Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu 2D/1N

Day 1: CUSCO – PISAQ – OLLANTAYTAMBO – AGUAS CALIENTES

We are going to pick you up at your hotel around 8.00 am and drive you to Pisac to see our first Inca ruins. However, on the way to this site we are going to do couple stops for enjoy a textile place and feed and take some pictures with the llamas, alpacas, guanacos and vicuñas likewise few more minutes you will have the chance to see from a nice viewpoint part of the Sacred Valley with Snow-capped mountains and farming lands in the bottom. after keep driving finally our first Inka ruins Pisac you can see magnificent Inca remains, the ancient architecture and engineering of the Inca temples are breathtaking. Our tour guide is gonna explain this amazing place for around 2 hours in order to visit the town where we can find a local market and some indigenous people are still exchanging their products with another-ones also you have the opportunity to buy some souvenirs for your family or for gifts. Anyway, our next stop is Urubamba where is our stop to enjoy our lunch (not included) at one of the local restaurants. From Urubamba, it´s just 25 minutes to get to the last Inca ruins known as Ollantaytambo (Inka Fortress). This ruin was built with pink granite rocks and another unbelievable question that of course our tour guide is gonna explain to you it will be how they transport the weight of the huge rocks around 100 tons which were used as part of the Temple of the Sun. After your tour, you have extra time to walk and explore this Inka town before having a dinner which you can have in any one of the local restaurants. In the evening you will head to the train station which is 10 minutes walking from the main plaza of this town, your train will depart at 7.00 pm to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town), and is a 02 – hour journey. When you arrive in Aguas Calientes (2000 m / 6000 ft above sea level), the town for Machu Picchu, our representative will meet you just outside the train station and take you to your hotel.

Day 2: AGUAS CALIENTES — MACHU PICCHU — CUSCO CITY

We have to wake up very early in the morning of the five days in order to see the sunrise in Machupicchu (if the weather allows) We’ll start with breakfast at the hotel and then head to the bus that will take us to Machupicchu archaeological site. just after getting into Machupicchu we’re going to good spot to take amazing and unforgettable pictures for your Facebook profile. Afterward, your guide is gonna explain you for 2 hours tour in all Machupicchu site and if you want to visit the place by yourself the guides are gonna explain you at that moment. but, before your tour guide will provide your bus ticket for Aguas Calientes town from where you´re going to meet with your tour guide where he is gonna give you tren tickets and explain how to take the train in order to back to Cusco. If you´d like you to have the chance to climb up to Huayna Picchu Mountain that takes around 50 minutes to wreathe summit. From this please you can see Machu Picchu and you will feel as you never did from this, please. But if you want to hike to this mountain just let us know in advance (cost for it $ 20 dollars extra).

Included:

• Professional Tour Guides: All of our tour guides are from the university and at the same time they speak really good English. however the most important is that all our tour guides are local people that grew up in the andes with much ancient knowledge ready to teach you any ancestors tradition but at the same time, they are funny and so professionals making sure safe and happy.
• Permits: after we just receive your deposit and information about you. our staff is in charge to get your permits for the Inca Trail. this permits are for a specific date and your name have to be the same as your passport details.
• Briefing: one day before start your tour, you need to come to our office or we can go to your hotel in order to give all the information that you need
• Transportation: transportations for all the trek/tours are included from the beginning to the end with cars and train (we´ll pick you up from your hotel and take you back in your hotel ¨our service is the door to door¨).
• Equipment: Sparrow Explorer has the best equipment that you need for your tour in order to take you safe and happy enjoying at the same time.
• Food: our healthy and organic food is gonna be prepared by our chef that have a lot of experience cooking in the mountain and at the same time you have the chance to tell us if you don´t eat some allergies in that way our chef will cook without that things.
• Water: this important element we´ll start to supply for your first lunch to your last breakfast and you can refill your plastic bottle or camelback. but from where come this water ?. well this water is taken from the natural springs that there are along the way. filtered and then boiled in order finally to cool down before to give you for a drink or refill your bottles. remember that is really important to drink plenty of water for your hike.
• First Aid Kit: your safety (healthy, safe, satisfy and enjoying) is one of our first priorities. in that way, this first aid kit that we have is complete with basic things that you can need for the trek and oxygen tank just in order to take you safely.
• Extras: we consider it´s just couple details for your trek because we already tell you all the things that you need probably just that you need to get rain poncho, sun cream, and few things that you can get here and is not so much complex to buy.

