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5-Day Private Tour to Cusco, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu

The most complete private Cusco itinerary: Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, and the city itself.

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Overview

A private 5-day tour combining the Sacred Valley's Pisac and Ollantaytambo ruins, an exclusive Machu Picchu visit, and a dedicated Cusco city tour.

This 5-day private tour begins in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, taking in the archaeological sites of Pisac and Ollantaytambo, continues with a dedicated Machu Picchu visit, and finishes with a Cusco city tour and surroundings. Honest disclosure: as with any Machu Picchu visit, entrance tickets for the classic Circuit 2 route are subject to availability — if Circuit 2 isn't available when you book, Circuit 1 or 3 is offered instead to guarantee your entry.

Highlights

  • Pisac Hilltop Inca ruins and terracing above the Sacred Valley, with a well-known local market.
  • Ollantaytambo A living Inca town with a dramatic terraced fortress still overlooking it.
  • Machu Picchu A dedicated, guided visit to the citadel itself.
  • Cusco city tour A closing exploration of Cusco's own historic center and surroundings.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

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Pickup

Hotel pickup in Cusco to begin the itinerary; private transport throughout.

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Pisac

Hilltop Inca ruins and terracing above the Sacred Valley, with a well-known local market.

2

Ollantaytambo

A living Inca town with a dramatic terraced fortress still overlooking it.

3

Machu Picchu

A dedicated, guided visit to the citadel itself.

4

Cusco city tour

A closing exploration of Cusco's own historic center and surroundings.

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Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 20 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Entry itself is guaranteed, though the specific circuit (Circuit 2, the classic route) is subject to availability at time of booking — an alternate circuit is offered if Circuit 2 is sold out.
The itinerary opens in the Sacred Valley (Pisac and Ollantaytambo), moves to Machu Picchu, and closes with a dedicated Cusco city day — real time is allotted to each, not just a brief stop.
In 1536, Inca forces under Manco Inca flooded the valley plains below Ollantaytambo using the site's own irrigation channels, trapping Spanish cavalry in the mud and winning one of the Incas' rare victories against the conquistadors during the conquest. It's also one of the few places in Peru where people still live within an original, largely intact Inca town grid, not just among ruins.
Pisac's hilltop position guarded the southern entrance to the Sacred Valley and the routes connecting Cusco to the jungle lowlands — under the Inca ruler Pachacutec it was developed into a combined military, agricultural, and religious complex, not just a lookout point.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

A private 5-day tour combining the Sacred Valley's Pisac and Ollantaytambo ruins, an exclusive Machu Picchu visit, and a dedicated Cusco city tour. This 5-day private tour begins in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, taking in the archaeological sites of Pisac and Ollantaytambo, continues with a dedicated Machu Picchu visit, and finishes with a Cusco city tour and surroundings. Honest disclosure: as with any Machu Picchu visit, entrance tickets for the classic Circuit 2 route are subject to availability — if Circuit 2 isn't available when you book, Circuit 1 or 3 is offered instead to guarantee your entry.

Pisac's hilltop ruins, perched at nearly 3,000 meters above the Sacred Valley, make up one of the largest Inca fortress complexes ever built. Under the ruler Pachacutec, the Incas redesigned the site into a combined military, agricultural, and religious complex — its canals, temples, watchtowers, and terraced cemeteries each served a real, distinct purpose, and its position guarded the southern entrance to the valley along with the routes connecting Cusco to the jungle beyond. Today's Pisac is also home to a well-known market in the colonial village below the ruins, a real draw in its own right alongside the archaeology above it.

Ollantaytambo is genuinely unlike most other Inca sites on this itinerary: it's still a living town, built in the early 1400s under Pachacutec as the Incas expanded their control of the Sacred Valley, and local families still live within its original Inca urban grid, using centuries-old foundations and the same stone water channels that once carried mountain water through its streets. The dramatic terraced structure overlooking the town — often called a fortress, though its primary role was religious, centered on a temple dedicated to the sun god Inti — also carries real wartime history: in 1536, Manco Inca's forces flooded the valley floor below using existing irrigation channels, grounding Spanish cavalry and handing the conquistadors one of their rare defeats before the Incas eventually retreated to Vilcabamba.

The Machu Picchu portion of this itinerary gets dedicated, unhurried time rather than a brief stop sandwiched between other sites — a deliberate choice given how much real history and architecture the citadel holds on its own. As with any Machu Picchu visit today, access runs through the site's numbered circuit system; this tour is booked for the classic Circuit 2 route, the most complete walk through the main urban sector, with an alternate circuit offered only if Circuit 2 happens to be sold out for your dates.

Closing the trip with a dedicated Cusco city day, rather than treating the city as just a gateway in and out, means real time for Cusco's own layered history — colonial architecture built directly over Inca stonework throughout the historic center, a pattern you'll already recognize from Ollantaytambo and Pisac earlier in the trip.

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