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Sacred Valley Tour from Cusco
Badge of ExcellenceCusco, Peru
From $35.00
Price varies by group size
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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
- 1 day
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Visit one of Peru’s most famous areas, aside from Machu Picchu, on this 10-hour day trip to the Sacred Valley from Cusco. Pass through the ancient Inca sites of Saqsaywaman and Tambomachay, and explore the Inca site of Pisac. Along the way, visit a Peruvian weaving house, and see a demonstration on dyeing and weaving techniques. Plus, this tour operates with a maximum of 15 people, ensuring you’ll enjoy a small-group experience your expert guide.
- 10-hour day trip to the Sacred Valley from Cusco
- Small-group tour limited to 15 people ensures personal attention from your guide
- Pass through the ancient Inca sites of Saqsaywaman and Tambomachay
- Explore the Inca site of Pisac, and take in the stunning views over the valley
- Visit a weaving house, and see a demonstration on dyeing and weaving techniques
- Choose to upgrade to an all-inclusive package, which includes attraction admission and lunch
- Cusco hotel pickup and drop-off is included
What's Included
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Transport
- English-speaking guide
- Entrance fees (admission tickets)
- Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Start time
07:30 AM
What To Expect
Your 10-hour day trip to Peru’s Sacred Valley starts with a 7:40am pickup from your Cusco hotel. Relax on your drive as you pass through the ancient Inca sites of Saqsaywaman and Tambomachay on your way into the valley.
Your first stop is at a village in Pisac. Visit a local market that gives you a better idea about life in this area. You can choose to pick up some souvenirs here if you’d like (own expense). Explore the Inca ruins site that’s here, and see ancient temples, residences, altars, channels, carvings, tunnels, and caves.
Afterward, your group gets back in the car for about a 40-minute drive to Urubamba. Once there, enjoy an Andean buffet lunch (own expense) before continuing your journey to Ollantaytambo. Stop by a local weaving house, and watch a demonstration on dyeing and weaving techniques.
Hop back into your vehicle, and relax on the drive back to your hotel in Cusco. Return to your hotel at about 6pm with the rest of the night’s activities in your own hands.
Your first stop is at a village in Pisac. Visit a local market that gives you a better idea about life in this area. You can choose to pick up some souvenirs here if you’d like (own expense). Explore the Inca ruins site that’s here, and see ancient temples, residences, altars, channels, carvings, tunnels, and caves.
Afterward, your group gets back in the car for about a 40-minute drive to Urubamba. Once there, enjoy an Andean buffet lunch (own expense) before continuing your journey to Ollantaytambo. Stop by a local weaving house, and watch a demonstration on dyeing and weaving techniques.
Hop back into your vehicle, and relax on the drive back to your hotel in Cusco. Return to your hotel at about 6pm with the rest of the night’s activities in your own hands.
Sacred Valley of the Incas
8 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
Pisac
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Machupicchu Latin America (Pass By)
Archaeological Park Ollantaytambo
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
Pisac Market
40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Awana Kancha
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Urubamba
50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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4.5
52 reviews
Jennie_E, Apr 2024
Fabricio was a great guide and this was an incredible experience! We learned so much - he focused a lot on education. The natural beauty and Incan ruins were amazing!
Chris_M, Feb 2024
Our family of four from Australia (husband, wife, and two daughters, 13 and 11) recently took a day trip to the Sacred Valley, starting with a punctual hotel pickup. The inclusion of an animal rescue stop was a highlight, especially for our daughters who thoroughly enjoyed the animal interactions. The weaving demonstration was fascinating, though the subsequent shop visit wasn’t in line with our day's plan, preferring experiences over shopping.
The tour guide, Luis, was informative and made our visit to Pisac quite engaging. However, the tour also included a silver jewelry manufacturing demonstration, which, while interesting, was another deviation from our expectation of focusing more on historical and cultural insights rather than commercial stops.
Lunch at Urubamba posed a challenge. The restaurant, not being close to other, more affordable options, left us with limited choices. We hadn’t opted for the buffet lunch to save costs (60 sol per adult and 45 sol per child), but managed to negotiate ordering a la carte meals to share, thanks to our guide’s assistance.
The visit to the Ollantaytambo site was impressive and a highlight of the tour, justifying its inclusion in our itinerary. However, our experience ended there, as we did not proceed to Machu Picchu like some other travellers.
A significant concern arose when we left a couple of items on the bus due to a hasty departure amidst Carnival-induced traffic jams in Cusco. Despite our guide's early warnings about leaving belongings behind, we accidentally left a hat and a jumper. Contacting the tour company, Fredi, resulted in the recovery of the hat but not the jumper, despite repeated inquiries and assurances of checks. Our attempts to recover these items were met with initial responsiveness that faded, leaving us without a resolution or the ability to collect the found hat before our departure.
In summary, while the day trip offered memorable experiences and valuable cultural insights, it was marred by an emphasis on shopping and a disappointing post-tour customer service regarding lost belongings. For future travellers, this tour offers a mix of impressive sights and experiences but be prepared for commercial stops and ensure personal belongings are secure.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Good morning Chris,
Thaank you for your time and leaving your feed back, let me clarify somepoints of your complain .
