The Urubamba Valley, was the Sacred Valley of the Incas, at the heart of their Excursions: empire. Surrounded by a dramatic landscape of steep mountains and snow covered peaks, it is located east of the Inca capital of Cusco and leading to the citadel of Machu Picchu. Since ancient times, the fertile lands, ancient terraces and the waters of the Urubamba river have been used to grow the staple diet of Quinoa, potatoes, cereals and to bread livestock. The people still speak the native Quechua language and conserve ancient customs and ancestral rites. 

Please find here a list of excursions we can provide in the Sacred Valley of the Incas:

•Ceramics and textile workshop •Peruvian Home Cooking

•Pachamama Ceremony "An Andean Prayer"

•Pre-Hispanic Music

•Birdwatching excursions

•Mountain Biking

•Rafting Urubamba River

•Walking & Trekking the Country side

Sacred Valley of the Incas Full day Tour  - Early start from your hotel to visit the colourful and authentic market of Chinchero where people from the surrounding communities congregate to trade their goods, not only trading in money, but also barter. The day continues to Maras pre-Inca salt pans and we walk down the ravine to the Urubamba River for lunch at a old Spanish hacienda by theriver. We then visit the fortress of Ollantaytambo, the archaeological complex believed to have been a gigantic agricultural, administrative, social, religious and military centre. Late in the afternoon we reach Pisac a small colonial village built by Viceroy Francisco de Toledo where there is a tourist market with weavings and of handicrafts. We drive up the mountain above the town to visit Pisac ruins, affording superb views of the surrounding countryside and sunset. Evening return to the hotel.

WILLOQ & PATACANCHA - A visit to the village of Willoq, high in the Patacancha Valley, is a journey into the past, a visit to the descendants of the Incas. According to historians, the people of Willoq with their traditional red ponchos and shawls are the direct descendants of the last rulers of imperial Cusco, and remain today one of the Andean communities least affected by Western influence. The Willoq community is also well known for its weavers and the quality of the textiles is still a product of the patience, knowledge and skilled weaver. The primitive backstrap loom, unaltered for centuries, is still used to weave even the finest textiles.

PUMAMARCA HIKE - We start in Ollantaytambo walking slowly uphill to the quarry of Kachiqhata. Gigantic stones of pink granite were partially shaped in the quarry and then slid down the hill & dragged across the river and over the fields. Once across the field, the stones were dragged up a 1,200 ft ramp to the Sun Temple site at Ollantaytambo. Along the route we will can admire the magnificent landscape of the Urubamba Valley below. We view the numerours unfinished stones of large size and different shapes, before returning along the trail back down to the valley Horseriding is an excellent way to explore the countryside and the Quechua communities of the Urubamba valley, while becoming familiar with the Peruvian Paso horses.

Horeseriding with Paso Horses - The Paso horse is a symbol of Peruvian tradition. We will ride using the original Peruvian Paso riding gear - handmade saddles and tack-while dressed in poncho and sombrero.