Inti Raymi Tour of 5 days and 4 nights in Cusco Sacred Valley and Machupicchu
05 Dias - 04 Noches
Aventura
10 People
3399 msnm
Resumen
The Inti Raymi Tour of 5 days and 4 nights offers travelers an unforgettable experience in the most emblematic destinations of Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machupicchu, just in time to celebrate the Inti Raymi festival, the Inca sun ceremony. Starting in Cusco, the ancient Inca capital, visitors explore its impressive ruins and historical monuments, immersing themselves in the rich Andean culture. Luego, the journey continues to the Sacred Valley, where you can visit picturesque villages, traditional markets and archaeological sites such as Ollantaytambo and Pisac. The culmination of the tour comes with the visit to Machu Picchu, the legendary Inca city high in the Andes, from where travelers can explore the ruins and marvel at the majesty of the natural surroundings. Furthermore, this special tour coincides with the celebration of Inti Raymi in Cusco, where participants have the opportunity to witness this ancient Inca ceremony, a unique and exciting cultural experience that adds a special touch to the trip. In summary, the 5-day Inti Raymi tour offers a perfect combination of history, culture and natural beauty, providing travelers with an unforgettable experience in the heart of the Peruvian Andes.
Itinerario
We’ll be waiting for you at the airport in Cusco on your arrival date, take you to the hotel where you will rest for an hour, you’ll have a cup of coca tea and we will pick you up from your Hotel in the afternoon (13:30 hrs) to start with the tour around Cusco and outskirts.
Tour around Cusco and outskirts: We pick you up from your Hotel to start visiting the following attractives, with a professional guide:
The Koricancha Palace and Convent of Santo Domingo Religious center known as “The Temple of the Sun” where you will admire the impressive engineering used in its construction.
The Cathedral: Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value.
Sacsayhuaman: Built at 3 Km. From the city of Cusco, impressive stone fortress with an excellent architecture, Famous for its huge carved stones some of which are at 9 m/ 30 feet off the floor,with a weigh of 350 tons. Here iswhere the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol is held in June Every year.
Qenqo: Ceremonial and ritual center, amphitheatre where sacrifices were made.
Puca-Pucara: An old tambo (resting place), monitoring place throughout the Inka Empire Routes.
Tambomachay: At 7 Km. From the city of Cusco, ceremonial center of cult to the water, known traditionally as the place where water rests excursion time: around 5 hours. Frequency: everyday in the afternoons.
From 05:45 hrs to 18:00 hrs., we pick you up from your Hotel in Cusco (3400 m.a.s.l.) and drive you to the Train Station, located in Poroy, then we get aboard the train and the trip from Cusco starts heading to Aguas Calientes (2000 mosl).
Our Guide Will be waiting there , he will lead us to the bus station, to go up by a zigzag way for 30 minutes to reach the world wide marvel The Sanctuary of Machupicchu, known as the lost city of the Incas.
Once we get to Machu-Picchu, We’ll pass throught the control, where we’ll hand in our entrance tickets and where our guided tour will start, visiting the main square, the Circular tower, the sacred solar watch, the royal rooms, the temple of the three windows and the cementeries, it lasts around two hours.
Afterwards you’ll be given enough time to have a walk around the citadel and have your meals , at any restaurant in Aguas Calientes or if you wish at Santuary Lodge (this is not included).
In the afternoon, betwen 15:30 hrs and 17:00 hrs we’ll return on train to Cusco, we’ll be waiting for you at the train station and then we’ll take you back to your hotel.
Finally, the day has arrived to enjoy Inti Raymi 2024; it takes place once a year, specifically on the winter solstice and was of utmost importance to the Incas.
We will witness the performance of this Festival of the Sun, an ancient Andean religious ceremony in honor of Inti (Sun God).
Every June 24, the day when the sun is farthest from the earth, the Inti Raymi or “Festival of the Sun” is celebrated. It remains the most important religious festival during the time of the Incas.
To this day, it continues to be represented in the architectural complex of Sacsayhuaman.
The Inti Raymi takes a whole day, starting at approximately 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Our team will pick you up from your hotel around 7:45 a.m. to head to the Qorikancha Temple
The ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Qorikancha temple on Av. el Sol. You can witness the entire ceremony, which will take approximately an hour.
Then, we will walk to the Plaza de Armas to continue participating in this Andean festival; this ceremony lasts another 45 minutes, observed standing from a point in the Plaza de Armas.
Later, always with the assistance of our team, you will walk to the bus that will take you directly to Sacsayhuaman, where the main offering, worship, gratitude, and requests to the Sun God will be dramatized.
Here, the ceremony will last approximately 3 hours, and you can watch it seated in reserved seats.
