Here we are going to tell our travelers about the great half-day or one day tours we have to offer! They can be the ideal addition to other longer tours in the Cusco region or top destinations in Peru! We are sure these are wonderful tips for making your Peru vacation even more incredible!
One Day Tours in Major Cities: Cusco, Arequipa and Lima
Enjoy Cusco in the City Tour!
The Cusco City Tour: this is a wonderful half-day journey around this city full of history, both Inca and Spanish; you will visit the most important and impressive places, like the Coricancha Temple which was the main religious site in Inca times, and also the mighty fortress of Sacsayhuaman just outside north of the town, a quite majestic and relaxing place, with great views of the entire Cusco City valley.
- The Arequipa City Tour: this is a half-day visit to Peru’s second largest town, which also belonged to the Inca empire and colonial Spanish times. Top gastronomy, stopping at the Yanahuara Gazer from where you can see the landscape with amazing volcanoes, one of them, the Misti, dominating the entire Arequipa view, and also the renowned Santa Catalina Monastery, a beautiful place from the times of the arrival of Christianism in South America.
The Lima City Tour: a half-day adventure around the capital of Peru, which is a mix of Spanish history and architecture with our Republican and contemporary times. You will visit the beautiful Lima’s downtown, with many colonial and Republican squares and buildings, with its typical and wonderful architecture. The tour also includes a stop at a pre-Inca archaeological site, the Huaca Pucllana, which later was used by the Incas as a religious place. And also, you will be at a typical 21st century attraction, the Larcomar Mall in the uptown Miraflores area, from where you will have a wonderful, vast view of the Pacific ocean.
Relaxing, Classic One Day Tours in the Cusco Region and Other Peru’s Destinations
These are classic, relaxing and slow-paced tours, for our travelers to enjoy, walk, sail, wonder and take many great pictures.
Chinchero Textile Art in the Sacred Valley
- The Sacred Valley Tour-1 Day: a top journey far and wide this amazing region near Cusco city; beginning with a great ride on our private bus leaving the town of Cusco and seeing the entire valley below, then on the road with amazing Andean natural landscapes on the side. We will visit the Qorao market, which offers all kinds of typical Andean handicraft, surely great souvenirs. Then the next stop is the Pisac area, with another great typical market and amazing Inca archaeological remains. Finally, the amazing Ollantaytambo archaeological site, with its typical Inca village and mighty constructions, both religious and administrative. After an unforgettable day amid Andean landscapes and healthy environment, with professional guides, we will go back to Cusco City and leave our travelers at the hotel.
Pachacamac Tour-Half Day: in the middle of the adventurous coastal desert in Lima, there is the amazing Pachacamac site, a place considered important and holy by the Incas. Pachacamac was the name the Andean creator god Wiracocha had in the coast of the Inca empire, and the site has temples and palaces, which will be explained by our professional guides. This tour also includes a visit to the Barranco neighborhood in Lima, which beautiful attractions like the Puente de los Suspiros (Sighs Bridge), the Salto del Fraile (Friar’s Cliff) a great place to admire the Pacific ocean and the Pantanos de Villa (Villa Swamps), a natural ecological reserve south of Lima’s downtown. After a marvelous time at these premier touristic places, we will take you back to your hotel in Lima.
Palomino Island One Day Tour
Palomino Island-Half Day: have a wonderful time at the Lima coastline, the sea and its islands! For example, the San Lorenzo island, reached by pre-Hispanic people and turned into a religious site, also studied by Charles Darwin, now a military zone, we will have a great panoramic view of it; the El Fronton island, where there was a special penitentiary and also very exciting to sail by, and finally the Palomino Islands, populated by adorable and friendly sea lions, you will have the option to wear a floating vest and swim and play with them.
The Inkariy Museum: a wonderful place in the Calca village near Cusco City, which has very interesting exhibits of several Peruvian pre-Hispanic civilizations, like Wari and the Incas. Located in a beautiful valley and in the middle of a very relaxing and healthy Andean landscape, you will have a tour of the rich history which developed before the arrival of the Spaniards.
One Day Tours of Adventure
Enjoy the Turquoise Humantay Lagoon
These tours are ideal for the ones looking for hiking, being outdoors and in contact with the majestic Andean nature.
The Humantay Lagoon: a typical hiking tour, it starts in Cusco City for a van ride until the Mollepata village, and from there is hiking across the challenging, windy, cold, high altitude and yet wonderful and amazing Andean mountains, until arrival at the crystalline, mirror-like Humantay Lagoon, where you will have plenty of time to enjoy this place, so isolated and peaceful. There is a hike back to the campsite, for a delicious lunch and then back to Cusco city after an unforgettable tour.
The Vinicunca (Rainbow Mountain): an almost unique place in the world, this mountain has a multicolor look due to the peculiar chemical composition of its soil. It has become a premier location for adventurers from all over the world. The tour starts in Cusco City for a bus ride until the Quesiuno village, where a 4-hour hike until the Rainbow Mountain begins; once there you will enjoy the place with our professional guide and take almost unique pictures. Then hiking back to Quesiuno, a delicious lunch and finally back to Cusco City with great memories of this Peruvian wonder.
View of Machu Picchu from Huayna Picchu Mountain
Machu Picchu Citadel and the Huayna Picchu Mountain: and last but not least, a member of the one day tours of adventure in Machu Picchu! Starts in Cusco City for a bus ride until the Ollantaytambo village, and there boarding a train to the Aguas Calientes village next to Machu Picchu, enjoying all along the unforgettable landscapes of the Andes range. Then by bus from Aguas Calientes to the Machu Picchu citadel for a terrific hike up the Huayna Picchu mountain, the higher of the two who are at the citadel; the Huayna Picchu hike goes along wonderfully mountain-attached Inca constructions, until at the summit you will have a 360 degrees view of the citadel and the entire valley. Surely a once-in-a-lifetime experience! And on top of it, the professionally guided tour of the Machu Picchu site comes next! And before going back to Cusco, you will have free time to enjoy the typical food and all the scene at the Aguas Calientes village. A top adventure tour to Machu Picchu!
These one day tours can be the ideal complement for a package in Peru! Just check the website for more details and then contact our travel experts for booking!