Not included:

• Daypacks: you should need to bring your own day pack for the hike although it doesn’t have to be so big as a personal experience we suggest to get small o medium day pack but not so big in order to enjoy on the way because remember that our porter are gonna helping you part of your weight. the backpack that you´ll bring has to be with enough space for your: water, sun cream, sun hat, few warm layers, camera, personal snack, headlamps and few more things that you can consider important for your trek.
• Packing list: we suggest you bring for the hike warm layers for the nights, two t-shirts, hiking pants, the jacket is basically the things that you´ll need and if is waterproof or rainwater resistant could be much better. anyway with your rain poncho is gonna be fine. because it cover you until your knees. however you can´t forget to bring hiking boots or trekking shoes and sandals or sneaker.
• Extra Snack: You can bring your own snack or get here.
• Huayna Picchu: this is the name of one mountain next to Machu Picchu site from where you can get nice view of the archeological site surrounding by the Urubamba river and you have the chance to hike to this mountain but let us know when you booking with us because this permit is limited however if you don’t get this permits not worries because you still have the chance to go to the Inca bridge and enjoy the ruins of Machu Picchu because it is really big site.

Altitude Sickness

It’s common to start to wondering about altitude sickness if you thinking to come to Peru, especially in Cusco. however, It’s easy to figure out this problem. You just need to spend a few days in Cusco drinking plenty of water and coca tea.

This is the High Altitude Symptom

headache, tiredness, dizziness, nauseas, tingling, loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, vomiting. Please, If you feel any of this problem contact our company or call a doctor in order to help you. but, this symptom usually is gonna be temporal just you need to drink plenty of water and coca tea. However, some times our customer prefers pills and in that way, we suggest you have an (acetazolamide or dexamethasone) and come a few days before to Cusco.

Weather

In general, the weather here in the andes is unpredictable and that is the way why we suggest to our customers have to be ready for a rainy or sunny day. although, if you have waterproof clothes for sure it’s gonna helping us so much.

First Aid Kit

All of Our mountain guides have their first aid kits and a lot of training in first aid in the mountains and every year they received classes of doctor with the most frequent problems as a (diarrhea, cuts, headache, scrapes,etc.) at the same time they have an oxygen tank in order to help you to feel much better. However, It’s fine if you thinking to bring your own first aid kit for the trek.

Travel Insurance

Always is gonna be a good idea to have travel insurance for your tour or trek and more if you thinking to travel for a few weeks or more of one month. Although, for sure you need to have one if you have any serious illness just in case if something happens.

Please, if you don’t have one is fine.

Environmental Impact

This company is a travel agency that protects our environment. because, as you know the biggest problem that we have been suffering on our planet is global warming. but, we’re a sustainable company that we use a biodegradable staff and at the same time, our principal job is to teach to everyone protect this home (earth planet).

Community

The most important for us is our workers and of course, it means their families of the communities that everybody feels so proud of all of then. because, they still keep having our culture and thanks to all of those things is possible to know more knowledge about our ancestors as their traditions, behaviors, customs, etc. However, our job is to help all of then with books, computers, buildings and with the most important points teaching to everybody how important is our culture and protect everything left by our ancestors. because We think that “Love just the things that you know” and that’s why we have to help to all of then. However, We have to keep teaching not to loss their behaviors or customs in order to preserve and conserve this amazing Culture Inca.