Cusco, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu Mountain Bike Tour

Arrival to Cusco city (3500 masl), ancient capital of the Inca empire; currently the historical and cultural capital of Peru. You will go crazy by how fascinating the historic center is, with its typical streets, living culture, the best cuisine in the world and amazing Inca monuments; in addition to the immense amount of mountains that surround this magical city.

Our team will pick you up upon arrival at the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (Cusco) and transfer to your hotel in Cusco, very close to the Plaza de Armas.

We have all the mechanical equipment and tools, as well as bicycle support, to leave our mountain bikes ready from the first day.

In the evening, we will enjoy a welcome dinner and explanation of the mtb trip.

Night in Cusco included
Welcome dinner included

In the morning, we will go by shuttle to the Inca complex of Sacsayhuaman (10 minutes from the center of Cusco), this place is featured by Inca monuments and constructions with amazing architecture and engineering; here a professional cultural guide will give us a tour and explanation of the place.

From Sacsayhuaman we will go to the upper part of Cusco - Salkantay Town (4000 masl), from this place, the view of Cusco city is impressive; we will start the ride from here riding through ancestral trails, which will take us to the Inca complex of "Puca Pucara", used in Inca times as a place of control and defense of the Empire.

After lunch our mountain bike tour will continue along a very wide and fun old trail; that will take us to the Inca complex of "Inkilltambo", which was formerly used as a ceremonial and agricultural center.

Finally our day ride will end in Cusco City. 

MTB - Trails Cusco

• Connection Salkantay Pueblo - Puca Pucara - Inca Carcel "Inkilltambo" - Cusco
• 20% uphill - 40% flat - 40% downhill / 15km

Total ascent: 190 meters

Total descent: 650 meters

Total Distance: 12km

Transfer time: 40 minutes

Max Altitude: 4000 meters

Min Altitude: 3500 meters

Cycling time: 2:30 - 3 hours

Night in Cusco included

Breakfast and Lunch included

This day we will wake up early to start our bike tour through the mountains of Cusco; Our vehicle will bring us closer to the Qoricocha lake (4100 masl), here we will start the ride, surrounding the lake, crossing high andean mountains and enjoying spectacular andean sceneries full llamas and alpacas around.

The landscapes will be extraordinary and the ride very soft and easy.

Once we reach the highest point of the trail (4200 masl); We will start the ride down, along a very fun and flowy downhill trail, until we reach the town of Cuper Alto, on the shores of the Piuray lake (3,200 meters). Our vehicle will pick us up from here and drive to the town of Chinchero, a nearby town, very famous for the very fine textiles that its artisans have developed since the Inca times; We will have time to learn more about the textile processes that artists use to pigment their looms, as well as the different ways and techniques which they make their textiles.

After, we will leave Chinchero town by vehicle or pedaling, to the shores of the Piuray lake, where we will have lunch on the shore of the lake. And where we can also enter the lake, to practice stand up paddle or navigate by boat along the shore of this magical place.

At the end of the day, our vehicle will take us to the Sacred Valley of the Incas to relax and spend the night.

MTB Trail - Cusco Sacred Valley Connection

• Cusco - Qoricocha Lake - Chinchero town
• 20% uphill / 40% flat /  40% downhill / soft singletrack

Total ascent: 150 meters

Total descent: 700 meters

Total Distance: 13.5km

Transfer time: 1 hour

Max Altitude: 4200 meters

Min Altitude: 3500 meters

Riding Time: 3 - 4 hours

Night in Sacred Valley included

Breakfast lunch included

We will leave by vehicle, from our hotel in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, to the salt mines of Maras, here we will be able to enter and take pictures of this great place that produces "The best Salt gourmet in the world"; the pools and platforms in which the salt settles, form a mosaic of white grids between the arid hills of this part of the Sacred Valley, very impressive.

We will visit a local factory, in which they produce and mix handmade chocolates with gourmet salt from Maras, as well as with different local plants and fruits, we will be able to taste all the flavors!

