Sacred Valley of the Incas Cusco

This is the place to stop before embarking on your journey to Machu Pichu, it's used by travellers to help acclimatise to the altitude to help try and avoid sickness on the treks to Machu Pichu. So far so good I wasn't suffering!

I ended to staying in Cuzco for around 10 days in total before and after my trek to Machu Pichu and I fell in …

But totally worth it! That's right I survived the 4 night 5 day Salkantay Trek to reach the magnificent Machu Picchu Inca Site, Peru. It wasn't easy, in fact it was the hardest thing I have ever done. Tackling the hight altitude, the intense heat, the bitter night cold, the unsteady tracks under foot and the lengthy days was extremely hard but very …

Meer dan tien dagen zijn Joyce, Melissa (uit Ierland die we nog kennen uit Samaipata) en ik in Cusco en het is hier geweldig! De stad zelf is erg prettig. Mooie pleinen, kerken, koloniale huizen, schoon (voor Zuid-Amerikaanse begrippen) een actief nachtleven, prettig klimaat (warm en zonnig overdag en koud 's nachts), een hoop toeristen …

Taking off on this day long tour with our spanish speaking driver Hector, the intent was to grab an English guide at each archaeological site we visited.

Wrong. The whole day was in Spanish, but it was delightful. You know how much we loved Machu Picchu, but as we wander through this culture, we're finding MP was only one mind boggling …

I had called the hostal we were booked in to and they said it was fine to
arrive early (very early!) but to call 1st, which we did and then got a taxi
to the hostal. Liane was with us as we said she could stay with us as her
friends were not arriving in Cusco until Thursday. Arrived at the Hostal

which is wonderful if a …

As Stacey is only in Peru for a week we decided to head over to Cusco and see some inca ruins with her. To make the most of our time there we caught a flight at 8am which meant we had to be up at 5am to get to the airport! We arrived at our lodging around 10.20am and as we are here for a while spent some time sorting out our bags. With the laundry …

Still feeling rough and very weak. Managed to have a bit of breakfast and went to a couple of tour companies to get info/prices for treks to Machu Picchu (MP from now on). We decided to have a chilled out day to recover so we went to the Sacred Valley town of Pisac where there is an 1000 year old Sunday market. We caught the local bus which took …

We flew into Cusco, which sits at 3400m, from Quito which is 2500m. We were absolutely fine in Quito so we thought it wouldn't be a problem to ascend to this altitude by flying. (couldn't have been more wrong but we will get to that!) We stayed at the same hostel as in Buenos Aires, Milhouse Cusco. The first night we followed all the advice to …

As a result of a lot of Ellie's whinging, plus a high demand from our readers, this blog will be wrote by none other than me (KB) The first day on our inca adventure consisted of meeting our guides (Pedro and Israel), meeting the trek group (too many names to mention), and testing our trekking legs. It's worth noting I was still in a two day …

We have arrived in Cusco after a 10 hour overnight bus journey. A protest in town and lots of resulting traffic meant it was a rush to the bus station and touchand go if we were going to make the bus – but we made it on ok.
Our hostel for the next couple of days was the Kokopelli hostel which was originally an old colonial building. When …

... our hostel (was meant to be 6:00-6:30, but hey this is South America!) to the start of the trail (kilometer 82) in the sacred valley of the Incas. Here we had a spot of lunch and started to get to know the other members of the group. We were eight in ...

... other sites worth seeing. To name a few of the most famous ones, Machu Picchu and The Inca Trail, Sacsayhuaman, Sacred Valley of the Incas (including Pisac and Ollantaytambo), the Salcantay trek (also ending up at Machu Picchu, similar to the Inca ...

... having lived up to it´s crazy reputation and warnings from Chris, I decided I should see mone culture and booked a trip to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. For the day I was carted around, being shown various Inca ruins, th most impressive of which were ...

... decision it was! (for most us anyway) This turned out to be one of the most fun ways to explore around Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas with all its small villages and ancient ruins. Early on a cold and cloudy Friday morning I showed up at the ...

... kill before our 4 day rafting trip was to begin, so we spent the next few days wandering through the Sacred Valley. The Sacred Valley of the Incas is a long valley filled with holy mountains and historic ruins. We spent a day wandering through ...

... in for the Inca trail - wooly hats and toilet roll, we were in for it... Day 3: Tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We set off from Cusco to tour some Inca sites, the first one being Sacsayhuaman (Sexy Woman!). This was an Inca site looking ...

Entry containing 20 photos titled: 01 Plaza de Armas, Cusco, 02, 03 The hostel had lovely old stone foundations, 04 Inca terraces, Pisac, 05 Inca ruins, Pisac, 06, 07, 08 Ollantaytambo, 09 Ollantaytambo, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 View over Cusco, 17 Colonial balconies, 18 Cusco cathedral, 19, 20

Cuzco stands at the head of the Sacred Valley of the Incas and is the starting point for those making the 4 day trek on the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas. For Tim and I, we'll be getting there the lazy way... by train. But ...

... It was a magnificent effort not unlike the achievements of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. An interesting excursion took us along the Sacred Valley of the Incas along the River Urubamba. There are a number of Inca towns along the route near to Cusco ...

... By Wednesday evening there were taxis running again and we hired one to take us on Thursday throught the "Sacred Valley of the Incas." The hostal owner had to convince him that we were "skinny" and all 5 would fit in his Toyota Corolla stationwagon! We ...