The Cusco word it comes from the Quechua word QOSQO that means "Center or navel of the world". This department is located in the southwest zone of Peru, located on 3360m. Cusco city was founded on the Huatanay valley of centuries XI and XII for many tribes of race and quechua language, coming from the plateau of the lake Titicaca, led by the first Inca named Manco Capac.
Cusco was the sacred city and capital of the Tahuantinsuyo, was the center of government of four extensive regions of the fabulous old empire, including great part of Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, getting to be the greatest empire of the South Hemisphere. Its society was example of political organization–social, great knowledge in architecture, engineering, metallurgy, hydraulics, medicine, agriculture, etc. It has three beautiful snow-covered mountain range systems that exceed the 6 thousand meters of height, where cultural, scientific and sport activities are fulfilled. Also it has the most important Amazon rain forest region with natural reserve of fauna and flora. March twenty third of 1534, Francisco Pizarro founded on the city of the Cusco a Spanish city, turning an example of Andean and catholic cultural fusion.
The city of Cusco is the main tourist destiny in Peru and archaeological capital of South America, by these reasons the tourism arrives at this department, finding many attractive places, landscapes, valleys, typical towns, lagoons, rivers, museums, customs, culture, diversity of conventional tourism and adventure tourism between the Andes and Amazon rain forest. Peru Biking Tours is our operating agency in tourism of mountain bike at this region of Cusco, from 1 up to 7 days travel with the entire infrastructure that it demands to practice this sport.
PROGRAMS
1) FULL DAY CROSS COUNTRY BIKING TOUR TO MARAS AND MORAY
At 7 am we pick up from the hotel and travel by own private jeep to Chincheros village, which takes 40 minutes. Here we begin our cross country biking tour on the nice Andean landscape. We visit Lake Huaypo, Maras-Moray, Salt mining and finally enjoy doing downhill biking to Urubamba in the Sacred Valley. Maras is an Inca settlement, and is a place named Salineras, are extensive terracing salt areas, controlled, and used since before Inca days. This trip is for beginners, and experience bikers, you can choose to ride in asphalt road, dirt road and single trucks. Will be a nice experience mixing the sport and knowledge of the Inca culture. After 5 hours biking 20km stopping at different view points and lunch at Urubamba we will back to Cusco.
INCLUDED: Official English speaking guide + Transport round trip + Bikes + Helmet + Gloves + Entrances + Snack and lunch + Free t-shirt.
| Price | $48 US Dollars per person |
| Students & SAE Members | $45 US Dollars per person (Valid ISIC card + SAE card) |
| Minimum | 2 participants |
back to top2) FULL DAY MOUNTAIN BIKE IN THE SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS
At 7 am we pick up from your hotel and 30 minutes travel by our own private jeep to Abra Ccoroa on 3600m, here is the begin point for our downhill – cross country mountain biking into the Sacred valley of the Incas. S afety orientation regarding all the gear of our bikes, the protective gears, and description of the route. From here we will descent on nice asphalt road (beginners) or riding in the single trucks for experience bikers.
In Pisaq (2970m) it is possible to do a short hike to visit the archaeological remains of the Incas time, visit the Andean market and continue biking along the greenness sacred valley on the right bank of the river connecting to Qoya, Lamay, Calca, Urubamba (2880m) and Ollantaytambo (2850m) riding on asphalt road without traffic and getting wonderful views of terracing, colony churches, people working the mother earth.
After 4 to 5 hours pedalling 33mi (52km) we will be in Ollantaytambo, have a lunch and travel back to Cusco arriving at 3 to 4 pm and end of service.
INCLUDED: Official English speaking guide + Transport round trip + Bikes + Helmet + Gloves + Entrances + Snack and lunch + Free t-shirt.
| Price | $48 US Dollars per person |
| Students & SAE Members | $45 US Dollars per person (Valid ISIC card + SAE card) |
| Minimum | 2 participants |
3) 4 DAY DOWNHILL BIKING AND TREKKING TO MACHU PICHU
DAY 1
For this trip we leave at 5 am we pick up from your hotel and 3 hours travel by our own private jeep, enter to the sacred valley of the Incas and connecting nicest small village of Chincheros, Urubamba and Ollantaytambo all these towns are located around the Urubamba river. We stop to have a breakfast at Ollantaytambo (2850m) and after we continue travelling up to the highest pass named abra Malaga (4330m) in this point we will leave the bus and safety orientation regarding all the gear of our bikes, the protective gears, and description of the route. From we will begin our mixed tour (downhill biking + trekking) going from the Andes to the Amazon rain forest on a serpentine road, descending on the bike 30 to 45km per hour, this day will be amazing ride in the forest, stopping at many places to appreciate the local people with they local customers, with a great varieties of climate and different ecologic floors. We ride our bikes from 5 to 6 hours, 87km and 2300m of downhill.
At 4 pm arrival to Santa Maria (2000m) is quiet and nice place to have family accommodation and to stay the firs night.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner and lodging.
DAY 2
This day we will wake up at half pass six morning and breakfast, begin of our 6 hours hike in the jungle connecting to Santa Teresa (1900m), it is nice trek enter to the jungle in the warm weather exploring new places before to get Santa Teresa village, there is nice nature thermal spring.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner and lodging.
DAY 3
This day we hike 4 to 5 hours to Aguas Calientes town (2060m), is a nice hike inside the Acobamba canyon we a hot weather in the Amazon rain forest. At the middle day arrival to Aguas Calientes, have a lunch and the rest of the afternoon is free to swim in the thermal pools located on the head of this place.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner and lodging.
DAY 4
At half pass four morning, breakfast and begin our 2 hours climb to Machu pichu archaeological site, located over 2500m. After 2 climbing a nice jungle hill we will be inside Machu Pichu, 2 hours of guided tour and later you be freedom to climb the Wayna Pichu Montain or you can spend more time to explore Machu Pichu.
At 1 pm is time to hike or to take a tourist bus and back to Aguas Calientes and travel to Cusco by train, that is 4 hours of journey and end of service.
INCLUDED: Official English speaking guide + Private transport + Bikes + Helmet + Gloves + Entrances + Food 3b - 3l - 3d + Train back from Aguas calientes to Cusco + 3 nights of lodging + Free t-shirt.
| Price | $320 US Dollars per person |
| Students & SAE Members | $315 US Dollars per person (Valid ISIC card + SAE card) |
| Minimum | 2 participants |