From the town of Maras we will ascend by vehicle to the town of Misminay (3500 meters), from here we will start a very flowy and fun mountain bike trail, which will take us through natural viewpoints of the Sacred Valley and also the archaeological complex of Moray (center Inca of agricultural experimentation for domestication-acclimatization of plants) from these viewpoints, we will ride down on bikes to Moray complex and take a closer guided tour.

Picnic lunch, with an impressive view of the Sacred Valley and its mountains.

Ending the day, we will ride down a very beautiful trail from the salt mines to Pachar town (2,800 meters) and end the day celebrating at the “Sacred Valley Brewery” with a good craft beer and snacks.

MTB Trail - Sacred Valley

• Misminay Town to Inca Moray Complex / Moray - Pachar Town
• 10% uphill - 10% flat - 80% down easy singletrack

Total ascent: 95 meters

Total descent: 700 meters

Total Distance: 20km

Transfer time: 1 hour

Max Altitude: 3500 meters

Min Altitude: 2800 meters

Riding time: 3 - 4 hours

Night in Sacred Valley included

Breakfast lunch included

Let's go to the jungle!

From the Sacred Valley (2,800 masl), our vehicle will take us (2 hours) to Abra Málaga (4,300 masl), this is "the frontier between the Andes and the rainforest of the Amazon". 

From this place we will ride down a super long paved road, until we reach 900 meters, “the rainforest”

We will be able to see how the cold landscape, surrounded by mountains, moors and snow-covered mountains, will be transformed into a forest full of vegetation and hot weather. Is very impressive to see how the snow and the green of the forest are so close to each other in this area.

Our bike ride will end in Huamanmarca town (1800 meters); after lunch our vehicle will take us to Santa María town (1 hour)

In Santa María town, even more fun awaits us. We will go to the river and take a rafting ride for about 2 hours through the jungle, before leaving for the thermal baths of Cocalmayo - Santa Teresa town - where we will end our day relaxing in hot water pools.

MTB Trail - Inca Jungle

• Malaga Pass(3500 masl) to Huamanmarca town (1800 meters)
• 5% uphill - 25% flat - 70% downhill on paved road

Total ascent: 50 meters

Total descent: 2500 meters

Total Distance: 60km

Transfer time: 3 hours total

Max. Elevation: 4300 meters

Min. Elevation: 1800 meters

Riding time: 4 - 5 hours

Night in Thermal Baths of Cocalmayo included

Breakfast & lunch included

In the morning our vehicle will take us to Hidroelectrica train station (30 minutes), where we will take the train (45 minutes) to Aguas Calientes town

Bus round trip to Machu Picchu 

Entrance to Machu Picchu Citadel

Private guide 4 hours. 

Return to Aguas Calientes town for lunch.

Train back to Cusco and transfer to your accommodation in the city.

The transports and the visit to Macchu Picchu are included
Night in Cusco Included

Breakfast lunch included

The Incas did not know the word “goodbye”, they thought that a farewell was brief and that in the future they would meet again, for which they used the word TUPANANCHISKAMA, which means: UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.

Includes:

• Private shuttle
• Arrival and departure shuttles
• Certified MTB professional guides
• Breakfasts and Lunches (check itinerary)
• Welcome dinner
• Lodging: Cusco / Sacred Valley / Santa Teresa town - Cocalmayo 
• Bike Tools 
• First aid and emergency equipment
• Snacks, water and fruits
• Bicycle mechanical assistance
• Private guide in Machu Picchu
• Train one way: Hydroelectric Train Station - Aguas Calientes Train Station
• Return Train: Aguas Calientes Train Station - Ollantaytambo/Cusco Train Station
• Buses round trip Machu Picchu Inca complex 
• Tickets to all the archaeological monuments around Cusco and Sacred Valley
• Whitewater rafting in Santa María town
• Stand Up paddle in Laguna de Piuray

Not Includes :

• Protective Equipment 
• Bicycles (we rent professional full suspension Enduro bikes 
• Dinners (check itinerary) 
• Tips 
• Alcoholic drinks 
• Bike spares