Optional Tours: Machu Picchu

Pre-purchase your optional tours. Additional optional tours may be available. Call for details. Consider purchasing these optional tours if they are not already included in your vacation package. Optional tours may be booked for the following packages: Machu Picchu Express		To Book Optional Tours Call: 1 888-TOURS-ABC

River Rafting : Early in the morning, we'll collect you from the hotel and drive through the Andes to the Sacred Valley of the Incas to our private rest stop, located in Pachar, where there are toilet facilities. You'll receive your equipment and hear a safety talk at this location. After a brief period of practice on the calmer parts of the river, we'll begin your rafting experience. We'll pass Ollantaytambo and its Inca terraces and through class II and III rapids, finishing with "El Resbaladero" (the slippery one), a powerful CLASS III rapid that includes waves and small whirlpools. We then exit the river, dry off, change clothes, and later enjoy a snack on the riverbank. There are also toilet facilities at this location. We then transport you back to your hotel.

Available on Day 3
Price: $67 per person

Maras & Moray: We will pick you up from your hotel in Urubamba valley and drive to the archaeological complex of Maras and Moray. The picturesque town of Maras, a multicolored caprice of nature, possesses important salt mines. These have been exploited since Inca and colonial times. We will continue with our tour, to the archeological site of Moray, where there are impressive agricultural terraces constructed by the Incas. One of the most notable features of Moray is the temperature difference between the top and the bottom of the Moray complex, which can vary by 15°C (59°F).

Available on Day 3
Price: $42 per person

Biking tour: Ride a mountain bike through beautiful Urubamba Valley Scenery. All bikes are heavy duty American Schwinn in different sizes. They're low weight, Shimano LX gear, 24-27 speed, and have front suspension. Choose between different routes depending on the grade of difficulty you're looking for. You'll enjoy the beauty of the scenic farmlands of the Quechua communities in the valley.

Available on Day 3
Price: $115 per person

Horse Riding: Enjoy two to three hour horse ride that will give you the unique experience of riding the smoothest riding horse in the world, the Peruvian Paso Horse. There are many places to visit: the salt pans of Maras, the old village of Pichingoto, the lively market towns of Urubamba or the wonderful farmland and the Quechua communities in the valley. All the while you’ll become familiar with our beautiful Peruvian Paso Horse.

Available on Day 3
Price: $105 per person
 

Quad Adventure: Enjoy a fascinating adventure to "Quebrada de Pumahuanca". Take a fun ride on versatile all-terrain vehicles to places outside the most traditional tourist routes, where you will relish unique landscapes and authentic glances into local life. During this ride, you will visit the communities of Rumichaca, Palcaraqui and Pumahuanca. Unparalleled scenery surrounds you while you reach the archaeological remains of Huayna Capac Palace. The journey continues on to Chichubamba community, where you will see their typical chicherias, and learn about their ancestral traditions.

Available on Day 3
Price: $169 per person

Larco Museum: Drive to the Pueblo Libre district to visit the Larco Herrera Museum, housed in an 18th century colonial mansion that hosts the most extensive collection of pre-Columbian art in Peru. It contains fine examples of textile work, one of which has a world record-breaking 398 threads per inch, as well as the tools ancient Peruvians used to produce metals, huaco ceramics and gold and silver pieces with semiprecious stones.

Available on Day 7
Price: $35 per person

Palomino Island : We will meet on the Naval College jetty in La Punta, Callao. Sail to the islands of Callao. We will first see the yachts, warships and merchant ships at anchor in Callao Bay, then sail over "El Camotal" into the open sea, observing sunken and stranded ships. We pass the Isle of San Lorenzo with its long history going back to pre-Columbian times. There are fishing boats at work, and many colonies of sea birds and Humboldt penguins. The farthest point on the trip is Palomino Island, home to a large number of seals and sea lions, in a wetsuit you can swim amongst them, as they have no predators - it is an unforgettable and emotional moment. We then start our voyage back through impressively shaped islets and rocks. Refreshments will be served before we reach the jetty. Arrival at the jetty in La Punta.

Available on Day 7
Price: $90 per person

Magic Fountains: Visit the fountain park where you will see a Group of fountains called Magic Water Circuit. Here you will find beautiful fountains with playing water, colored light and laser rays which dance according to the rhythm of the music.

Available on Day 7
Price: $20 per person