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Where each stop is, which route passes through it and how high it sits.
The Sacred Valley lies north of Cusco, along the Urubamba river from Pisac in the east to Ollantaytambo in the west. The Traditional route runs Cusco → Taray → Pisac → Urubamba → Ollantaytambo → Chinchero → Cusco. Super Sacred Valley runs Cusco → Chinchero → Moray → Maras → Urubamba → Ollantaytambo → Pisac → Cusco.
The valley floor is lower than Cusco; the plateau with Chinchero, Moray and Maras is slightly higher.
The green line is the Traditional; the dashed orange line is Super Sacred Valley.
Altitude and which route visits it.
Along the Urubamba river, lower than Cusco: Urubamba at 2,871 m and Ollantaytambo at 2,790 m. This is where lunch and the longest visits happen.
Between Cusco and the valley, a little higher than the city: Chinchero at 3,762 m, Moray at 3,500 m and Maras at 3,385 m. Altitude, stop by stop.
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Ask on WhatsAppNorth of the city. The valley floor follows the Urubamba river from Pisac in the east to Ollantaytambo in the west; Chinchero, Moray and Maras sit on the higher plateau between the valley and Cusco.
No. The Traditional goes east first, to Taray and Pisac, and comes back over the plateau through Chinchero. Super Sacred Valley starts on the plateau at Chinchero and comes back through Pisac.
Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero and the lunch in Urubamba. Moray and the Maras salt mines are only on Super Sacred Valley; the Taray viewpoint only on the Traditional.
Yes. Both routes can end in Ollantaytambo, at the western end of the valley, for the train to Machu Picchu, at the same price.
Transport between every stop is included · from US$30.
Day tours from Cusco, Puno and Arequipa, run by the same local operator, Enjoy Peru Holidays.
Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Moray and Maras in one day.
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