Which Sacred Valley tour fits your day?
A Sacred Valley tour with Chinchero makes the village part of a wider cultural journey from Cusco. The choice here is between long touring days with a Chinchero stop, rather than a village-only walk. Pisac and Ollantaytambo feature in the valley circuits, while fuller routes also take in Moray and the Maras salt mines. Transport, guiding and buffet lunch bring the day together, with archaeological admissions paid separately.
Choose by the places you want to spend the day visiting and by where you need to finish. A twelve- or thirteen-hour activity occupies much more than the drive to Chinchero. If Moray and Maras are your main interest, the dedicated day trip from Cusco compares that combination. For private transport or a practical weaving activity, use the private tour guide instead.
Our picks: Sacred Valley tours
Our take: Choose the five-site trip for photo assistance or the shared circuit for a buffet lunch and a guided day in the valley. Confirm pickup before booking.
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Five Sacred Valley stops with photo assistance
- Roundtrip transportation
- Professional guide
- Buffet lunch
Photo and video assistance is included. The tourist ticket and salt mine admission are extra.
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Sacred Valley day trip with lunch
- Bilingual tour guide
- Transportation to visit all the places
- Buffet lunch in Urubamba
This is a sightseeing day trip. The partial tourist ticket for archaeological sites is extra.
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Sacred Valley circuit with buffet lunch
- Tourist mobility shared service
- Buffet lunch in Urubamba
- English or Spanish guide
The listing mentions hotel pickup as well as a Plaza Mayor meeting point; confirm your option. Tourist ticket and salt mine entry are extra.
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Compare the Pisac and Ollantaytambo circuit with routes adding Moray and Maras, each with guiding, transport and buffet lunch.
Pisac and Ollantaytambo or a five-stop route
The twelve-hour Pisac, Ollantaytambo and Chinchero outing includes a bilingual guide, transport to the places visited, hotel pickup and buffet lunch in Urubamba. It suits a plan centred on those valley destinations. Keep the pickup place and time tied to the option you select, rather than assuming that any accommodation in the wider region is covered.
The twelve-hour shared circuit combines Chinchero, Moray, Ollantaytambo and Pisac, with salt mine admission listed separately. It includes shared transport, an English or Spanish professional guide and buffet lunch in Urubamba. Its departure arrangements need particular attention: the listing refers both to Cusco hotel pickup and a Plaza Mayor meeting point. Settle the actual joining point before making your booking.
The thirteen-hour five-site outing explicitly includes visits to Chinchero, Moray, Maras, Ollantaytambo and Pisac. Round-trip transport, an English or Spanish guide, buffet lunch in Urubamba and photo and video assistance are included. Choose it for that broad route and its practical assistance. The assistance does not grant permission for drones or commercial filming at protected sites.
Buffet lunch and the real length of the day
Lunch in Urubamba is included in all three outings, but the total activity duration also covers travel and visits. The twelve-hour circuits and thirteen-hour five-site day are full-day commitments. Keep the evening flexible rather than treating the advertised duration as a pure driving time or assigning guessed minutes to the road between each stop.
Compare meals as individual inclusions: the Pisac circuit excludes dinner, and a buffet lunch should not be read as a promise of every drink or meal during the day. If you would rather devote your visit to fibres, dyeing and loom work, a weaving experience gives that interest its own place in your itinerary. A textile stop on a broad circuit serves a different purpose from time booked for practical learning.
Extra admission and the Boleto Turístico
Circuito III includes Chinchero, Moray, Pisac and Ollantaytambo. The Maras salt mines sit outside that ticket's list, so their admission is a separate expense on routes visiting them. The tour price pays for its stated services; the archaeological ticket remains additional on these outings. Avoid comparing the headline tour price with a total that already includes admission.
For foreign adults, the partial Circuito III tariff is 70 PEN with a two-day validity window, checked on 11 November 2026. Ticket categories differ, so use the admission guide for the fuller choice. The tourist ticket is personal, begins on its purchase day and is used with identification. It covers neither the tour vehicle nor its guide, and its archaeological coverage is not a promise of entry inside Chinchero's church.
Pickup, return and highland conditions
Departure details are part of choosing the excursion. The Pisac circuit includes hotel pickup, the shared twelve-hour circuit needs its hotel-versus-square joining point resolved, and the five-site route uses the pickup arrangement of the booked option. Only the five-site outing explicitly lists round-trip transportation in its inclusions. Read the selected outing's return point alongside your accommodation plans.
Chinchero's highland setting also deserves room in the plan. Allow gradual ascent, rest, fluids and light meals. The five-site outing carries first-aid equipment and an oxygen bottle for emergencies; equipment does not prevent altitude sickness. Breathlessness at rest, persistent severe headache, vomiting, confusion or impaired consciousness call for immediate medical help. Young children, pregnant visitors, older people and those with heart or lung conditions need particular care.
Continuing to Ollantaytambo
A visit to Ollantaytambo during a circuit and a tour that finishes there are different arrangements. If you intend to remain there, compare the endpoint with the dedicated Cusco combination page before deciding. For the next part of your visit, Plan your onward visit to Ollantaytambo. Keep onward arrangements separate from a general promise that a valley circuit will deliver you to a particular train.
Questions about Sacred Valley tours
Is lunch included?
These three full-day routes include buffet lunch, with Urubamba specified as the lunch location. Other meals and drinks depend on the particular outing's inclusions.
Are the archaeological tickets included?
Admission is extra on these outings. Circuito III covers Chinchero, Moray, Pisac and Ollantaytambo; the salt mines have separate admission.
How much of the day should I reserve?
The advertised durations are twelve hours for the two valley circuits and thirteen hours for the five-site outing. Those are total activity durations rather than driving estimates.
Does emergency oxygen make altitude sickness impossible?
Emergency oxygen is equipment carried on the five-site outing. Respond to symptoms promptly and seek immediate medical help for serious warning signs.