Cuzco – Machu Picchu – Cuzco
Private & Shared Services
Transfer from the hotel in Cuzco to the railroad station, train-ride to Aguas Calientes at the foot of the Machu Picchu Ruins, transportation by bus to the ruins, guided tour of Machu Picchu which is totally built of stone blocks, fitted with masterful precision.This fabulous city has houses, temples, warehouses, a large central square, all connected by narrow roads and steps, and is surrounded by terraces cut into the mountain side which were used for agriculture. 
Lunch and in the afternoon return by train to Cuzco. Transfer to hotel.
Urubamba, the Sacred Valley of the Incas and Pisac Market
Private Services Daily
Shared Services on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays only
Visit the village of Pisac, where the Indian market takes place three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. After lunch visit to Ollantaytambo, the only Inca town which is still inhabited, and explore the ruins which tower above it. Lunch included at a country site typical restaurant.
‘Hiram Bingham’ – New Luxury Train Linking Cusco and Machu Picchu
At around noon, on July 23, 1911, the Hawaiian-born Yale and Harvard educated historian Hiram Bingham first brought Machu Picchu to the attention of the world, rediscovering what had been up until that moment, the Incas’ best kept secret.
Step aboard the ‘Hiram Bingham’, and follow those historic footsteps in the new luxury train service which bears the crest of the man who might very well have been the first tourist to Machu Picchu.
Using carriages purchased in Singapore, and refurbished in Peru, this daily addition to PeruRail’s existing fleet of Vistadome, backpacker and local services on 
the Cuzco – Machu Picchu route, has been given a distinctive blue and gold livery colour with elegant interior upholstery in warm, inviting tones.
The Hiram Bingham will depart Cuzco at 09:00 a.m. which gives a more leisurely start to the day than the traditional 06:00 a.m. departures of other services. Brunch will be served on board whilst travellers enjoy the spectacular scenery unfolding before them from the large windows, and the arrival in Machu Picchu at 12:30 p.m. gives Hiram Bingham passengers the advantage of entering the Sanctuary at an hour when the majority of the visitors are already beginning to leave for their journey back to Cuzco.
Thus, Hiram Bingham passengers will not only have the opportunity to experience the Ruins at Machu Picchu in relative solitude, but will have a longer period of time there, returning to the train only as the sun goes down. Once back on board for a 6:30 p.m. departure, pre -dinner cocktails will be served in the bar accompanied by live entertainment, and afterwards, a 4-course a la carte dinner will be presented in the dining cars. The train will pull into Poroy station in Cuzco at 10:00 p.m. with passengers relaxed and ready for bed.
The Hiram Bingham will operate 4 days a week in the low season and 6 days a week in the high season
1st November - 31st March
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
1st April - 31st October
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
Chinchero, Maras and Moray
Private Services Only
Chinchero is a very typical Quechua village, where a market is held on Sundays. Nearby, the Colonial church has interesting frescoes on the portico and overlooks Inca terraces. The natives still wear traditional dress. Visit the salt mines of Maras, where the ancient Inca ways of mining and ritual working traditions are still preserved, and a community whose inhabitants live in cave like houses. About 7 km. (4.3 miles) away southwest from Maras is Moray, a very unique archaeological site in the region. There are enormous natural depressions or hollows in the ground surface that Incas used for constructing irrigated farming terraces around them. In those natural formations, 
nature has created an environment, conditions or micro climates that in modern times people create in greenhouses or hothouses. Moray, because of its climate conditions and many other characteristics, was an important center for domestication, acclimatization and hybridization of wild vegetable species that were modified or adapted for human consumption.
Chinchero, Maras and Ollantaytambo
Private Services Only
A different way to see the Sacred Valley; visit Chinchero, the salt mines of Maras, where the ancient Inca ways of mining and ritual working traditions are still preserved, and a community whose inhabitants live in cave like houses. Visit the town of Ollantaytambo and its ruins. Picnic lunch on the banks of the Urubamba river.
Cuzco Valley
Private Services Only
Visit Pumamarka (ancient Inca Palace and healing centre); visit Tipón (agricultural experimental site with large stone terracing and water channels); visit Pikillacta and Andahuaylillas. Picnic lunch en route.
Inti Raymi, Feast of the Sun
Private Services Only
This is the best known tourist festival in Cuzco, held every June 24th. It culminates with the Inti Raymi or Feast of the Sun, a theatrical representation of the crowning of the Inca at the Sacsayhuaman esplanade. Transfers, escort, entrance-fee and box-lunch are included.
Corpus Christi
Private Services Only
This festivity usually takes place on the second or third Thursday of June. The day before, on Wednesday afternoon, all the Patron Saints of the different Cuzco suburbs are taken to the Main Square and stay overnight in the Cathedral, where they are dressed in their finest attires and jewels.
The following morning they form a procession around the main square, which takes several hours, accompanied by a multitude of devotees. In the late afternoon, the images return to their churches of the suburbs, where the local festivities continue. Escort included.
Limatambo and the Saiwite Stone
Private Services Only
Leave Cuzco towards the city of Abancay. Upon entering the Anta plain, one passes at the base of the majestic snow-clad Salcantay (6,271 metres/20,700 feet above sea-level) and continues to the Huillque Pass to descend on the other side towards the small village of Limatambo. Nearby, at the base of a hill, two imposing stone platforms with 28 trapezoidal niches, built during the Inca period, catch the eye. The road continues down into the Apurimac Valley. The scenery is spectacular. Near the abandoned village of Saihuite, a huge round rock, about 4 metres/l3 feet in diameter is the attraction and the mystery. The top is carved and one can see mountains, valleys, woods, animals such as lamas, serpents, monkeys, pumas as well as houses, temples, stairs and people. Some say that it represents the Tawantisuyo and others believe it to be a sacred stone. Sad to say, some parts have been mutilated. Picnic lunch included. In the afternoon return to Cuzco.
