Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour 2025 Explore Peru

Overview

Our Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour offers a perfect blend of cultural immersion and adventure, allowing you to experience the best of Peru in just three days. This tour is designed for travelers who want to discover the historical beauty of Cusco and the mystical allure of Machu Picchu. With the Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour, you’ll explore iconic sites and enjoy breathtaking views that define the essence of Peru.

Day 1: Arrival and Guided Cusco City Tour

Your Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour starts with an afternoon tour of Cusco, where you’ll visit the most significant landmarks. The tour includes the Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), the Plaza de Armas, and the Cathedral, as well as the nearby ruins of Sacsayhuamán, Qenqo, Puka Pukara, and Tambomachay. This part of the Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour gives you a deep understanding of the city’s rich cultural and historical significance.

Day 2: Full-Day Adventure to Machu Picchu

The highlight of the Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour is the second day, which is fully dedicated to exploring Machu Picchu. You’ll start with an early morning train journey through the picturesque Sacred Valley. Upon arrival at Machu Picchu, your guided tour will lead you through the ancient ruins, uncovering the secrets of the Inca civilization. The day concludes with a return trip to Cusco, leaving you with unforgettable memories of your Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour.

Day 3: Free Morning in Cusco and Departure

On the final day of your Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour, you have the morning free to explore Cusco at your leisure or to rest before your departure. This three-day tour is the perfect way to experience the highlights of Cusco and Machu Picchu, offering a balanced mix of guided exploration and personal time.

Why Choose the Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour for 2025?

The Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour is the ideal option for travelers who want to explore Peru’s most famous destinations in a short amount of time. With expert guides and a carefully planned itinerary, this tour ensures that you make the most of your visit to Cusco and Machu Picchu.

Book the Cusco and Machu Picchu 3-Day Tour for 2025 and embark on a journey through the heart of the Inca Empire.

Itinerary

Tour 3 days 2 nights “Cusco and Machu Picchu”

Note (All our tourist packages can be modified according to your requirements, the duration of your tour, adding an additional day, flight reservations or other additional destinations).

First Day: Tour Cusco 03 days “welcome and tour in cusco”

Pickup from the airport in Cusco to the hotel
City Tour in the afternoon (from 2p.m to 6:30 pm)
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 (from 13:00 hrs to 18:30 hrs) to start with the tour around Cusco and outskirts.

Tour around Cusco and outskirts: We pick you up from your Hotel to start visiting the following attractives , with aprofessional 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: Located 3 km from the city of Cusco,impressive stone fortress monumental and magnificent architecture, famous for its enormous carved stones,some of which are at 9 m/ 30 feettall and weigh of 350 tons.

Here is where the Inty Raymi or Fiesta del Sol in June take place every year. Qenqo: Ceremonial and ritual center, amphitheater 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 worship of water , traditionally known as the place of water.

Excursiontime: around 5 hours.

Frequency : everyday in the afternoons.

Second Day: Machupicchu tour in one day

Breakfast at the hotel.
Pick up from the hotel in the morning to take you to the train station.
Train to Machupicchu
Welcome to our passenger for our professional guide on the train station in Machupicchu
Guided tour about 2hrs and half.
Free time to take pictures and walk for your own.
Train back to Cusco in the afternoon.
Hotel in Cusco

From 05:45 hrs to 06:00 hrs., we pick you up from your Hotel in Cusco (3400 m.a.s.l.) 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, rising by a zigzag pathfor 30 minutes to the incredible Machu Picchu, 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, visitingthe main square, the Circular tower, the sacred solar clock, 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 15:30 hrs and 17:00 hrs 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: Farewell

Breakfast at the hotel
Pickup from the hotel to the 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

INCLUYE

All the transfer to airport and hotel
Pickups from the hotel for all the excursions.
Tours to Machupicchu and City Tour Cusco.
Transportation for the tours.
Round trip train to Machupicchu.
Bus to Machupicchu Citadel (round trip).
Professional Guide in Spanish and English
All the entrance fees. (Machupicchu and City Tour).
02 nights in Cusco.

NO INCLUDED

Meals.
Tips.
Drinks.

Recommendations

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