Sacred Valley of the Inkas: Premium Small Group Full Day Tour with an Experienced Guide
4.7
90 Ratings
Chinchero
Experience the wonders of the Sacred Valley of the Inkas on a premium small group full day tour. Explore the second most important area of the Inka empire with an experienced guide and enjoy excellent service at the best price.
Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ollantaytambo - We will pick you up between 6:45 and 7:00 am from your hotel, then we will leave cusco in the direction of the Sacred Valley where we will visit 5 archaeological zones. First, we will arrive at the colonial city of chincheros. There we will visit a craf workshop, the chinchero archeological center and the plaza during 1.5 hours before heading to our second archaeological site. We will visit Maras Moray and Salinas (salt mine) during 2 hours. We will visit the traditional city of Moray to learn about its intriguing indigenous culture. There we will see the mysterious Terrazas de Moray, a unique archaeological site with gigantic natural holes. In Salinas de Maras we will see the salt mines that the Incas used to establish trade to prosper. After, we go to the Urubamba Valley where you can enjoy an exquisite lunch buffet for 30 hours. After this delicious lunch, you will continue to the Ollantaytambo Fortress to discover its impressive Temple of the Sun. During the Inca civil war, this imposing structure of 12 feet (3.5 m) of stones served as a key defensive barrier. This tour will be approx. 1 hour. After, we will visit Pisac, an incredible Inca city that constitutes one of the most important archaeological centers of the region. We will visit the beautiful temples, palaces and well preserved terraces built on the edge of the precipices that still conserve their straight aqueducts. After visiting these 5 archaeological sites, we headed to the city of Cusco and arrived at 7:30 p.m.
What's Included
  • Roundtrip transportation from Cusco to the Sacred Valley
  • Visits to 5 destinations with an expert guide
  • Pre-tour briefing at the office
  • Included lunch
  • Professional bilingual (Spanish/English) guide
  • Pick-up from your hotel in Cusco (6:30-7:00 AM)
  • First Aid equipment and oxygen available
What's Not Included
  • the full tickets you pay to the government $25USD for the 5 Destinations
Additional Information

We cater to intimate groups, providing an enjoyable and knowledgeable guide who will tour you throughout the entire Sacred Valley - the second most significant region of the Inka empire following Cusco, its capital. We pride ourselves in offering the best value and remarkable service, continuously available to assist you with all your requirements. Above all, we possess an immense degree of flexibility.

  • El guia es bilingüe y dara el tour en los dos idiomas
Location
Chinchero
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sara_l
May 23, 2024
Wonderful time!! - I felt the tour did a good job giving an introduction to all the sites listed. We were picked up from the hotel as promised. Knowledgeable tour guide and safe bus operator!! I was unaware of the option to stay in Ollantaytambo but with that knowledge now I would still encourage people to finish the tour and go to Pisac. Would love to go back to some of the sites again I enjoyed my time there so much :)
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Vivlg
May 22, 2024
The best experience! Highly recommended - Incredible tour! It is super complete, our guide was Pamela and she is the best guide we have ever had, we are Pamelovers! All the places well explained, the buffet food delicious, we definitely hope to have a tour with her again!
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Didigradinarska
May 13, 2024
Do recommend see a lot in 1 day - This was one of the best trips we did. We had a very limited time in Peru and having the option to see and do so much in one go was absolutely incredible. Our tour guide Alfredo was incredibly knowledgeable with amazing sense of humour and answered every question we had. Made the trip very memorable and we learned a lot from him. If you had a tight schedule this tour will really help to see a lot .
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Gavytod
May 8, 2024
Stellar Experience! - The Sacred Valley of the Incas Tour Premium was stellar! My guide, Ketty was phenomenal. Dennis was our driver and holy cow can he handle those high and winding roads like a champ! When I booked the tour, Mega Expeditions, the tour operator, got in touch with me right away and offered a Zoom call to review everything. They also followed up with me on WhatsApp a day before the tour, the morning of the tour to remind me of important details such as what to bring, and after the tour to ensure an amazing experience. I can’t recommend this tour enough! One of the BEST tours I’ve ever been on.
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187bahare
May 4, 2024
A great experience! Ran very smoothly was very thorough 😊 - This was such a thorough tour of the Sacred Valley! We visited all the major villages and had the opportunity to see many beautiful sites. We are very grateful to have had Pam run our group - she was very friendly, insightful, considerate, and organized. She made sure we got to do everything we wanted within the scheduled timeframe. Thanks Pam!
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Hannahrx2267vd
May 4, 2024
Great day in Sacred Valley with Pam! - Had the most amazing day in and around the Sacred Valley with our tour guide, Pamela. She made the experience excellent with her positive attitude, detailed and interesting information at each site and her great sense of humour. She kept our group on track to visit all of the different sites throughout the day and got us back to Cusco right on time. Truly grateful for our amazing trip with Pam!
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Tschamila
May 2, 2024
Great Sacred Valley Tour! - We enjoyed this tour very much. Everything was well organised - we could visit five destinations and more! Our tour guide Ketty was great. Highly recommended!
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Weiweibangbang
Apr 30, 2024
Amazing Valley - This is very nice experience , especially the guide tour Mr. Philip, is a very full energy person , and good service for every client . The time schedule is arranged in properly . And even though surprising me during the tour . You must to try this tour when you stay at Cusco .
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276leonac
May 9, 2024
Amazing tour guide - Amazing tour guide who gave informative info about the attractions. She is very knowledgable about the history of the places and also helped me to take some nice pics.
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Taxman144
May 11, 2024
Great value with some asterisks - This tour is a great value. I paid $30 (plus cost of entry to the sites) for 5 major Sacred Valley attractions. If I was to do it on my own, a taxi there and back to a single site without a guide would cost more. So the value is there for sure. The trade-off is you are doing a lot in a single day, and it's pretty exhausting. You also feel rushed in many of the sites, with no more than 30 minutes at most. It's a great way to check all the boxes if you are short on time, but it's also not really giving any of the locations the full time they deserve. That said, you know what you're signing up for so I won't hold that against the operator. The tour is bilingual and the English explanations are pretty short. Maybe 3 minutes per location. Adequate but not great. The guide was a nice guy though. My gripe is the three shops we had to visit which ate up at least 60-75 minutes of total time. I get it, the tour price is so competitive because of the kickbacks from the shops, but it's still annoying and given the super long and exhausting day as is, I could have used the time back to get back to Cusco earlier. Buffet lunch was ok nothing to write home about. Again the value is very good. If you only have a day to do the valley it hits the spot. But if budget isn't an issue I'd try to do something that just focuses on the sites and not the shops.
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