The Complete Sacred Valley Tour allows you to visit, in a single day from Cusco, the main archaeological and cultural sites of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The tour includes visits to Chinchero, Moray, the Maras Salt Mines, Ollantaytambo, and Pisac, representative sites of the agricultural, urban, and social development of the Inca period.
Throughout the journey, you will visit archaeological complexes and Andean villages that preserve elements of Inca territorial organization, as well as areas linked to agricultural and productive practices that are still in use today. The tour combines organized transportation, guided visits, and time to rest, concluding with the return to the city of Cusco.
The Complete Sacred Valley Tour begins with pickup from your hotel in Cusco, heading first to the Archaeological Site of Chinchero. After the guided visit at the Chinchero Archaeological Site, we will descend to the local Textile Center, where you will have time to purchase souvenirs before continuing the journey.
The next stop on the Sacred Valley tour is the Archaeological Site of Moray, where you will observe the circular terraces, also known as altitude levels, used for agricultural experimentation. We then continue to the Maras Salt Mines, followed by a stop in Urubamba to take a break and enjoy lunch.
After lunch, we continue the complete Sacred Valley tour with a guided visit to the Fortress of Ollantaytambo, recognized as the last stronghold of military resistance during the Spanish invasion.
Finally, we will stop at the Pisac Archaeological Site to observe Inca roads, bridges, aqueducts, and cemeteries, before concluding the Sacred Valley tour with the return transfer to your hotel in Cusco.
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The complete Sacred Valley tour begins at approximately 7:00 AM with pickup from your accommodation in the city of Cusco. We will head to the Chinchero Archaeological Site, where our guide will explain the use of terraces, temples, platforms, roads, and water channels built by the Incas who once inhabited this region. Afterward, we will descend to the Chinchero Textile Center for a brief demonstration of the weaving and dyeing process of textiles made from alpaca and baby alpaca wool.
We will continue the Sacred Valley tour with a visit to the Moray Archaeological Site, also known as the Agricultural Laboratory, as it was used for agricultural experiments across its different altitude levels. Today, the knowledge developed at Moray is still applied to various farming techniques throughout the Andes.
The next stop on the complete Sacred Valley tour is the Maras Salt Mines, where we will learn more about salt production dating back to the time of the Inca Empire and its role as a traditional system of value exchange, known as Ayni.
We will then travel to Urubamba, where we will take a short break from the Sacred Valley tour and enjoy a delicious buffet lunch in the capital of the Sacred Valley. After lunch, we will continue with the complete Sacred Valley tour by visiting the Fortress of Ollantaytambo, the last living Inca town still inhabited today. This site was the final point of military resistance during the Spanish invasion. Our guide will share these and many other historical details before continuing to the final attraction.
The last site visited on the complete Sacred Valley tour is the Pisac Archaeological Site, where we will learn about the importance the Incas placed on the construction of agricultural terraces, aqueducts, Inca roads, bridges, cemeteries, and more.
We will conclude the complete Sacred Valley tour with the return transfer to your hotel or to the surroundings of Cusco’s Historic Center.
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Sacred Valley VIP Tour + Maras and Moray – 1 Day
Entrance tickets to all tourist attractions
Group guided service
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