The Sacred Valley is the 60 km corridor between Pisac and Ollantaytambo, lying 1,000 metres lower than Cusco and often warmer. The Incas farmed it; the terraces still produce. For most itineraries it is both the acclimatisation stop and a destination of its own.
Peruways runs the full Sacred Valley circuit from Cusco: Pisac for the hilltop fortress and the Sunday market, Chinchero for the weaving cooperatives, Moray for the circular Inca agricultural terraces (an open-air crop microclimate experiment), Maras for the pre-Inca salt pans still worked by hand, Ollantaytambo for Pachacuti’s unfinished Temple of the Sun.
Most travellers pick three of these for a day trip, or spread them across two days with a Yucay or Urubamba overnight. Our licensed Peruvian guides cover the Inca agricultural engineering — vertical microclimates, terrace drainage, altitude-specific crops — which is the thread that ties the sites together.
Book your Sacred Valley day at Peruways.
