Sacred Valley Tour with Ollantaytambo Drop-Off and Salt Ponds
From €23 per person
See availability →A Sacred Valley tour with Ollantaytambo drop-off: weavers in Chinchero, Moray's terraces, the Maras salt ponds, a buffet lunch and a finish at the fortress town.
This Sacred Valley tour with Ollantaytambo drop-off follows the valley and ends where the trains to Aguas Calientes leave. Your guide picks you up early in the morning, either in central Cusco or at a meeting point close by.
First comes Chinchero, a small town with a long weaving tradition. You see textiles made with Inca techniques, visit its archaeological site and step into an old church near the centre. Then Moray shows its agricultural terraces cut into the hillside, built so that different crops could grow on the mountain. Close by, the Maras salt ponds, over 5,000 of them, draw on a natural spring that is still used.
Lunch is a buffet in Urubamba, the valley's main town. After it, a van takes you to Ollantaytambo, where you climb over 200 steps to the terraced fortress above the town, an important defensive site in Inca times.
- Bilingual guide and van transport
- Buffet lunch in Urubamba
- First-aid kit and oxygen bottle for emergencies
The guided part ends in the afternoon, and from there you can wander the town or board a train toward Aguas Calientes under your own steam. Entrance tickets are paid separately.