5-Day Peru Culture and Heritage Tour from Cusco with Machu Picchu

Receive a welcome at the airport and transfer to the hotel, where you will have a chance to acclimatize and avoid altitude problems.

Start the tour at 1:40 p.m. at Cusco's Main Square, also known as Huacaypata.

Visit the Qoricancha Temple. The Santo Domingo Church and Monastery were built upon the Incan foundations of the Qoricancha Temple, where Inti, the Incas' Sun God, was worshipped, and some of its original walls are still preserved. This is also the place where the great Inti Raymi celebration begins every 21st of June, in honour of Inti during the Winter Solstice.

Explore beautiful sites such as Saqsaywaman, Q'enco Archaeological Complex, Puka Pukara Archaeological Complex, and Tambomachay.

Return to Cusco and enjoy a free evening.

Get picked up at your hotel between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m. for an approximately three-hour trip to the village of Cusipata.

Enjoy a varied breakfast there.

Start your adventure with a 1-and-a-half-hour hike, during which you will appreciate beautiful landscapes full of streams, mountains, snowcapped peaks, as well as local flora and fauna.

Continue towards Vinicunca, or Rainbow Mountain, with enough time to immortalize this magical place in photographs and memories. From here, you will also be able to appreciate views of the snowcapped Mount Ausangate, revered by the Incas as the Cusco region's Tutelary Apu, or Sacred Mountain.

Head back down to Chilca, where you will have lunch after this magical experience.

Return to the city of Cusco, arriving at around 6:00 p.m.

Get picked up at your hotel around 8:20 a.m. Drive from Corao to the Urubamba River and explore the Incan City of Pisac, with its incredible panoramic views over the Sacred Valley.

Visit Pisac's typical market, where you will have the opportunity to get to know the customs of its local inhabitants up close.

Have lunch at a local restaurant in the Incas' Sacred Valley.

In the afternoon, visit the Fortress of Ollantaytambo, built to watch over other parts of the valley and protect it from possible invasions by jungle populations.

Take the train from Ollantaytambo to Machupicchu Pueblo to spend the night at a local hotel.

According to the guide's indications, visit Machu Picchu. Go to the bus station to board a tour bus, which will take you up a craggy road for about 30 minutes to reach the Incan City of Machu Picchu, Peru's wonder and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Arrive at Machu Picchu and visit the Main Square, Temple of the Sun, Solar Calendar, Royal Residence, Temple of the Three Windows, and other architectural compounds of interest for a little over two hours.

Have some free time to explore the Incan city on your own.

Take a bus back down to Machupicchu Pueblo to have lunch and take a stroll around the village.

Get to the railway station 30 minutes before your train's departure to go to Ollantaytambo.

Transfer to a vehicle waiting to take you to the city of Cusco, at Regocijo Square.

Take a taxi to your hotel for your overnight stay.

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel and transfer from the hotel to the airport. If you have a flight in the afternoon or at night, the guide can schedule the service at an additional cost.