What is the difference between the City Tour in shared and private service?
The Cusco City Tour in shared service includes transportation and a guide for a group of diverse people (up to 20 tourists). The private service, on the other hand, is a special service for a closed group of from 2 visitors.
How is payment made?
To make the payment of the tour you must complete the reservation form on our web platform. Then payment must be made with Visa, MasterCard or PayPal cards. To separate the reservation you must cancel at least 60% of the tour value. Once in Cusco you must finish making the payment.
What to take the Cusco City Tour?
For the City Tour Cusco, you should wear a sunscreen, a hat, comfortable shoes, rain poncho, snacks, mineral water and extra cash (if tourists like to buy handicrafts).
How to avoid altitude sickness during the Cusco City Tour?
It is advisable to adapt to the climate of the city of Cusco at least 1 day before doing the Cusco City Tour. It is also advised to drink plenty of water like coca tea.
How to book the tour with a tour guide in another language?
The tour includes a shared or private tour guide in English or Spanish. To book a guide in another language one must be requested by sending an email and paying the extra cost of the service.
How to get to the city of Cusco?
Airway: It is the fastest way to get there, the trip lasts 1.10 hours from Lima. It is preferable to buy tickets or flight tickets in advance, the cost is USD 150.00 (base price).
Land route: You can take direct buses from Lima, the trip lasts approximately 21 hours.
There are also buses from Arequipa, in this case the trip lasts 10 hours.
The price varies depending on the transport company and the type of service they offer.
What is the best season or time to travel to Cusco?
Cusco presents warm days with cold nights. The best time to visit Cusco and Machu Picchu are from April to October – November. The rainy season in Cusco is from December to March.
What is the BTG or tourist ticket?
It is a ticket that contains the income to various tourist attractions in the city of Cusco. There are 2 kinds of tickets:
Partial tourist ticket
There are 3 circuits of this type of ticket that cover the following routes:
Circuit 1 – Sacsayhuaman, Qenko, Puka Pukara, Tambomachay (they are the 4 surrounding ruins that are visited during the city tour)
Circuit 2 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Regional Historical Museum, Popular Art Museum, Qoricancha Site Museum, Qosqo Native Art Center.
Circuit 3 – Ollantaytambo, Pisac, Chinchero, Moray (tour of the Sacred Valley tour).
The cost is S / 70.00 (USD 27.00 approximately) in any of the circuits mentioned above and the validity of the ticket is 1 day (in circuit 1 and 2) and 2 days (in circuit 3).
General Tourist ticket (BTG)
This ticket allows admission to 16 tourist attractions located in the city, outside the city, and the 3 touristic circuits of the partial ticket. The cost is S/. 130.00 (USD 45.00 approximately) and the validity of the ticket is 10 days from the date of issue.
Are there limited spaces to enter Machupicchu or for the train ticket?
In order to achieve a better preservation of Machupicchu, there are currently limited places for daily income to this wonder of the world. As for the train ticket they also have limited capacity in each type of service offered by the railway companies. For this reason we recommend buying them in advance and not wait at the last minute since there is a risk of not finding available spaces because Cusco is one of the busiest destinations throughout the year.
How long does it take to get from Cusco to the Ollantaytambo train station?
It will take you about 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to Ollantaytambo . If you are coming on your own you must take the buses to Ollantaytambo, from the Pavitos street in the Historic Center.
However, the best way to make a trip to Machu Picchu is on an organized tour, which includes transportation from Cusco to Ollantaytambo.
What is altitude sickness?
Cusco is located at 3300 m.s.n.m. (11,000 feet), so there is the possibility of feeling difficult to breathe, headaches or fatigue, all these are symptoms of altitude sickness. So we recommend resting a few hours after landing or arriving in the city and drinking a lot of liquid (bottled water or coca leaf infusions preferably) to acclimate.
In the event that the rest does not calm the discomfort, you can buy pills against altitude sickness (or soroche) in a pharmacy or you can also buy a small oxygen ball, both have affordable prices.
