Sacred Valley VIP Hour by Hour | 6:20 AM to 7:00 PM

6:20 AM3,350 m

Pickup in downtown Cusco

We leave an hour earlier than the Classic so all five sites fit. We collect you at your hotel, Airbnb or downtown meeting point.

Exact time by WhatsApp the night before
Have breakfast early or bring something light

7:40 AM3,762 m1 h 15 visit

Chinchero

We start at the highest point of the day. Local weavers explain how alpaca is spun and how the colours come from plants and insects; beside them are the Inca terraces and the colonial church.

Weaving demonstration
Colonial church
Highest point of the tour

9:30 AM3,500 m45 min visit

Moray

Concentric terraces dropping like an amphitheatre. Each level has its own microclimate and the Incas used it to experiment with crops.

Circular terraces
Inca agricultural laboratory
Tourist ticket required

11:00 AM3,385 m45 min visit

Maras Salt Mines

Thousands of stepped ponds fill with salty water from an underground spring. Families from the community harvest the salt by hand, as they have for centuries.

More than 3,000 ponds
Community-run
Separate entrance fee

12:30 PM2,871 m50 min

Buffet lunch in Urubamba

We drop to the valley floor for lunch. Rustica is included; 14 Inkas, Don Angel and Tunupa are upgrades you choose at booking.

Andean buffet included
Optional upgrades

2:00 PM2,790 m1 h visit

Ollantaytambo

The great temple-fortress with the Sun Temple on top and, at its feet, the Inca town still lived in with its original streets.

Temple-fortress
Sun Temple
Living Inca town

4:50 PM3,250 m50 min + 30 min in town

Pisac

We close with the Pisac archaeological site: terraces, the Intihuatana and valley views. Then we go down to the town for a 30-minute stop at a silver workshop and the artisan market before returning to Cusco.

Terraces and Intihuatana
Artisan market
Silver workshops

7:00 PM3,350 m

Back in Cusco

Approximate arrival in downtown Cusco after about 12.5 hours on the road.

End of tour

From the plateau to the valley floor

The highest point is Chinchero (3,762 m). Urubamba and Ollantaytambo, where you spend the middle of the day, sit about 500 m lower than Cusco. More about altitude.

3,350 m

Cusco

3,762 m

Chinchero

3,500 m

Moray

3,385 m

Maras

2,871 m

Urubamba

2,790 m

Ollantaytambo

3,250 m

Pisac

3,350 m

Cusco

Questions about the Sacred Valley VIP itinerary

Pickup starts at 6:20 AM; we confirm the exact time for your hotel the night before by WhatsApp.

You are back in downtown Cusco around 7:00 PM.

It is the order that fits five sites into one day: first the high plateau (Chinchero, Moray, Maras), then the valley floor (Urubamba, Ollantaytambo) and Pisac at the end.

The tourist ticket (Pisac, Ollantaytambo and Moray) and the Maras salt mines entry. Details in our ticket guide.

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Buffet lunchIncluded, in Urubamba

The Sacred Valley VIP, hour by hour

Pickup in downtown Cusco

Chinchero

Moray

Maras Salt Mines

Buffet lunch in Urubamba

Ollantaytambo

Pisac

Back in Cusco

From the plateau to the valley floor

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