Peru Tours

Pacchanta (4,300m) — base community at the foot of Ausangate Otorongo Macho Lagoon (4,450m) — 'Male Jaguar' Otorongo Hembra Lagoon (4,500m) — 'Female Jaguar' Puca Cocha (4,550m) — 'Red Lake', glacial runoff

Cusco City Tour — Qoricancha, Cathedral, Sacsayhuaman and 3 Inca ruins Pisac artisan market + Inca ruins above the town Maras Salt Mines (5,000+ pools) + Moray circular terraces Ollantaytambo fortress — only living Inca town in Peru

Chinchero (3,762 m) — living Inca textile village + colonial church on Inca foundations Moray — circular Inca terraces, 15°C microclimate gradient Maras Salt Mines — 5,000+ artisanal salt pools Ollantaytambo fortress — the only Inca military victory against the conquistadors

Maras Salt Mines — 5,000+ artisanal salt pools in use since the Inca period Moray — circular terraces: the most sophisticated agricultural laboratory of the Inca Empire Ollantaytambo — the only living Inca town + train station Tourist train Ollantaytambo ↔ Aguas Calientes (1h40min through the Urubamba Canyon)

Cusco City Tour — Qoricancha, Cathedral, Sacsayhuaman and 3 Inca ruins Rainbow Mountain Vinicunca (5,200 m) — Peru's 7-color mineral mountain Tourist train Ollantaytambo ↔ Aguas Calientes through Urubamba Canyon Machu Picchu (2,430 m) — New 7th Wonder of the World

Poroy Station — Peru Rail departure point, 20 km from Cusco Aguas Calientes / Machu Picchu Pueblo (2,040 m) Machu Picchu Archaeological Park (2,430 m) Urubamba Canyon — 3.5 hours of Andean cloud forest by train

Tourist train Ollantaytambo ↔ Aguas Calientes — 1h40min through Urubamba Canyon Machu Picchu (2,430 m) — UNESCO World Heritage Site + New 7th Wonder Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain (5,200 m) — Peru's 7-color mineral mountain 4 km hike to the summit — 870 m elevation gain from the trailhead

Cusco City Tour — Qoricancha, Cathedral, Sacsayhuaman + 4 ruins Super Sacred Valley — Moray, Maras, Ollantaytambo, Pisac, Chinchero Amazon Route — Cusco → Santa Teresa → Hydroelectric Station (no inbound train) Jungle trail Hydroelectric → Aguas Calientes (2.5 hr walk)

Expedition tourist train Ollantaytambo ↔ Aguas Calientes — most scenic rail in South America 1 night in Aguas Calientes (2,040 m) — relaxed acclimatization before Machu Picchu Sunrise entry to Machu Picchu — first bus 05:30, citadel at 06:00 2-hour guided visit with MINCETUR bilingual guide (Circuit 2)

Cusco City Tour — Qoricancha + Cathedral + 4 Ruins South Circuit — Tipon, Pikillaqta and Andahuaylillas (the Sistine Chapel of the Americas) Maras + Moray + Chinchero Sacred Valley — Pisac + Ollantaytambo

Cusco City Tour — Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman and 4 archaeological ruins Maras Salt Mines + Moray agricultural terraces Sacred Valley — Chinchero, Pisac and Ollantaytambo Expedition train (Ollantaytambo ↔ Aguas Calientes)

Sacred Valley — views of Chicon, Salkantay and Veronica snow-capped mountains Santa Teresa — lunch stop with cloud forest scenery Hidroeléctrica — start of the 3-hour jungle trail to Aguas Calientes Mandor Gardens — orchids and waterfalls along the jungle trail

Machu Picchu Archaeological Park (2,430 m) — 7th Wonder of the Modern World Expedition or Voyager tourist train (Ollantaytambo ↔ Aguas Calientes) 2-hour guided visit with MINCETUR bilingual guide Urubamba Canyon cloud forest train journey

Machu Picchu entrance terrace — the world's most iconic viewpoint Sacred Plaza — Temple of the Three Windows and Intihuatana Sun Tower — circular architecture in golden morning light Agricultural terraces with llamas — best at early morning

Waqrapukara fortress (4,300 m) — two natural horn-shaped rock towers Apurímac River canyon — one of the deepest gorges in the Andes Sangarará village (~3,130 m) — Andean breakfast Puna grassland trail — vicuñas, Andean fox, condor possible

Taray Viewpoint — first panoramic view of the Sacred Valley Pisac (2,970 m) — Inca ruins & artisan market Urubamba — buffet lunch Ollantaytambo (2,792 m) — megalithic Inca fortress

Checacupe — Inca, Colonial and Republican bridges over the Vilcanota Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain Range (4,900 m) — 3 colored mountains in one circuit Stone Forest Ccacca Loma — wind-carved rock formations at 4,900 m Views of the Four Lagoons and Nevado Ausangate (6,384 m)

Cusipata (3,600 m) — Andean breakfast stop Chillihuani (~4,300 m) — trailhead Vinicunca / Rainbow Mountain (5,200 m) — the summit Red Valley — optional 30-min detour from the summit

Chinchero (3,762 m) — Inca palace walls + live textile weaving Moray (3,500 m) — Inca agricultural laboratory, 15°C microclimate differential Maras Salt Mines (3,380 m) — 5,000+ pools, Cretaceous ocean salt Ollantaytambo (2,792 m) — living Inca town, sun temple

Moray — Inca circular terraces (15°C temperature difference between rings) Maras Salt Mines — 5,000+ white salt pools, Qoripujio spring ATV ride through Sacred Valley highlands (3,350–3,500 m) Salt and artisan chocolate tasting at Maras