From Cusco: Inti Punku Sun Gate Hike with Breakfast and Lunch

Your experience

Hike from Cusco to Inti Punku (Sun Gate) on a guided full-day tour with breakfast, lunch, and round-trip transfers.

Getting started

Get picked up from your hotel in Cusco and travel out of the city with round-trip transfers included in your booking. Meet your professional hiking guide and drive toward the Cachiccata area, where the ancient Andean trail to Inti Punku begins. After arrival, sit down for breakfast provided before you start walking along the route.

What to expect

Ancient Andean trail from Cachiccata to Inti Punku (Sun Gate)

Follow an ancient Andean trail from the Cachiccata area toward Inti Punku, known as the Sun Gate, with your guide leading the way through the Sacred Valley landscape.

Features

• The hiking excursion to Inti Punku (Sun Gate) takes you past traditional agricultural terraces and rural Andean scenery, with continuous views of the surrounding mountains and the Sacred Valley.
• From Inti Punku, you reach a high vantage point overlooking the Sacred Valley and Ollantaytambo, a spot chosen for its panoramic views of the valley and historic Inca surroundings.
• Throughout the hike, your professional hiking guide explains local history, culture, the landscape, and aspects of traditional Andean life, helping you understand the context of the terraces and villages you see.
• Breakfast and lunch are included on this guided full-day hike, so you start the trail fueled and later sit down for a meal after completing the route, without needing to organize food yourself.

Ollantaytambo

After the hike, continue to the historic town of Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, where you have time to explore at your own pace.

Features

• Approximately 1 hour of free time in Ollantaytambo lets you walk its streets, observe the Inca-era layout, and take photos of the surrounding mountains and Sacred Valley from town level.
• This stop is designed for you to capture photos of the mountains, the Sacred Valley, and the wider Inca setting around Ollantaytambo, rounding off the day with a different perspective from the Inti Punku viewpoint.
• Free time in Ollantaytambo is included in your experience before you rejoin your transport for the return journey on your round-trip transfers back to Cusco.

Wrapping up

At the end of your free time in Ollantaytambo, you join your vehicle for the drive back to Cusco, where hotel drop-off concludes your day so you can rest after the hike.