Cusco City Tour
Cusco City Tour is a perfect way to spend your first day in Cusco. It’s a relaxing trip consisng of visits to nearby archaeological sites and admiring the surrounding landscape. Cusco holds amazing cultural richness.
This tour is highly recommended for those who would like to know more about our culture and the city’s past—which made it what it is today. You’ll enjoy a visit to the Main Plaza, where you’ll find the Cusco Cathedral.
We’ll also stop at Qoricancha (Temple of the Sun) or Santo Domingo Convent. Later on, we‘ll head out of the center and drive to the archaeological sites of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara, and Tambomachay.
- Tour Location: Cusco City, Peru
- Tour Type: Day tour
- Start/End Time: Pickup is at 1:00pm from your hotel lobby and you should be back around 6:00pm.
- Consideration: Please remember comfortable shoes.
- Highlights: Cusco, Cathedral, Temple of the Sun and amazing inca ruins on the city limits including Sachsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara and Tambomachay.
Services Included:
- Transportation for Cusco City Tour.
- Official tour guide fluent in English, Spanish and Quechua
- Taxes
Not Included:
- Tourist ticket: 70 soles for the 4 Inca sites (If you are also doing the Sacred Valley tour, it is actually better to purchase the 10-day tourist ticket which is 130 soles total (which gives you access to other sites in the Sacred Valley and some museums and attractions in Cusco and is good for 10 days).
- Cathedral: 25 soles
- Q’oricancha/Temple of the Sun: 15 soles
- Tips for the Guide and driver.
- Meals: There are no meals served during this tour. You should be back in Cusco in time to enjoy lunch on your own
We recommend you bring:
- Good sneakers or light hiking boots
- A small day backpack to carry your personal belongings
- Camera
- Comfortable clothing
- Money for the tourist pass and Qoricancha entrance ticket
- Rain gear
- Water and snacks
Day 1: Cusco – Qoricancha – Saqsayhuaman – Q’enqo – Puca Pucara – Tambomachay.
We will meet you at your hotel lobby at 1:00 PM to begin this Cusco City Tour. From here you will head to Cusco’s Plaza de Armas where you will visit the famous cathedral of Cusco.
After touring this sacred church you will continue on foot with your group through an ancient Inca-built street from the Plaza de Armas to the Q’oricancha, the Temple of the Sun. At the Q’oricancha you will see the clash between the Inca culture and Catholicism, and you will see firsthand the difference in building methods.
The Inka construction here is amazing as this was the key spiritual center of the Inkas from which all roads lead from all of the four quarters of the Inka Empire. There is a high altar made in bronze as a highlight.
From Q’oricancha your group will walk down El Sol Avenue, where you will take your bus to climb up and just outside of the city. The 25 minute drive takes you to the majestic Inka site Sacsayhuaman with its enigmatic monoliths weighing as much as 200 tons.
Your guide will offer an explanation of this phenomenal site and you will have extra time to do a bit of exploring on your own.
From Sacsayhuaman it is a 5 minute bus ride to Q’enqo Inka site with its fascinating Inkan altars, then another 5 minute drive to Puca Pucara a small, circular Inka site.
The final stop on our tour is Tambomachay a water temple thought to be used by the Inka for bathing, with its impressive water fountains.
We’ll then drive back down to Cusco where the Cusco City Tour ends in the main square, unless you are taking a private Cusco tour, in which case we will return you to your hotel and finish our Cusco City Tour.
Permits are needed for your chosen start date. The Cusco City Tour prices are based on the number of people in a group. Prices are valid from March 2023 through January 2024. All prices quoted are $USD
Price (Group Service)
A group Cusco tour means that it is open for other clients to join you. This means that your group will have varying hiking and fitness abilities. All our guides are experts on how to keep the tours moving and happy no matter how fast you hike.
Daily Departure |
U$D. 18.00 |
Per person |
Price (Private Service).
Private tours are available and priced by party size.
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02 people |
U$D. 69.00 |
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03-04 people |
U$D. 59.00 |
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05 – 06 people |
U$D. 49.00 |
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06 + people |
U$D. 39.00 |
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