Experience the best of Cusco in 3 days. This package takes you through Cusco’s historic sites, the Sacred Valley, and the legendary ruins of Machu Picchu: the essential highlights of the Inca heartland in one trip.
Suitable for all ages.
No. The package covers daily hotel pickup, transport in modern vehicles and an English or Spanish-speaking guide across the three days. Hotels are not included, which keeps things flexible if you already have somewhere booked. If you would rather we handled it, tell us your budget and preferred area and we will arrange them for you.
Yes. The train through the Sacred Valley to Aguas Calientes is part of the package price, along with all ground transport, daily hotel pickup and your guide across the three days. What sits outside the price are the entrance fees: the Cusco Tourist Ticket and the Machu Picchu ticket, which we purchase for you with your passport details.
We buy them for you. Send us the full names and passport numbers of everyone travelling when you book, and we secure the tickets in your names for the day of your visit. At the entrance you must show the same original passport used for the purchase, since copies and photos are not accepted, and the name has to match exactly. Entry runs on timed slots with a short grace period, so we build the last day around your assigned hour.
Two: the Cusco Tourist Ticket, which covers the city sites and the Sacred Valley, and the Machu Picchu entrance ticket, which we purchase on your behalf. Both are paid separately from the package price, and we confirm the exact amounts before you travel so you know what to bring and what to transfer in advance.
The order helps. You start in Cusco at 3,399 m with the city and its nearby ruins, then drop into the Sacred Valley, several hundred metres lower, and finish at Machu Picchu at 2,430 m, lower still. The itinerary works downwards rather than upwards. Take the first afternoon gently, drink plenty of water, and go easy on alcohol for the first day or two.
Three days covers the essentials: Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. The four-day version adds a full day for Maras and Moray, the salt ponds and the circular Inca terraces. If your time in Peru is tight, this package gets you everything most travellers come for; if you have the extra day, the four-day is the more complete trip.
