Tour Sacred Valley, Machupicchu and humantay

SACRED VALLEY + MACHUPICCHU + HUMANTAY LAKE 3D/2N

The tour Sacred Valley of the Incas, Machupicchu and Humantay Lake is a 3 day tour package that allows you to have a tour of three beautiful places starting with the Sacred Valley of the Incas at 2800 meters above sea level. and is bordered by the Vilcanota River or Wilcamayu (Sacred River) in Inca mythology was believed to be the place where the sun was born and this was the one that fertilized the land in addition to it is represented in the constellation of the Milky Way, the Sacred Valley is rich for its fertile land, climate and geographical conditions located on the banks of the Vilcanota River, which allowed it to be a very important center of agricultural production through the terraces systems also highlighting its hydraulic systems, it also established urban, military and religious centers such as Pisaq, where the sacred valley begins adapting its terraces to the natural geometric design of the slopes, Ollantaytambo a political, astronomical, religious, military and agricultural center where the great temple of the sun stands out, Chinchero a very typical and traditional town of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, all these places are part of the natural and cultural beauty of the Sacred Valley of the Incas.

Through this tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas you will be able to see the majesty that this presents from the magnificent views of the snow-capped Chicon and La Veronica that border this great valley in addition to its great extensions of agricultural production dedicated to the production of white corn, the most important agricultural activity in the area. On the second day we will embark by train to make the most awaited visit to Machupicchu one of the seven wonders of the world, a tourist destination of great magic and mystery admired by everyone (2435 m a.s.l.) favorite destination of many national and international tourists. tourist destination that leads you to a place of great magic and mystery admired by everyone, recognized worldwide by UNESCO. The tour takes you on a trip on the train service that will allow you to have magnificent views during its journey, and then head to the most fascinating architectural realization of the Inca Empire that is Machupicchu (2435 m.a.s.l.). Here you can admire the beauty of the landscape, history and Inca architecture, where you will be guided in the most important areas of this archaeological site such as the Temple of the Sun which has a semiconical shape which was intended for the worship of the sun god, Temple of the Condor has the natural shape of a condor, the temple of the Three Windows the most important for the architectural style, Sacred Rock and Intihuatana built in the most prominent part for the priests and nobles who led worship, the whole place is magical and you can connect with nature and recharge with positive energy in a unique landscape that offers Machupicchu.

Then on the third day take the tour of the Humantay Lake (4200 m.a.s.l.) a natural attraction located in the Peruvian Andes in the chain of Vilcabamba at the foot of the snow-capped Salkantay (6270 m a.s.l.) the second highest mountain in the Cusco region. This beautiful turquoise water lake was formed by the thawing of the snowy Humantay part of the snow-capped Salkantay its turquoise hue is due to the presence of blue-green algae. This beautiful natural landscape we can feel the energy of this mystical place and build the famous “Apachetas” stone towers that have a meaning of respect and admiration for the lake and the Apus (sacred mountains) of the area.

Our agency Ready to Travel Peru offers this tour package Sacred Valley of the Incas + Machupicchu + Humantay Lake with the combination of these three wonderful places, the synchrony that has the Sacred Valley of the Incas with its fertile lands and its admirable archaeological centers connecting with the architectural beauty of Machupicchu to finally see the natural beauty of the Humantay Lake.

ITINERARY

DAY 1: SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS

On this day we will start the tour early in the morning to visit the Sacred Valley of the Incas.

• To start the tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, we pick you up from your hotel starting at 07:00 hrs. 
• Already located in the tourist bus our first point of visit will be in the viewpoint of Taray, to appreciate the scenic beauty of the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
• We will continue our tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, a magnificent view and the starting point of this great tour to the Sacred Valley where you can take the famous postcard photos.
• We will continue our tour to the archaeological site of Pisaq, located 32 kilometers northeast of Cusco, a place where the great Sacred Valley of the Incas is born, located on a condor-shaped mountain that expresses the progress of religious and agricultural architecture by the presence of squares and Inca neighborhoods, of which the most important thing to highlight is the famous solar observatory “Intihuatana” and pre-Hispanic cemetery “Tantana Marka” the largest found in South America. Also Pisaq was an administrative center dedicated to the control of agricultural production in addition to this Pisaq is characterized by its craft market and the very pelicular form of negotiation “barter” (exchange of products) ancient custom that today is losing its practice performed on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
• After having visited these two wonderful places we will have a stop to recover our energies and have a delicious lunch in a tourist restaurant in Urubamba.
• We continue our tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas with our next point of visit the archaeological site of Ollantaytambo known as the “Living Inca City” built on two mountains, strategic point within the Sacred Valley of the Incas for having agricultural, military, religious and administrative complexes in Ollantaytambo, In Ollantaytambo we can highlight the great temple of the sun that consists of 6 monoliths of granite of pink color that are united by means of engravings that conform the ceremonial platform, the town of Ollantaytambo is also well known for maintaining the Inca urban planning since ancestral times.
• Our last point of visit will be Chinchero, whose name derives from Quechua meaning “brave man”, built on top of a hill surrounded by platforms, which has shrines, an urban center where was the residence of the Inca Tupac Inca Yupanqui, a place moderately cold and dependent on rainfall for agricultural production also in turn is characterized by maintaining the urban style and its textile art that are made with alpaca fibers made by locals.
• We end the tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas with the return to the city of Cusco after a wonderful day.

