Ollantaytambo, Peru Travel Blogs

A day in the valley
Apr 24, 2009

... the forced buffet lunch and went to a restaurant across the road. They bloody nearly forgot my chicken and chips though! To Ollantaytambo in the afternoon which was one of the main towns on the incas and had some fantastic views (i will put ...

On the way to the ruins
Jun 28, 2006

... visit and I got to see things I normally wouldn't, even with my crazy job.  We usually stop by Pisac and Ollantaytambo, disregarding all the other ruins in the area.  Near Cusco Sacsayhuaman is the most famous of teh ruins, where everyone gathers ...

Plastic bag challenge - Lares Trek
Sep 18, 2008

Up at 5am (!!) to start the trek. There was myself, Donna, Sinead, Cara and Lisa and our guide, Juan. Before we started the trek we went to a local market town to buy presents for the vildren we would see on the way. We then drove up to a place called ...

Still getting to Macchu Picchu
Nov 23, 2008 (4 photos)

This was a really cute little town that we only had time to eat in and then get on a train!

Sacred Valley of the Incas
Sep 17, 2008

Today we visited the Sacred Valley. Marvellous scenery and views. Quite hard going as the guide, though very knowledgeable was extremely boring and for the first time in my life I fell asleep standing up. I was not alone. It was freezing cold for most ...

Pisac, Late Nights, New Adventures and almost home
Jul 24, 2009

... have 9 volunteers after this week, its starting to get sad with everyone leaving. Monday, it will be one month untill I leave Ollantaytambo. Wednesday is moving day and it will be one month untill I am back in Canada. Other than that it will mostly be ...

Day 8 - Day trip to the Valley of the Incas
Oct 4, 2006

This was a full day trip to the valley of the Incas, Ollantaytambo. The Incas were incredibly smart people. I think the main fascination around them is their ability to move huge boulders that weighed several hundred tons across distances as far as 20 kms. ...

Ollantaytambo
Nov 29, 2006

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To the Sacred Valley
Dec 11, 2005

... us the agricultural terraces were pre-Inca. We talked for quite awhile and what follows is the rest of what he told us. Ollantaytambo is named for the Inca General Ollantay (tambo means refuge). At that time the king was Pachacuteq. Pacha had a daughter ...

Sickness
Jan 28, 2009

JESS:  The roosters started crowing at the crack of dawn and the rain was coming down hard.  I could barely move I was in such pain.  The backs of my calves had gotten badly sunburned and the fall on my right hip was aching in that ...

The end
Dec 1, 2008

The end of the trek

Day 7 - 27th May 2009
May 27, 2009 (28 photos)

Day 7 - 27th May 2009 Day 3 of the trail. We are woken up this morning at 5am and it's actually still dark. We only have half an hour today to get packed and out of the tents, half an hour, HOW! Considering Becks and I have been late at worst, or last at ...

Start of the hike....will I make it?
Jul 9, 2007

Inca trail!

Ollantaytambo
Nov 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... wernt the family pets but think of them like lobsters - you get to choose which one you want for dinner! We arrived at Ollantaytambo and before dinner climbed some more ruins where we came across two young boys who offered to sing to us for money.  ...

Last days in Ollanta & a bit of Cusco
Jul 28, 2008 (57 photos)

So this entry has just a hodge podge of pictures (in no good order) from my last few days in Ollanta & then a few days here and there in Cusco when I was in and out visiting friends & getting ready to head off from Cusco for other travels. ...

On to Ollantaytambo
May 1, 2009

... and the staff were very helpful and very thoughtful. It also won the award for the most comfortable beds. The Inca ruins at Ollantaytambo were only a short walk from the hotel. There is a plaza outside the entrance to the ruins where there is a small ...

la vallee sacree des incas
Sep 11, 2009 (7 photos)

nous ns levons plus tard auj, pour tt ce qui est administratif.achat des billets de train pour le macchu picchu, et de tous les sites de la vallee des incas, la carte bancaire a flambe. En allant a la gare, nous avons rencontre ruben chauffuer de taxi ...

ruine locale et train pour agua calientes
Sep 12, 2009 (8 photos)

Apres un petit dej pris sur le balcon, nous decollons vers 8h pour les ruines du site Incas d'Ollaytatambo (forteresse avec assamblage de pierre et terrasse typique au Incas) c'est vraiment sympa, puis grimpette sur la montagne d'en face avec une vue ...

Inca Trail - Day 2 (hardest day of the trek)
Feb 6, 2008 (23 photos)

Day 2.  We´d been lulled into a false sense of security by how easy the first day was and thought we were invincible...we soon found out how wrong we were.  The walk was uphill 95% of the way, and not just gentle slopes, nope, it was big tall ...

Halfway
Jul 17, 2009

... and it looks like an art gallery of textiles. Our shop doesn’t really fit in with everyone else’s in Ollantaytambo; it seems much more upper class which has been very appealing to tourists. This weekend, Awamaki is doing another entraga in ...

Inca Trail - Day 3
Feb 6, 2008 (26 photos)

This was a beautiful day of the treck and the first time we got to get up close and personal with some Inca ruins. Got some nice photos this day, enjoy.

Only a train ride away from Machu Picchu
Sep 3, 2009 (18 photos)

... the right road following the river through the valley floor, high mountains on either side. On through Urubamba until we reach Ollantaytambo. Entering the town I pass a slow moving truck only to find the road turns to cobbles, large round pebbles not nice ...

priceless
Jun 8, 2009

... Visa Commercial: Flights to and from Peru: $1968.00             Taxi to Ollantaytambo: $80.00 Hot (I mean luke warm) Shower: $1.80 1 Hour internet access: $0.75 Finding toilet paper for $0.18 a roll: ...

17 and counting
Aug 12, 2009

Hey everyone 17 days and counting until I am back at home in Nova Scotia...I cannot wait. There are so many things that I am looking forward to. -food that actually has flavor -not having to boil water ALL THE TIME -being able to eat fruit without pealing ...

Beginning the Trek
Aug 5, 2008 (6 photos)

We started the day with a tour of the ruins of Ollayantambo. The site was originally built as a military fortress and the Incans were constructing a sun temple before being rudely interrupted by the Spaniards. The ruins are a superb example of the Incan ...

Sacred Valley
Mar 19, 2007 (7 photos)

Wanting to avoid another small crowded bus, we arranged to hop on one of the many tour buses that stop at Pisac market and Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley.  The guide with the bus told us not to say anything as we paid him.  Ollantaytambo is a ...

situations
Jul 6, 2009 (4 photos)

... and the whole town pretty much shuts down to go and see this play. It is about how the town got its name Ollantaytambo. Although i didn’t really understand what was going on it was still interesting to see all the singing and the dancing. Tuesday ...

Ollantaytambo and the Sacred Inca Valley
May 7, 2008

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Ugh
Apr 9, 2008

... About an hour into the second day hike I was unable to continue.  A woman let me rent her horse and I turned back towards Ollantaytambo.  About 6 hours of riding later I was back in town and had rented a hotel room.  I spent the rest of the ...

Exploring Ollantaytambo
Jun 23, 2007

... a lot about the Incan sites around the Sacred Valley, so we'll still get our info.  I definitely recomment Ollantaytambo for night or two to anyone coming to Peru.  It was a nice change of pace from Cusco, and Naomi and I had a nice time.