SACRED VALLEY TOUR FROM OLLANTAYTAMBO
The Sacred Valley tour from Ollantaytambo is ideal if you are staying at a hotel in the Sacred Valley or returning from Machu Picchu. Visit the circular Inca terraces of Moray, the Maras Salt Mines, and the archaeological site of Chinchero. Along the way, enjoy panoramic views of the Andes and discover traditional Andean culture.
Your full-day tour begins with a guided visit to Ollantaytambo. Continue to Moray and the Maras Salt Mines before visiting Chinchero’s traditional weaving center. After exploring these remarkable historic sites, travel to Cusco.
This private tour includes pickup, comfortable transportation, entrance tickets, and a professional guide throughout the day. It is a convenient way to visit several of the Sacred Valley’s main attractions while traveling between Ollantaytambo and Cusco.
Itinerary
Day 1: Sacred Valley Tour from Ollantaytambo Itinerary
We begin with hotel pickup in Ollantaytambo or Urubamba (2,846 masl) at 8:00 am. First, we take a guided visit through Ollantaytambo's temples, aqueducts, and granaries. Then a scenic drive climbs out of the valley toward the Andean plateau.
From there, we continue to Moray (3,500 masl), where the Incas used four circular depressions as an agricultural experimentation cemter. Next, we visit the Maras salt mines (3,380 masl). Here, spring salty water still fills more than four thousand pools on the hillside.
We then head to the Andean village of Chinchero (3,762 masl) for a weaving demonstration. Local weavers show how they cut, spin, and dye llama and alpaca fiber. We also visit the Inca palace remains and the sixteenth-century colonial church. Finally, we drive to Cusco and drop you off at your hotel or the airport.
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