CLASSIC INCA TRAIL TO MACHUPICCHU 4D/3N

Day 1: ARRIVAL / CUSCO – SACRED VALLEY

Welcome to Peru!  Arrive at Cusco Airport by scheduled flight.

 Upon arrival in Cusco, you will be met after luggage collection by the Swifts Travel representative and transferred to the hotel in the Sacred Valley. En route you will enjoy a scenic drive through a stunning landscape to the Sacred Valley of the Incas.

Visit Textil Local Center, where weavers of more than 12 communities of Southern Peru exhibit the spinning, dyeing and weaving of Andean traditional textiles helping to preserve the traditional costumes. Your visit includes the opportunity to observe an exhibition and explanation of the four types of South American camels. Here you will find the finest of the traditional and industrial Andean textiles in South America.

Continue to the town of Pisac, renowned for its colorful market where the local Indians meet to sell their merchandise as they have done for centuries. The handicraft market is open every day and is famous for its ceramic beads made into necklaces, earrings and other Peruvian artifacts.

Overnight in Sacred Valley

Day 2: SACRED VALLEY – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO/FD Machu Picchu

Breakfast. Please meet your Swifts travel representative in the hotel lobby for your private transfer to Ollantaytambo train station, from where you will travel to Machu Picchu aboard the train. Departure: 9. 05hs.Aprox.

The Vistadome train boasts beautiful panoramic windows, offering unsurpassed views and photographic opportunities as you enter the Inca’s territory in search of Machu Picchu. With glass surrounding you on all sides, you will feel as if you are part of Peru’s remarkable landscape.  

Optional Train: Hiram Bingham, A Belmond Train is the most luxurious way to journey between Cusco and Machu Picchu. Its sumptuous 1920s-style carriages ensure a magical journey never to be forgotten. With two Dining Cars, a Bar Car, open-deck Observation Car and Kitchen Car, the train can carry up to 84 passengers. On the journey to Machu Picchu, a gourmet brunch is served as you gaze through your window at the stunning Urubamba Valley.

Upon arrival in Aguas Calientes at 12.11hs., board the bus to Machu Picchu. Enjoy a delicious lunch at Sanctuary Lodge, A Belmond Hotel.

Enjoy a half-day private guided tour of the Inca citadel and its surrounding complexes. Machu Picchu stands 2,430m above sea level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest. It was probably the Inca Empire’s most amazing urban creation; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been carved out of the rocky escarpments. The extraordinarily beautiful setting, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, encompasses the Upper Amazon basin with its rich diversity of flora and fauna.

At 16.50hs. Approx. you will board the bus to Aguas Calientes, where you will take the Train to Ollantaytambo.

Upon arrival at Ollantaytambo train station meet your swifts Travel representative for a private transfer to your hotel in Cusco.

Overnight in Cusco.

Day 3: CUSCO / City Tour

Breakfast. Enjoy a morning at leisure in Cusco.

 At 14.30hs. enjoy a half-day tour of Cusco, which includes a visit to the cathedral on the Plaza de Armas and the Santo Domingo Temple, a Dominican church and convent built on the foundations of the Koricancha, an important Inca temple devoted to worship of the sun. Your tour also includes a visit to the impressive fortress of Sacsayhuaman, which overlooks the city of Cusco. You will be impressed by the beauty and monumental scale of this important Inca construction. Continue to Qenqo, one of the finest examples of artfully carved rock showing complex patterns of steps, seats, geometric reliefs and a puma design.

 Overnight in Cusco.

Day 4: CUSCO / DEPARTURE

At agreed time please meet your swifts Travel representative at the lobby for your private transfer to Cusco Airport for your scheduled flight.

Notes:

• Rates listed in American Dollars and include the taxes and service charge for non-residents in Peru
• Tour rates are per person unless we specified a different option.
• Prices are valid until Apr 15th 2024.
• Prices are not valid from Jun 22nd to 26th (The Inti Raymi “Festival of the Sun” – Jun 24th), Christmas and New Year. Ask for prices 
• Prices are subject to change without previous notice
• This is only a quote not a confirmation of services
• Train tickets are not refundable, not endorsable, and not transferable.
• Air tickets are not refundable, not endorsable, and not transferable.
• The reservations can only be confirmed when the tour package will be requested formally
• In the case of non-rooms availability in the hotels mentioned above, we will use hotels of a similar category
• There are not booked services for this quote
• As Peru is becoming a popular country for tourists, we recommend planning your visit in advance
• The present document is only a quote, the confirmation is subject to the availability of places when the reservations are requested.
• Swifts travel reserves the right to alter the program.
• It is important to mention that Swifts travel work by and for the client and it will look for the best for its clients not only when they book or travel also when for a reasonable situation they have to cancel.
• Passport, visa, and health requirements for you and your party is your responsibility. We do recommend you obtain travel insurance against cancellation and medical coverage