Andes mountain climbing
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Andes Peru
- Huayhuash Alpine Circuit
- Climbing Vallunaraju
- Ranrapalca climbing
- Quilcayuanca hike
- Alpamayo climbing
- Huascaran South climbing
- Toclaraju climbing
- Climbing Artesonraju (Paramaunt)
- Urus Este climbing
- Ishinca climbing
- Toclaraju - Alpamayo climbing
- Ishinca - Urus Este climbing
- Trekking in the Santa Cruz Valley
- Trekking in Cordillera Huayhuash
- Sightseeing Machu Picchu
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Sightseeing Machu Picchu
South America. Peru. Sightseeing tour to Cuzco and Machu Picchu.
Altitude: 2600 m
Program category: Mountain Trekking
Difficulty: basic
Duration: 5 days
Season: May - September
Program price from: from 700 USD
Sightseeing tour to the Lost World of Inca Civilization - Machu Picchu
Read about Machu Picchu in the FAQ section
AlexClimb mountain climbing School organize recreational programs in Cuzco and Machu Picchu only as an option to mountain climbing or trekking programs.
Standard 4 days sightseeing tour to Cuzco and Machu Picchu is great for terminating any climbing program in Peru, and introduces to you the most bright and interesting side of the history of Peru.
Forsaken city in the jungles of the Central Peru - historical artefact Machu Picchu today is the most popular and famous tourist attraction of this country. Mysterious ancient Inca sacred place - mountain city, which original name did not reach our times, now is famous in the world under the modern name Machu Picchu and offers a lot of mysteries and enigmas for the explorers of ancient cultures. Machu Picchu is located on the top of the jungle covered mountain range on the altitude of 2450 meters. According to the opinion of many scientists, Machu Picchu was founded during the golden age of Inca Empire in XV century, but in XVI, after Spanish invasion and the pillage of Cuzco was left by all its inhabitants. Spanish conquistadores did not get to Machu Picchu. Because of that, Machu Picchu in our days is in its original condition, the most of the constructions are not damaged by time nor vandals and show the miraculous Inca stone working craftsmanship which secret the ancient Inca masters hasn't left for us.
Mountain climbing and trekking in Peruvian Andes, climbing Ishinca, Urus, Tocllaraju, Huascaran, Alpamayo, tours to Chavin, Machu Picchu
Standard Machu Picchu sightseeing tour begins in Cuzco - the Capital city of the ancient Inca Empire, from where to the famous monument it is approximately 100 km. Cuzco and Aguas Calientes (the nearest to Machu Picchu built-up area) are connected with narrow-gauge line which was build in IXX century, by which now lots of the tourists can in several hours reach the famous Peruvian attraction - Machu Picchu.
Program Schedule
The AlexClimb South America Andes Sightseeing schedule (Machu Picchu 2023 tour)
Sightseeing tour to Cuzco and Machu Picchu
Sightseeing recreational program
Day 1 - Morning flight to Cuzco, city tour, free time, hotel accommodation***
Day 2 - Transfer by Machu Picchu train to Aguas Calientes, hotel accommodation***
Day 3 - Sightseeing tour to the ancient Inca city Machu Picchu. For the most active people - scrambling to the top of Wayna Picchu ("The Young Mountain" – the cliff above the Machu Picchu, where the ancient Inca observatory is located, the ascent is comparably steep and tough). Return by bus to Cuzco. Hotel accommodation***.
Day 4 - Flight to Lima, city tour, hotel accommodation***.
Prices and conditions
The price of the "Machu Picchu sightseeing tour, Peru 2023":
700 Euro* - mini-group 3-5 participants
1200 Euro* - private program for 2 participants
* Price per person
You have to be ready for:
- Interesting and comfortable sightseeing tour, the only inconvenience is early start;
Conditions: this part can be sold only as addition to the first or the second part of the main Program.
The price includes: Hotel accommodation, transfers from the point of the beginning of the program to its end (Cuzco), using the communal basic medical kit, local registering and permits.
The price does not include: Peruvian visa charges*, International and domestic flight expenses to and from the point of the beginning of the program (Cuzco), obligatory climbing insurance, food and drinks, using the satellite phone.
Group capacity: 5
Guides: 1
*Most European citizens do not need visa for entering Peru, check that in Peruvian consulate in your home country.
Our Principles
AlexClimb Rule #1 - Safety First
From the very beginning of our activity, here nearly 16 years, the first Principle of work of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb is the Safety Priority. On the basis of this Principle all process of training is based, all programs and rounds are developed and carried out only within this main principle. We consider that at professional approach to development of programs, at personal discipline and correctly put motivation - occupations by mountaineering and rock-climbing are COMPLETELY safe. And from the return - all troubles and accidents in our sport come from nonprofessionalism, from ignorance or neglect by elementary standards of safety, from irrational motivation, from revaluation of own forces and opportunities. All these prerequisites we COMPLETELY EXCLUDE in our work - ours Rock-climbing, Ice climbing and Mountaineering are based on one Principle - the Safety Priority. In rock-climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing, the Priority of Safety of MCS AlexClimb-is your personal security and comfort irrespective of, than we are engaged - we train muscles and we work technology of the movement in the sports hall and on the rock climbing wall, we make the way through snowstorm to top or we relax on golden sand of the Caribbean beach after hot day of trainings on rocks. The Safety priority - the main credo of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb.
AlexClimb Rule #2 - Leave No Trace
Closely interacting with Nature, working with the active programs in mountains, woods, lakes and rivers, we perfectly understand the importance of carefull and respectfull bahavior towards the Nature, for its resources. From the very beginning of our outdoor-activity we adopted rules of Leave No Trace technique - the standard of behavior of the person accepted in all the civilized world in relation to environment and especially - to the wild nature. After all on the relation of people to the nature near which they exist, itself can draw dalekoidushchy conclusions on the relation of these people to... Where and as we didn't travel - we don't reserve any garbage, we try to reduce whenever possible our influence on environment to a minimum. We clear earlier zagryazyonny tourist parking of the left garbage, we take out and we take out to utilization places that to us other people left there. We consider that only thus, at personal individual consciousness of each citizen, each tourist, climber or autotraveller, we will be able to keep the nature surrounding us in its state, natural, suitable for life, - in it pledge of the healthy future for ourselves and our children.
