Tour Cusco, Machu Picchu, Humantay Lagoon & Rainbow Mountain

Airport pickup and transfer to your hotel in Cusco. In the afternoon, around 1:00 p.m., you are picked up at the hotel for the city tour.

The tour begins at Cusco Cathedral and continues to Qorikancha (Temple of the Sun). You then visit the surrounding sites: Sacsayhuamán, Qenqo, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay. The tour ends at Plaza de Armas around 6:00 p.m.

Overnight stay at a hotel in Cusco.

Full-day excursion to the Sacred Valley. Hotel pickup at 8:00 a.m. The first stop is the Pisac archaeological site, about 45 minutes from Cusco, and its artisan market.

At midday, you continue to Urubamba for a buffet lunch featuring Peruvian food. In the afternoon, you visit Ollantaytambo Fortress. There, you board the train to Aguas Calientes.

Overnight stay at a hotel in Aguas Calientes.

Early in the morning, you go to the bus station for the ride up to the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. The trip takes 25 minutes. At the site, your guide begins a tour covering the history and architecture of the citadel.

After the guided tour, you have free time to explore on your own. In the afternoon, you take the return train. In Ollantaytambo, you are picked up at the station and transferred to your hotel in Cusco.

Overnight stay at a hotel in Cusco.

Important: schedules may vary depending on train departures.

Hotel pickup between 4:00 and 4:30 a.m. You travel about 2 hr 30 min to Mollepata, in the Apurímac River Valley. There, you have breakfast and visit the restaurant’s small local museum, which presents the town’s history and customs.

You continue by vehicle for 1 hr 30 min to Soraypampa (3,900 m above sea level), facing the snowcapped Salkantay Mountain. From there, you hike about 1 hr 40 min to Humantay Lagoon (4,200 m above sea level / 13,779 ft), at the foot of the snowcapped Humantay Mountain.

After exploring the area and taking photos, you return to Mollepata for a buffet lunch. Anyone who needs one can rent a horse for the hike. In the afternoon, you return to Cusco, with an estimated arrival at 6:00 p.m.

Hotel pickup around 4:00 a.m. You travel about 3 hours southeast of Cusco. The first stop is Cusipata, where you have breakfast. You continue to the community of Kayrawiri (nearly 5,000 m above sea level). There, the guide gives instructions and you begin the approximately 2 hr 30 min to 3 hr hike to Vinicunca.

You spend around half an hour at the viewpoint, then return to the starting point to take the bus back to Cusco, arriving at night.

Overnight stay at a hotel in Cusco.

Breakfast at the hotel. At the appropriate time, transfer to the airport to board your departing flight.