Best 5 tours in Cusco

The most famous tourist destination in all of Latin America is undoubtedly Machu Picchu. There are hundreds of ways to get to this world wonder, however in this blog we have the difficult task of naming you only what we consider the 5 best tours in Cusco.

Machu Picchu has well earned its title of Archaeological Heritage of Humanity, every year thousands of people yearn to visit and take the best photos for Instagram. However, there are few people who make that trip to Machu Picchu the destination itself.

1. The salkantay trek combined with the classic Inca trail

The Salkantay trek will allow you to contemplate turquoise lagoons, such as the Humantay lagoon, snowy landscapes such as Salkantay (the second highest in Cusco) and the entire Vilcabamba mountain range; while the classic Inca trail will plunge you into a paved path of more than 500 years old, visit many Inca citadels, experience 12 different landscapes, be part of the great work carried out by the Inca trail porters and reach Machu Picchu through the door of the sun.

One of the tours in Cusco that will allow you to enjoy and combine the best of the Andean landscapes with human creativity. This trek is done usually in 6 days.

2. Choquequirao trek and Machu Picchu

This is one of the most epic treks in the Andes. Choquequirao is an archaeological complex three times larger than Machu Picchu and is known as the sacred sister of the world wonder. Visiting Choquequirao and then Machu Picchu will give you a broad panorama of the architecture, the sacred landscape that these two ancient constructions represented for the Incas.

One of the tours in Cusco off the beaten track. Carrying out this fantastic adventure of hiking through Inca lands will take you between 7 and 8 days.

3. Classic Inca Trail

This 4-day Inca trail is the original way to get to Machu Picchu. This trek will allow you to go back in time, see and experience the Andes through the eyes of the Incas. This walk is the only one that gives you the opportunity to reach Machu Picchu directly through the Puerta del Sol.

This path will make you enjoy 12 different microclimates and landscapes, a 600-year-old paved Inca trail, more than 5 Inca sites, as beautiful as Machu Picchu. In addition to everything you will be part of the extraordinary work of the porters of the Inca trail. The porters are people who carry between 25 and 30 kilos on their backs, literally carrying everything that tourists need to successfully reach Machu Picchu.

This human activity is only carried out on three world-renowned trails, Kilimanjaro, in the Himalayas and the Inca trail to Machu Picchu. Without a doubt one of the most amazing tours in Cusco.

4. The sacred valley of the Incas

One of the tours in Cusco that will make you enjoy the best of the architecture, clothing, traditions and food of the Peruvian Andes. The Sacred Valley of the Incas is the most comfortable and least tiring way to get to Machu Picchu.

This is the most valued Peruvian valley of all, due to its extraordinary temperate climate, its fertile cultivated fields and its beautiful landscape decorated by the sacred river of the Incas (Urubamba river). It also has the most beautiful archaeological tourist attractions in Cusco. Among them, Ollantaytambo and Moray stand out.

5. One of the best tours in Cusco that does not reach Machu Picchu, is the 3-day Ausangate.

One of the least explored regions of Cusco, are the Andean mountains in the surroundings of Ausangate, the highest snow-capped peak in Cusco. The Ausangate trek is one of the tours in Cusco that is focused only on the landscape and traditions of the Andes.

In these 3 days of hiking, you will be able to appreciate mountains of different colors, turquoise lagoons, gigantic snow-capped peaks, wild herds of Alpacas and Vicuñas and of course you will have the incomparable luck of seeing the rainbow mountain at sunrise.