultural experiment Inca station), After our visit we will start with our Bicycles, the tour guide will show you a nice path only for us to decent towars Salineras of Maras (Inca salt mines - evaporation ponds ).

We stop for lunch at nice restaurant and

In the afternoon we go back to our hotel at the sacred valley

Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch.

Breakfast at hotel. The day starts with an early morning rise to transfer 25 minutes bus to Ollantaytambo (2790 m.a.s.l) village, where you can take the train to Aguas Calientes (1:45minutes ride)

You will visit Machu Picchu (2430 m.a.s.l) also known as "The Lost City of the Incas", discovered for science in 1911 by the American explorer Hiram Bingham.

We tour the ruins for around 2 hours private guide, during which time our guide explains the astounding degree of technology achieved by the builders of this famous site. The tight construction, the Intihuatana, (or "Hitching Post of the Sun"), which served as an astronomical calendar, all show technological advancement far beyond anything this area of the world was thought to have achieved. all allow us to glimpse back into the past of these truly remarkable people.

After Machu Picchu Inca site, back to Aguas Calientes town in order to get lunch and take the train back to Cusco city.

Note: Please check the timetable for the train with your Travel agent in Cusco, (4 hours back to Cusco approx)

Meals Included: Breakfast

We start 5am, our transportation will take us for about 3 hours ride to the lower part the beautiful rainbow mountain, from this point you need to walk 2 hours to the top of the Rainbow mountain for a spectacular picture of the place.

You always have the option to ride a horse for the part of the trail that takes to rainbow mountain (5200 m.a.s.l)

Visit the Main Square of Cusco and the Cathedral, one of the most beautiful places in Peru, the artwork by Goldsmith and silversmiths is just amazing.

The Temple of the Sun - Qorikancha, Its walls and floors were once covered in sheets of solid gold, and its adjacent courtyard was filled with golden statues

Then, we drive out of the City to visit the impressive Fortress of Sacsayhuaman, strategically built on a hill overlooking Cusco, famous for its enormous carved stones, some of them standing over 9 m / 30 ft high and weighing over 350 tons, Our Cusco tour will end at the San Pedro Market where you can a appreciate the typical market of Cusco City.

After the guided tour we return to your hotel.

Meals Included: Break fast

Optional: Transfer to the Airport for your flight to Lima. Lunch on your own.

What is included

  • In the Sacred Valley: Full day excursion to Ollantaytambo, Moray, Salineras
  • In Machu Picchu: Guided tour in the Inca Citadel
  • Rainbow Mountain: Full day excursion
  • In Cusco: Sightseeing Tour
  • Private Transfer from Airport to Sacred Valley area
  • All entrance tickets for the excursions mentioned in the Program ( Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Rainbow mounatin, and Cusco)
  • All the transfers indicated in the itinerary. Starting at Airport and Ending at Airport
  • Meals mentioned in the Itinerary
  • Train tickets : Ollantaytambo - Machu Picchu - Ollantaytambo
  • Transfer Ollantaytambo - Cusco (return)
  • Bus ticket round trip from Aguas Calientes- Machu Picchu- Aguas Calientes
  • All guided tours (English/Spanish) as described in the itinerary (private)
  • First aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle for Rainbow Mountain
  • All applicable taxes

NOT INCLUDED:

  • International and domestic flights
  • Accommodation (we can book the prefect hotel for your party)
  • Alcoholic drinks, soda or bottled mineral water
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips
  • International or National personal telephone calls.
  • Meals not mentioned

What you need to bring/carry:

  • Daypack
  • Rain jacket or poncho (plastic ponchos can be purchased in Cusco for a few dollars)
  • comfortable footwear
  • Sweater and jacket (something warm)
  • Water bottle and purification tablets (Micropur are recommended and can be bought in local pharmacies in Cusco)
  • Hat or cap to protect you from the sun
  • Sun block (sun protection cream)
  • Insect repellent
  • Camera, plenty of film and spare batteries
  • You also need to bring your original passport.

Suggestions

1- If you are planning to travel to Cusco during the months of December to March, we recommend to bring with you a rain gear since we start the rainy season over here.
However, April to November are the months of dry season, we have sunny days but cold nights

2- If you live at sea level, and planning to visit Cusco, you might experience the Altitude 2- If you live at sea level, and planning to visit Cusco, you might experience the Altitude sickness, Cusco is located at 3350 meters about sea level. We recommend a local remedy called mate de coca, it is tea made from coca leaves. This is helpful, but by no means a cure.
Acetazolamide (Diamox ) is drug that has shown good results as prophylaxis and treatment of AMS ( soroche o mal de altura ) It is a prescription drug used in the treatment of glaucoma, and as a diuretic.

3- Hiking boots for the following tours, Rainbow mountain, Inca trail, Salkantay and Choquequirao.

4- Light dinner for the first night of your arrival to CuscoYou don´t need to bring a lot cash to Peru since you can withdraw USA

5- You don´t need to bring a lot cash to Peru since you can withdraw USA Dollars at most ATMs across the country Visa,Master Card,Cirrus, American Express and Diner's Club,etc) Most ATM machines in Peru do not add any charge for withdrawing money from your home bank account, but your own bank might.

Price

USD 770 per person (Private service)

Confirm your Booking: We will require a non-refundable tour deposit of 50% per person.

The deposit is to be paid by the following options, by VISA Payment On-Line, Paypal, and Western Union money transfer; these are the fastest & most secure form of payments in Peru.

The remaining balance is to be paid in Cusco once you arrive prior to your tour departure date.

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