After the ceremony, our team will be present to facilitate the bus return to the City of Cusco, ensuring that your day ends comfortably
This tour starts around 09:00 hrs, we pick you up from your Hotel, we have a guided tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, over the Vilcanota river, with a panoramic view of Pisac an old Inca City and visiting
the Inka handycraft market in this village, where we will have the chance to know in a closer way its people customs and get good bargains with the handycrafts and souvenirs sellers, afterwards we’ll head for Urubamba, traveling on the borders of the river Vilcanota.
We’ll have lunch at a restaurant in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. In the afternoon we visit the fortress and citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to watch the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from the jungle habitants invasions.
We’ll have the chance to walk by the narrow streets and have a clear knowledge of how this militar, religious and cultural center was during the Inca empire.
On the way back to Cusco we will stop by the colorful village of Chinchero , where we will find the ruins of the Tupac Inca Yupanqui Royal House, we will appreciate its well preserve Inca wall in the main square and you will visit the beauty Colonial Temple with invaluable portraits, built over Inca Bases. Then we return to Cusco.
We’ll be at your hotel at least two hours before your flight leaves to take you to the airport Where you should check your plane ticket and pay the airport tax, we’ll see you to the departure launge
The package does not include air tickets, these are approximately between 180 and 250 dollars round trip (Lima – Cusco – Lima), according to availability of spaces, if you wish we can add them.
Included
- Tour to Intiraymi in VIP area with box lunch
- All transfers to hotels, airports, stations and attractions.
- Tours to Machupicchu, Cusco City and surroundings.
- All transportation for the tours.
- Round trip train tickets Cusco – Machupicchu – Cusco
- Bus tickets up and down Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Aguas Calientes.
- Professional tourism guide in English or Spanish
- Entrance fees to attractions to visit Machupicchu, City, surroundings, churches, places in the Sacred Valley.
- Transfers in all offices.
- 4 nights in a hotel (subject to space).
- 4 buffet breakfasts in hotels.
- 1 buffet lunch in the Sacred Valley
The package does not include air tickets, these are approximately between 180 and 250 dollars round trip (Lima – Cusco – Lima), according to availability of spaces, if you wish we can add them.
Recomendaciones
Requirements to book the tour
Tour start date.
Names (as shown on passport)
Surnames (as shown in the passport)
Scanned passports or ID cards (Mandatory)
Bring a copy of the Migration Card (TAM) which will be given to you upon entering Peru
Nationality.
Passport number.
Minimum passport validity of 6 months.
Birthdate.
Specify the type of accommodation (Single, Double, Triple Double)
Specify the hotel category (2, 3, 4 or 5 stars)
Phone numbers to contact them
Payment of 50% of the tour cost
NOTE: We do not accept payment of 100% of the tour cost
The prices are promotional and for cash payments, if paying by credit card there will be an 8% surcharge on the total.
Arrival data or Arrival flight:
On the day of your arrival we will welcome you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel to begin providing the services of the tourist package, so it is very important that you send us the following arrival flight information:
Name of the airline (example: LAN, TACA, STARPERU).
Flight number (example: 019, 007, 1115).
Approximate arrival time (example: 10:25 am).
Name to paint on the poster (example: “Juan Perez”).
Prices
The cost of the Tourist Package is expressed in American dollars and is per person, the cost will depend on the category of hotels you choose, we have the best services in hotels from 2** to 5*****, it will also depend on the type of room you require. At the bottom, we detail the hotels we work with so you can choose according to the category.
| Dollars | Hotels |
|---|---|
| USD 2390 | 5 stars hotels: Westin / Libertador / GHL / Sonesta Posada – Train Expedition |
| USD 1210 | 4 stars hotels: Novotel / Costa del Sol Ramada / El Mapi – Tren Voyager |
| USD 999 | 3 stars hotels: San Agustín / Samay / La Cabaña – Tren Voyager |
| USD 925 | 2 stars hotels: Casa Oblitas Hotel / Viandina- Tren Voyager |
| Dollars | Hotels |
|---|---|
| USD 3620 | 5 stars hotels: Westin / Libertador / GHL / Sonesta Posada – Train Expedition |
| USD 1677 | 4 stars hotels: Novotel / Costa del Sol Ramada / El Mapi – Tren Voyager |
| USD 1250 | 3 stars hotels: San Agustín / Samay / La Cabaña – Tren Voyager |
| USD 1067 | 2 stars hotels: Casa Oblitas Hotel / Viandina – Tren Voyager |
| Dollars | Hotels |
|---|---|
| USD 1890 | 5 stars hotels: Westin / Libertador / GHL / Sonesta Posada – Train Expedition |
| USD 1199 | 4 stars hotels: Costa del Sol Ramada / El Mapi – Tren Voyager |
| USD 988 | 3 stars hotels: San Agustín / Samay / La Cabaña – Tren Voyager |
| USD 910 | 2 stars hotels: Casa Oblitas Hotel / Viandina- Tren Voyager |
| Servicio Opcional | Dollars | |
|---|---|---|
| To go by train Vistadome increase | USD 45 | Indicate in advance |
| To ride the Hiram Bingham train increase | USD 825 | Indicate in advance |
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