According the stated itinerary we visited all places as you mention
1.- The rescue center to see son Llamas, alpacas which most people likes as you mention as well. this place as you noted belong to a community and this support many families and they are allow to sell their handmade products in on the rooms in this rescue center. Our guide always provide the information which is not mandatory to purchase, so you can opt to stay longer in the area picturing the aminlas and the ones who wants to help and support the pnace can enter in the store and purchase.
2.- In pisac according the itinerary we visit pisac inca site and the market. after the guided tour in the inca site of pisac our guide remark free time in the market or if you would like to learn about pottery and slved hand made as pisac town is know as artisan.
3.- regarding Lunch point, we look for safe and quality to care your health specially as most poeple visit next day Machupicchu. the average rate for buffet lunch in the sacred valley is US$ 16. By the way, the resevaturants in the valley are not located together most of them 5 to 7 minutes away from each other.
4.- Again our itinerary states that we end the tour at ollantaytambo as most people goes to Machupicchu and we return after one hour to Cusco where ends the experience for people does not continue the journey to Machupicchu.
As we informed you we look at the car for your items but we found only one which we returned you. The other item was not found on the car.
I am sorry but this time I am not agree with your pint of view where mentions that we are focusing on shopping. actually first we always visit all offered places even more than others always in small groups and that they you were only 8 people.
Important: Peru, specially Cusco is a tourist city and most of towns work with tourism and places like the rescue center and the pottery in picas is a comunity work we try to help and support them and our guides alwus ask if wanto enter if not they frovise few minutes free to continue the triup we never force anyone to shop or enter in this 2 places which actually are stated in the itinerary.
Thank you again for your time, we definetly foccus in your recomendations like offer more restaurants for lunch.
Best regards
Jorge
Andrew_M, Oct 2023
Super well organised and efficient. Great communication throughout.
The guides were excellent - very knowledgeable about Quechua history, architecture, philosophy, maths, traditions etc which they told to us in interesting stories.
Eric_R, Oct 2023
I had a wonderful time on this tour of the Sacred Valley! The tour was beautiful and very educational. Fabrizio was a wonderful tour guide and a very friendly guy! Highly recommend :)
Ann_A, Jun 2023
Our tour guide Gary and driver Juan were amazing! We enjoyed the tour. Gary is very passionate about sharing the Inka history. Recommend!!!
Vida_H, Feb 2023
Our guide Gary was very good and tentative and made our jurney fun and interesting. We visitied old inca cities
Noora_A, Nov 2022
Our guide Louis was excellent, his knowledge on the history of the Inca runs deep and he gave us a lot more than just the run-of-the-mill speech when we visited the ruins in Ollantaytambo.
Eledria_J, Oct 2022
Please save your money and avoid the VIP package and go with the basic package. The VIP package is overpriced and only includes lunch and a 2-day ticket that includes entrance to multiple places but the tour ONLY takes you to Ollantaytambo. Lunch is a buffet which was equivalent to $15 USD and the entrance ticket was $17 USD. That's $32 USD total. That plus the $35 for the basic ticket, is $67. In other words, you're better off buying the basic ticket and paying for lunch and the entrance out of pocket. However, The company must have an agreement with certain shops because the ones we stopped at were outrageously expensive (like several thousands soles) for alpalca clothing. The jewelry place that we stopped at was a waste of time and the prices were also crazy high (higher than in the US for like items). I was on a tour with another guy and we both were appalled by the prices...it almost felt like they were trying to take advantage of the fact that we were foreigners. I'm all for haggling but these prices were just ridiculous.
The tour itself was ok and Ollantaytambo is beautiful! However, we had to ask the driver to stop so that we could take photos, as the bus just drove by all the nice viewpoints. I would have much rather had more time to take in the views than spending time in over-priced shops.
Response from Host, Oct 2022
Hi Eledria,
Thank you for taking a time to leave us your value feedback,that day in particular the group including yourself was only 2 people so we provided a private guided tour with one of our top guides Gary and one of our best drivers Juan in a minivan (capacity for 12 people Hyndai brand). Our operations starts in Cusco at 7:30am having multiple stops like the rescue center so see Llamas, Alpacas and Vicuñas, Moray the famous view point of the Sacred Valey in Pisac we can visit a local jewelry store but is only optional where our guieds always ask if someone wants to stop there (that day were only you and one more person), then we Visit Pisac and on the way to Ollantaytambo we stop at urubamba for Lunch here again our guides provide the options for lunh and specially when the groups are small (1 or 2 people9 they opt not stop at the buffet instead we go straight to Aguas Ollantaytambo for the guided tour in this towm small goups (1 to 1 people) opt to have lunch.
Our company and guides are very flexible to stop or skip places up to our guest request.
We feel bad that our efforts i providing even a private tour for 2 people couldnt cover your expectations, your feedback will definetely help us to keep inproving and remark to ask about stops.
Best regards
Fredi
Frank_B, Sep 2022
Guide Bernardo was exceptional and provided a lot of historical background information about the Incas and their civilisation
Vince_R, Aug 2022
Our tour guide Michael was a wealth of information and advocate for the Inca culture and Peruvian people. I can't say enough good things. He could answer every question asked of him, and was a great person to have lead our tour. In addition, one of the stops is on that 130 soles ticket which you can get on the Avenida del Sol tourism office. (otherwise, you'll pay 70 for entrance) It was just a great time. Not rushed, and a great time.
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