Inti Raymi Tour 2025 Experience the Inca Festival in Cusco

Overview

Experience the Magic of the Inti Raymi Festival with Our 2025 Tour

The Inti Raymi Tour offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the grand Festival of the Sun, celebrated annually in Cusco. This tour immerses you in Andean culture, where you’ll experience the rituals, music, and traditions of the Inca Empire. Join us in June 2025 to celebrate this colorful festival, just as the Incas did centuries ago.

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Day 1: Arrival in Cusco and City Tour

Your Inti Raymi Tour begins with your arrival in Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire. After settling in, you’ll enjoy a city tour that includes visits to the Qorikancha (Temple of the Sun), Plaza de Armas, and the impressive ruins of Sacsayhuamán, where the Inti Raymi festival takes place. For more details, visit Leading Peru Travel.

Day 2: Inti Raymi Festival Celebration

The second day is dedicated to the grand celebration of Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. Held annually on June 24th, this ancient Inca festival honors Inti, the Sun God, with traditional dances, music, and rituals. You’ll have a front-row seat to witness the ceremonial reenactments in Sacsayhuamán, one of Cusco’s most important archaeological sites.

Day 3: Free Day to Explore Cusco

After the excitement of the festival, you’ll have a free day to explore the city of Cusco at your own pace. Take the time to visit local markets, museums, or simply relax in the charming streets of this historic city.

Day 4: Departure

On your final day of the Inti Raymi Tour, you’ll have some time to enjoy Cusco before your departure. Reflect on the vibrant cultural experiences you’ve enjoyed during the festival.

Why Choose the Inti Raymi Tour for 2025?

The Inti Raymi Tour is perfect for travelers who want to experience the cultural heart of Peru. This tour offers a deep dive into Andean history and traditions, giving you a front-row seat to one of the most important festivals in Inca history.

Ready to join the Inti Raymi celebration? Contact us via WhatsApp for fast assistance and personalized help. Click here: WhatsApp +51 984 509 207 and start planning your unforgettable cultural journey today!

Itinerary

Inti Raymi is an Inca festival that is celebrated in Cusco every year. The event features a dramatic recreation of the ancient ritual of thanking the sun for the harvest, featuring hundreds of actors and dancers dressed in traditional clothing. The ceremony takes place on the Sacsayhuaman esplanade and offers a unique cultural experience.

First Day: WELCOME AND TOUR IN CUSCO:

Welcome at the airport in Cusco and transfer to the hotel in the morning.
Coca tea at the hotel
City Tour around Cusco and outskirts Cathedral, Sacsayhuaman Qoricancha Tambo machay … (14:00 hrs – 18:00 hrs.)
Night in selected hotel in Cusco

We’ll be waiting for you at the airport in Cusco on your arrival date, take you to the hotel where you will rest for an hour, you’ll have a cup of coca tea and we will pick you up from your Hotel in the afternoon (13:30 hrs) to start with the tour around Cusco and outskirts.

We pick you up from your Hotel to start visiting the following attractives, with a professional guide:

The Koricancha Palace and Convent of Santo Domingo Religious center known as “The Temple of the Sun” where you will admire the impressive engineering used in its construction.

The Cathedral: Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value.

Sacsayhuaman: Built at 3 Km. From the city of Cusco, impressive stone fortress with an excellent architecture, Famous for its huge carved stones some of which are at 9 m/30 feet off the floor,with a weigh of 350 tons. Here is where the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol is held in June Every year.

Qenqo: Ceremonial and ritual center, amphitheatre where sacrifices were made.

Puca-Pucara:.- An old Tambo (resting place), monitoring place throughout the Inka Empire Routes.

Tambomachay: At 7 Km. From the city of Cusco, ceremonial center of cult to the water, known traditionally as the place where water rests excursion time: around 5 hours.

Second day: MACHU-PICCHU TOUR IN ONE DAY

Breakfast at the Hotel
Tour to Machupicchu by train.06:00 hrs – 20:00 hrs)
Return to Cusco in the afternoon.
Night in selected Hotel in Cusco

From 5:45 hrs to 6:00 hrs., we pick you up from your Hotel in Cusco (3400 mosl) and drive you to the Train Station, located in Poroy, then we get aboard the train and the trip from Cusco starts heading to Aguas Calientes (2000 mosl).

Our Guide Will be waiting there , he will lead us to the bus station, to go up by a zigzag way for 30 minutes to reach the world wide marvel The Sanctuary of Machupicchu, known as the lost city of the Incas.

Once we get to Machu-Picchu, We’ll pass throught the control, where we’ll hand in our entrance tickets and where our guided tour will start, visiting the main square, the Circular tower, the sacred solar watch, the royal rooms, the temple of the three windows and the cementeries, it lasts around two hours.

Afterwards you’ll be given enough time to have a walk around the citadel and have your meals , at any restaurant in Aguas Calientes or if you wish at Santuary Lodge (this is not included).

In the afternoon, betwen 15:30hrs pm and 17:00hrs pm we’ll return on train to Cusco, we’ll be waiting for you at the train station and then we’ll take you back to your hotel.

Third Day: Inti Raymi Tour

Breakfast at the Hotel
Tour Intiraymi (08:00 hrs – 16:00 hrs)
Night in selected hotel in Cusco

This Tour starts at 08:00 hrs, picking you up from the hotel, then we go the first place. The ceremony of INTIRAYMI has three different scenes in three different places , It starts at the Qoricancha Palace placed on Av. El Sol.

then we head for main square (Plaza de Armas del Cusco) where the second scene will be held and finally it ends with the special scene held in Sacsayhuaman ( 3 km from Cusco) where we will go on bus.

Fourth Day: Farewell

Breakfast at the Hotel
Transfer from the Hotel to Cusco’s Airport.

We’ll be at your hotel at least two hours before your flight leaves to take you to the airport Where you should check your plane ticket and pay the airport tax, we’ll see you to the departure launge.

Includes

The service includes:

Tour Intiraymi in a VIP area with lunch box
All transfers to hotels, airports, stations and attractions.
Tours to Machu Picchu, Cuzco City and surrounding areas.
All transportation on the tours.
Roundtrip Train Ticket Cusco – Machupicchu – Cusco
Roundtrip Bus tickets Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Aguas Calientes.
Professional Tourist Guide in English or Spanish
Entrance tickets for the attractions.
3 nights in hotel (according to to availability).
3 buffet breakfasts at the hotels.

Recommendations

WE RECOMMEND :

Wear light shoes or snickers.
Drink much liquid.
Water proof raincoat, for the rainy season.
Long sleeve T-shirts
Long Pants
Sun Block and hats for the sunny days.
Binoculares
Sun glasses, plastic bags.
Medicines and personal use items (contact glasses liquid)
A light backpack per person
Recorder camera or photographic camera with spare films.
Have change in soles, dollars or euros.

Price

The cost of this Tour is expressed in American dollars and is per person, the cost will depend on the hotel accommodation you choose, we work with hotels from 2** to 5**** stars, it will also depend on the type of room required : single (1 person), double (2 people) and triple (3 people). You can request the list of hotels we work with for your choice.

Important – In the months of January – April the services of the companies Inka Rail and Peru Rail leave and arrive at the stations of Ollantaytambo or Pachar (2 hours from the city of Cusco). – The prices of our Tours include transfers to these stations