South Valley Tour
Trip in half day
South Valley tour Tipon 1 day
The South Valley Tour Tipon takes us to see combining beautiful natural landscapes, villages, and lakes, this territory was one of the first inhabited places in the entire Cusco valley, the first inhabitants of the culture known as “MARCAVALLE” populated this place 1000 years before Christ, also you can find the best places where people from Cusco eat «cuy al horno» -Guinea pig.
Discover the ancient Inca temple and the Tipon irrigation system. Explore the pre-Inca site called Pikillacta built by the inhabitants of the Wari culture and visit the amazing Andahuaylillas church, also named the «Sistine Chapel of the Americas».
Price
From $14
Group size
2- 12 people
Transportation
Private van
Difficulty
Easy
Summary
First place
Tipon
Second place
Pikillaqta
Third place
Andahuaylillas
Details about the trip
Cultural and historical The route of the Sun
In this tour you will visit the most important places of the South Valley of Cusco. First point to visit Tipon, Inca ruins at the foot of Pachatusan Mountain, an archaeological center of water worship. Second point of visit Pikillacta, pre-Inca archaeological center, a city where the inhabitants of the Wari Culture lived. Final point of visit the city of Andahuaylillas, where we will visit the Sistine Chapel of the Americas, part of the colonial era in Cusco. Throughout the tour you will visualize unique landscapes, mountains, snow-capped mountains, lagoons, and villages with a living history of the pre-Inca, Inca and colonial peoples.
Overview of the Trip
Places you will visit
Why book with Apu Ausangate Trek?
Day 1: Cusco - Tipon - Pikillaqta - Anduaylillas - Cusco
We pick you up from your hotel at 9:00 am and we drive in our private van to TIPON located at 3500 m high is said to be a royal garden commissioned by Wiracocha, where we will see the best of Inca hydraulic water work system, agricultural terracing created by the Incas these tall terraces which run up the narrow valley are irrigated by an aqueduct from Pachatusan mountain.
We continue by car to the next place PIKILLAQTA located at 3350 meters high, is the only pre-Inca site in the Cusco area which was built around 700 to 900 years AD by the WARI culture but also there is Inca built known as RUMIQOLQA, from here we can observe the lagoon of Huacarpay them we will continue with our trip to ANDAHUAYLILLAS where we visit the Saint Peter church of Andahuaylillas, considered as the “Sistine chapel of America “ its walls are wide like all the colonial building made of sun-dried bricks of mud (adobe), a church that is home to golden altars, the chapel is simple and unassuming on the outside, but inside you will find paintings from famous “Escuela Cusqueña “.
On the way back to Cusco we have a stop (optional) In Tipon for lunch to taste the typical dish of Cusco region CUY (guinea pig) or the delicious pork chicharrones, finishing the tour around 2:30 pm.
Please note the details that include and do not include in your tour, each tour is different and we provide you with the details below
You can make the tour in private service, the cost varies depending on the number of passengers in the reservation. You can choose between two schedules: Morning Schedule 08:00 am to 13:00pm and the Afternoon schedule 13:30pm to 18:00pm. Please send us a message to info@apuausangateperu.com
We can make the advance purchase of your tourist ticket, We need the following
- Image of your passport.
- The Full Cusco Tourist Ticket ticket, price $45 valid for 10 days, you can visit 15 tourist places include Tipon and Pikillaqta
- or The Partial Tourist Ticket with price $25 valid for 1 day, you can only visit: Regional Historical Museum, Contemporary Art Museum, Folk Art Museum, Koricancha Site Museum, Qosqo Native Art Center, Inca Pachacutec Monument, Tipon and Pikillacta Archeological site
Our the meeting point is at your hotel between 08:50am to 09:00am.
We recommend that you bring your original passport and (Univ student card if applicable).
- Day temperatures vary from 12 -22 degrees Celsius
- you must always use layering to manage the temperatures well. Night temperatures, (in the coldest season May to Sept) average -2 to -5 degrees Celsius. The 3rd night is warmer average 6 degrees Celsius as it is lower altitude.
The Tourist Ticket (Boleto Turistico del Cusco – BTC) This visitors ticket costs $45 and half price for students, and is valid for 10 days. The full Cusco Tourist Ticket ticket allows you entry to 15 tourist places. These sites which are part of the Cusco City tour are Sacsayhuaman, Qenko, Pukapukara and Tambomachay, in addition to visiting the following sites Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Moray, Koricancha Site Museum, Contemporary Art Museum, Folk Art Museum, Regional History Museum, Inca Pachacutec Monument and the places in the South Valley: Tipon and Piquillacta.
Alternatively you can purchase a partial ticket for $20 which allows a one day only visit of just the 4 Archeological sites if you are not planning to visit any of the Sacred Valley sites such as Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chincheros or a one day only partial ticket to visit the Sacred Valley sites such as Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chincheros or Moray, Ticket includes entrance to Tipon and Pikillaqta.
The Full and Partial tourist ticket cannot be bought or reserved on the internet. You can buy it the same day of your visit. You can purchase it at any of the following addresses in Cusco:
- Main office, Av. El Sol 103 – Central of Tourist Galleries
- In all places included in the Tourist Ticket (except for the Museum of Contemporary Art and Monument of Pachacutec).
We strongly recommend that full Travel Insurance is taken, which includes cover, under certain circumstances, against the loss of deposit or cancellation charges. Please note that no reimbursements are given when cancellations occur or for any unused services.
South Valley Tour Tipon
- GROUP of 1 to 6 people $170 dolars the total group (not per person) private service
- GROUP of 7 to 12 people $200 dolars the total group (not per person) private service
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