Amaru Community, ruins of Pisaq & Ollantaytambo (Full day)
Experience the Sacred Valley’s culture and history. Visit the Amaru Community to learn about traditional Andean life and weaving. Explore the Pisac ruins, featuring impressive terraces and ceremonial areas with stunning valley views. Finish at Ollantaytambo, an Inca fortress and town renowned for its towering terraces and remarkable architecture. A perfect mix of culture, history, and breathtaking landscapes.
Highlights
- Fully Private Tour ensures personalized service.
- Customize your itinerary to your own preferences.
- Explore the Incan Ruins of Ollantaytambo Shop at a large handcrafts market in Pisaq.
- Visit a local Andean community share a traditional Andean lunch made in the community.
- Private van and driver at your disposal
- Learn about unique kinds of potatoes and local produce
- Learn about local communities, isolated from modern life, and their ancient traditions
Day 1: Amaru Community, ruins of Pisaq & Ollantaytambo
Sacred Valley (Altitude: 2800 m. - 9186 ft.)
In the morning, your private driver and guide will meet you at your hotel, in Cusco or the Sacred Valley, and take you to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The first stop will be Pisaq, here in the company of your guide, you will explore the most traditional market in the Sacred Valley and its many colourful handcrafts, which represent many local traditional products and make for excellent souvenirs. Here, villagers come and bring the produce and handcrafts from their communities in order to sell them. Then, you will visit the archeological complex of PIsaq, which in times of yore served religious, military and agricultural purposes. The ruins were built in a strategic position overlooking the valley, from there, you will be afforded a stunning view while you explore unique sites like the Sun Temple, a cemetery, water ducts and agricultural terraces. You will have the opportunity to visit the Andean community of Amaru, where you will experience the daily life of a typical mountain community and observe how the people weave textiles, such as belts blankets and how they grow and harvest their produce. You will also have an opportunity to taste the food they prepare with products that they themselves harvest.
Then, you will head to Ollantaytambo, one of the last Incan refuges during Spanish colonization. Here, you will be able to appreciate the unique architecture, narrow streets (so narrow cars do not fit), cobblestone paths and beautiful landscape. The powerful and impressive Ollantaytambo ruins, temples and terraces will, once again, leave you without wods. These sites continue to be well preserved since the Spanish conquest and provide an incredible perspective of how towns were designed during the Incan period. Finally, we will take you back to your hotel, in Cusco or the Sacred Valley.
Meals: Lunch
Tour Pricing Options
All prices are per person (based on double occupancy).
Hotels are not included in this tour.
Inclusions
Includes
- All Local Taxes
- A Professional English Speaking Tour Guide.
- All Tours And Transfers.
- Entrance fees to the archaeological sites of Pisac ruins, and Ollantaytambo.
Not Included
- Personal expenses
- Other services not mentioned.
- Meals not specified.
- Tips For guides, drivers Etc (voluntary).
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