Sacred Valley Tour: Pisaq, Awanacancha & Ollantaytambo – Private Service

We’ll pick you up from your hotel, and then we’ll move towards the Sacred Valley of the Inkas through beautiful Andean landscapes: Mountains, rivers, crop fields, etc. 

Firstly, we’ll arrive at the town of Pisaq to observe the construction design of the archaeological site of Pisaq, which many say portrays the profile of a condor. Pisaq is known mainly for two reasons – for its famous craft market and its archaeological site. Here we will have free time to wander the market and to interact with the many local artisans. The ruins of Pisaq, high above the modern town on the mountain, is one of the most important of the Sacred Valley. 

Next, we will stop on the way to visit the animal sanctuary of Cochawasi: here we may observe many of the native Andean species such as the puma, Andean cóndor, alpacas, and many more. Further en route, we will stop for at a spectacular viewing location to observe the Urubamba river as it curves like a serpent through the mosaic-like agricultural lands. 

Then we’ll arrive at Ollantaytambo, an ancient construction designed for agricultural investigations and studies of different crops in a range of altitudes. Here, the many concentric “rings” of terraces produce a fine gradient of micro-climates; the warmth of the lowest central ring slowly dissipates as the
rings ascend outward and upward, creating reductions in temperatures until reaching the ground-level norm. 

Finally, we’ll return to Cusco and drop you off at your hotel.