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South Valley Cusco Tour or South Sacred Valley tour is a half-day tour to the archaeological remains in the south of Cusco. On this half day tour you will be visiting three iconic sites of Inca empire and Wari culture. Tipon Pikillacta Ruins and Andahuaylillas Church.
This is a perfect addition to the Super Sacred Valley Tour. This would give you a complete overview of the culture and traditions of Incas and their history.
As a safety measure to control COVID 19 pandemic, face masks are required for travelers in public places and in transport. All our vehicles are sanitized after each trip.
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Cusco Hotel Transfer
0900 AM
The tour starts with a pickup from your hotel in Cusco. We will then drive you to the Inca ruins of Tipon. Tipon in Quechua means Flea City. It is a site popular for water channels and agricultural terraces. It was ceremonial centre to Incas for worshipping water.
The street below the site is popular among locals. During weekends, locals gather to savour the local delicacy guinea pig which is a popular tradition here.
The next stop will be at the Pikillacta or Piquillacta ruins. It is the only site that exists from Pre Inca time. On the way, we will be passing through a dusky town of Oropesa. It is the “bread capital of Peru”. It houses over fifty different bakeries.
Pikillaqta is a hilly region with small lakes in the vicinity. The complex entirely built in adobe. They once dominated the coastal and central parts of Peru. During the Wari rule and even during the Incas, maize was majorly produced here.
Maize was so important to Waris that they painted it in their pottery along with supernaturals and deities. Back then, Pikillacta controlled the whole region through agriculture.
We will then visit Andahuaylillas. It is home to The Sistine Chapel of the Americas. Although from outside it may not seem so eye catching, the interiors are an eye popping kaleidoscope. It has a dazzling display of colourful murals, an ornate gold leaf altar and ceilings painted in coffered.
San Pedro Apostol de Andahuaylillas as known by the locals, was built at the end of the 16th century. One of its murals, signed by Luis de Riaño, has a date written in it that states it is from the year 1626.
After the tour, we will be returning to the city of Cusco.
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Our vacation was great to the land of the Incas in Perú with Gringo Tours.
We strongly recommend traveling... read more in Cusco. We had an amazing experience.. Thanks to our guide Juan!
We highly recommend booking the Machu Picchu day tríp from Cusco with Happy Gringo!
Everything else was a dumpster fire that had us waiting for two hours for a guide to show up (he stated he hadn’t been notified from the travel agency even though we went to the physical Happy Gringo location to check in the day before AND provided all requested information in person and again via WhatsApp). If we hadn’t reached out to them on WhatsApp, I’m certain we would have still been standing outside of the train station waiting. The information you get when you get to the Machu Picchu location is also confusing, telling you to go to a Pueblo, but when you look it up on the maps, there are several listed, which further added to the confusion. Very much underperformed our expectations for nearly $800.
Final thought, Machu Picchu is very much worth the visit, but not with this outfit.
My family had difficulty to find a travel agent to book the Machu Picchu tour, however the workers of Gringo Tours were very helpful... read more to assist us with our trip to Machu Picchu.
The pick up was on time, the journey from Cusco to Aguad Calientes town was amazing with fantástic views, and finally the tour guide at Machu picchu was very knowledgeable.
Highly recommended tour operator in Peru!
The communication was great, the pick up was on time, the box lunch was very delicious,... read more the hotel at Aguas Calientes was clean and our tour guide Wilder was very informative.
All the team of Happy Gringo tours were professional. Therefore, we hughly recommend hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu with them and with Wilder!
¡Thanks for everything!
We booked the 2 days tour to Machu Picchu. The service was very well organised from Cusco, the Communication... read more was fsntastic with Ariana, the pick up ass on time and our tour guide Ivan gave us a lot of information of Machupichu site.
Strongly recommend our guide Ivan and thanks Gringo tours!
We noticed the sirious work and profesionalism that we received. Juan is the persona who gave us all his support. Therefore, we share our experience that Happy Gringo is the only company in Cusco that got our dream reop to Machu Picchu.
Thanks all the team of Gringo tours for your help and we highly recommend the travelers who want to ise this tour operator in Cusco.