DAY 2: MAGICAL MACHUPICCHU

The most important day of your visit to Peru – Cusco, we will visit one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World.

• To start the Magical Machupicchu tour, we will pick you up from your hotel.
• After that we will board the tourist bus to make the transfer to the train station available in that season such as train stations in Cusco, Poroy or Ollantaytambo, if the reservation of the tour to Machupicchu was made months in advance we will look for the best option for your trip.
• Already located at the train station we will take the train service that you have chosen in your reservation such as Expedition or Vistadome train service, each one has a different service and costs, during your journey on the train you will appreciate the scenic beauty that hides the Sacred Valley of the Incas that are part of the route to Machupicchu until you reach the train station in the town of Aguas Calientes (Machupicchu) in a journey of approximately 1 hour and a half.
• In Aguas Calientes we will board the green ecological tourist buses, leaving from the station to the point of entry to the citadel of Machupicchu, the trip lasts 30 minutes.
• At the entrance of the citadel of Machupicchu, our tour guide will be waiting for you at the control gate of Machupicchu to start the guide service, the guide service will take approximately two hours where he will give us details of the majesty of the Inca citadel of Machupicchu since its discovery, findings, As well as explaining the most important areas within the citadel of Machupicchu, such as the astronomical observatory of Intihuatana where we will highlight the function that this fulfilled in Inca times, the temple of the three windows which is oriented towards the sunrise at the winter solstice and other urban and residential sectors that Machupicchu presents throughout its route.
• After the guided tour, we will have some time to take all the photos we want of this wonderful place.
• At the end of the guided tour we will board the ecological buses that will take us to Aguas Calientes, where you will have free time to visit this town on your own, as well as to take your meals.
• After a tour full of positive energy we will take the train back from the Aguas Calientes train station to Cusco, where we will be waiting for you to take you to your hotel.
• Thus culminates this wonderful tour of Machupicchu full day in a tour called Magical Machupicchu.

DAY 3: HUMANTAY LAKE

This day we will start the tour very early in order to enjoy this new natural tourist attraction of the city of Cusco.

• To start the Humantay Lake tour, we will pick you up from your hotel starting at 04:30 hrs. 
• Already located inside the tourist bus we will have a trip for an average of 2 hours to reach Mollepata where, in this place we will have breakfast and will be given the respective indications and recommendations by the guide to start this adventure.
• We will continue this tour to the Humantay lake after the instructions received with a walk for about 1 hour to reach Soraypampa starting point to begin the hike.
• From this point begins the ascent hike for about 1 hour and a half. On the way of this tour we can appreciate the beautiful wildlife until we reach our destination Humantay Lake.
• Already located in the lake of Humantay (4200 a.s.l.) we will be able to see the natural wonder located in the chain of Vilcabamba at the foot of the snowy Salkantay (6270 m.a.s.l.). This beautiful lake with its turquoise waters was formed by the melting of the snowy Humantay part of the snowy Salkantay and its turquoise hue is due to the presence of blue-green algae. In this beautiful natural landscape you can feel the energy of this mystical place and build the famous “Apachetas” stone towers that have the purpose of worship, to be providers of water, vital element, principle of existence in the Andean world, as well as generate fertility in animals, protection to its inhabitants and success in the harvest.
• Then we will return by the same route for about 1 hour where our tourist transport will be waiting for us to take us to Mollepata where we will have a delicious lunch after a walk.
• Finally, after the tour of the Humantay Lake we will return to Cusco city at about 18:00hrs.