About this experience
This is a half day tour in the south of Cusco.
This tour take you to Tipon and Pickillaqta Archaeological sites, 2 places that are included in the general tourist ticket. If you bough this and you have time. You can book this tour, we provide you transport and tour guide for a good price. This tour you share with other tourists around the world and it is a good way to meet new friends.
This tour also will take you to Andahuaylillas, consider like The Sistine Chapel of America
At a glance
- Duration: 6 hr–7 hr
Plan your experience
Set aside 6 hr–7 hr for the experience itself, with additional time to reach your meeting or pickup point.
Before you go
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Local guides to help you plan
South Valley Day Trip From Cusco
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Tipon Day Trip From Cusco
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Sacred Valley Travel Guide From Cusco
Plan a Sacred Valley trip from Cusco with practical route choices, transport tradeoffs, overnight options, rail connections, budgeting advice, accessibility questions, and current 2026 travel cautions.
What is included
- Tourist Transport
- Professional tour guide (bilingue english - spanish)
Not included
- Entrance Ticket to Tipon, Piquillacta (You need the tourist ticket, the price is 70 soles or USD 22)
- Entrance ticket to Andahuaylillas (10 soles or 3.2 dollars per person)
- Meals, snacks, drinks
Itinerary and highlights
We will pick you up from your hotel at 08:40 am to begin the tour in the southern valley of Cusco. First we’ll visit Tipon, it is believed it was a temple to worship of water, contains 12 stunning terraces, whose walls were built with finely carved stones, it will surprise you even more the exquisite irrigation system through channels that still serve for agriculture today
Then we’ll visit Pikillaqta, a large pre-Inca urban center developed by the Wari empire with more than a thousand of buildings between qolcas (food stores), courts, homes, temples, long and narrow streets with buildings that had till 4 levels of high.
Our next point is Andahuaylillas, a typical village of singular and original architecture and its beautiful temple built in the colonial era with a beautiful decoration and mural painting of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it’s known as the “Sistine Chapel of America”. And finally we’ll return to Cusco passing by Oropesa, cuzqueñan typical village famous for its tasty bread. We’ll arrive to Cusco at 15:00 Hrs. Approx.
Meeting and pickup information
- You need to provide us the hotel or accomodation information (Name and address)
Languages and tickets
- English — Guide
- Spanish — Guide
- Mobile Only
Tour operator
- LIBERTREK PERU TRAVEL
Meeting points and locations
Accessibility and practical details
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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