The Sacred Valley runs 60 km between Pisac and Ollantaytambo at a kinder altitude than Cusco (2,800-3,000 m vs 3,400 m), which makes it both the better acclimatisation stop and an easier day for walking.
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 microclimate laboratory, with the inner rings 15°C warmer than the outer), Maras for the pre-Inca salt pans still worked by hand, Ollantaytambo for Pachacuti’s unfinished Temple of the Sun.
Most itineraries pick three of these for a day trip, or spread them across two days with a valley overnight. Our licensed Peruvian guides cover the Inca agricultural engineering — vertical microclimates, terrace drainage, altitude-specific crops — which is the thread tying the sites together.
Book at Peruways. We bundle the Sacred Valley day with the train onwards to Machu Picchu.
