TARIFAS DE ENTRADAS A MACHUPICCHU

Este blog esta dedicado a todos los turistas de habla hispana.

Para hacer su reserva en la modalidad ADULTOS debe ingresar a www.machupicchu.gob.pe y seguir los siguientes pasos:

ESCOJA EL CENTRO ARQUEOLÓGICO, LA RUTA, LA FECHA Y EL NÚMERO DE PERSONAS (EXTRANJEROS O CIUDADANOS CAN).

CAN: Comunidad Andina de Naciones (Perú, Bolivia, Colombia y Ecuador)

Tenemos 5 “RUTAS”, las diferencias son las siguientes:

1.   Ruta Ciudad Inka Machupicchu: Escoja esta opción si Ud. desea ingresar a la ciudadela de Machupicchu, desde el cual podrá obtener fotos de las clásicas postales de Machupicchu.

•  Adulto extrangero s/. 128.00
•  Estudiante extranjero s/64.00
•  Adulto CAN s/.65.00
•  Estudiante CAN s/.32.00

 2.   Ruta Machupicchu y Museo: Escoja esta opción si Ud. desea visitar la ciudadela de Machupicchu y el Museo Manuel Chavez Ballón.

El Museo además de contar con piezas arqueológicas y muestras fotográficas, cuenta con un jardín botánico de orquídeas y plantas silvestres de la zona. Se ubica en el kilómetro 112 de la vía férrea, lugar denominado como “Puente Ruinas”, frente a la antigua estación de tren, al pie de la Montaña de Machupicchu. Horario de atención: Lunes a Domingo de 09:00 a 16:30.

• Adulto Extranjero s/.150.00
• Estudiante Extranjero s/.75.00
• Adulto CAN s/.87.00
• Estudiante CANs/.43.00

También puede adquirir su boleto de solo MUSEO en Puentes Ruinas al precio de:

• Adultos: s/.22.00
• Estudiante: s/.11.00

3.   Machupicchu-Huaynapicchu G1: Escoja esta opción si Ud. desea visitar la ciudadela de Machupicchu, el Templo de la Luna y el Huaynapicchu en el horario de 07:00 a 08:00am (200 personas). El ascenso a la montaña Huaynapicchu lleva un aproximado de 1hr y 15 min. Aproxim. Esta ruta es aconsejable para los jóvenes aventureros.

4.   Machupicchu -Huaynapicchu G2: Escoja esta opción si Ud. desea visitar la ciudadela de Machupicchu, el Templo de la Luna y el Huaynapicchu en el horario de 10:00 a 11:00am (200 personas).

·         Adulto Extranjero s/.152.00

·         Estudiante Extranjero s/.76.00

·         Adulto CAN s/.91:00

·         Estudiante CAN s/.46.00

5.   Machupicchu - Montaña: Escoja esta opción si Ud. desea visitar la ciudadela de Machupicchu Machupicchu y realizar el ascenso a la Montaña denominada “Machupicchu” (son puras escalinatas) desde el cual podrá apreciar todo la ciudadela de Machupicchu y disfrutar de una hermosa vista así también realizar tomas fotográficas panorámicas. El ascenso a la Montaña denominada "Machupicchu" toma un tiempo de 1h y 50 minutos aproximadamente. Esta ruta es aconsejable para personas que se encuentren en buen estado físico.

Horario de Ingreso:  De 07:00hs a 12:00hs

• Adulto Extranjero S/. 142.00
• Estudiante Extranjero S/.71.00
• Adulto CAN S/.81:00
• Estudiante CAN S/.41.00

Todos los precios publicados son en NUEVOS SOLES (moneda Peruana) Si se encuentra en Perú puede realizar su reserva en nuestra página web www.machupicchu.gob.pe y realizar el pago en cualquier oficina del Banco de la Nación del Perú a nivel Nacional el pago es en efectivo y Soles (moneda Peruana) de Lunes a Viernes de 8:00 - 17:30 hrs Y Sábados de 9:00 - 13:00hrs, es necesario presentar el FORMATO DE RESERVA impreso.

Recuerde que toda reserva es válida por 6 horas, tiempo en el que debe realizar el pago caso contrario la reserva sera cancelada. Toda venta esta sujeta a la disponibilidad de espacios y las tarifas publicadas son en Nuevos Soles (Moneda Peruana).

ESTUDIANTES:

La venta de boletos para estudiantes y/o menores de edad (8 a 17 años), por el momento SOLO puede comprar de manera presencial en:

ü  Nuestras oficinas del Ministerio de Cultura Cusco ubicadas en Av. De la Cultura Nº238 Condominio Huascar-Wanchaq de Lunes a Sábado de 07:00 a 18:30hr (No se atiende días festivos).

ü  A través de una agencia de viajes o guía autorizado que podrá encontrar en nuestra página web http://www.machupicchu.gob.pe/ en la opción Consultas/Agencias/Guías.

ü  Recuerde que para estudiantes Peruanos necesitan acreditar con el carné Universitario CON FECHA VIGENTE y para estudiantes Extranjeros con carné ISIC original con fecha vigente, en caso de menores de edad (8 a 17 años) solo necesita acreditar con el DNI, partida de nacimiento o pasaporte.

ü  Menores de 7 años no pagan solo tienen que acreditar en la puerta de ingreso.

 La tarifa de estudiantes es la mitad de precio, de acuerdo a la ruta elegida.

This Blog has been written by Free Tours by Foot Cusco  -  IM WAY SRL.

Santuranticuy — Sale of Saints

Santuranticuy (means sale of saints), is the Traditional Folk Art Fair in Cusco city, and it is part of the celebrations in Cusco's Christmas.

It takes place on December 24 of each year in Plaza de Armas of Cusco.

It is one of the biggest celebrations, where craftsmen come from all regions of Peru to exhibit their crafts that make allusion to Saints and the typical Manuelito Child.

It is also customary to buy dresses for the Child Jesus and candles for the Christmas celebration.

The Christmas crafts made from various techniques such as wood, ceramics, silverware, imaginería and others.

The Christmas in Cusco, does not go unnoticed, the whole town joins to the choral presentations, and makes decorations on the balconies of historic center and people build manger or "births" in their homes, institutions, churches and other premises.

The mangers are decorated with native flora of Cusco brought from the field and the people, usually, put in their manger small animals that sell in the fair. Who want, can participate in the contest of Cusqueños Births that organizes EMUFEC (Municipal Corporation Celebrations Cusco).

Cusco Tourist Ticket - 301

 

What is the Boleto Touristico of Cusco? — Cusco Tourist Ticket

The best way to get entry tickets for almost all sites in Cusco and Sacred Valley areas is to purchase a Boleto Turistico – Tourist Ticket. Most of the major archeaological sites can only be visited with the boleto.

The full "Boleto General" ticket covers 16 archeological and cultural sites in all Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Southern Valley. It costs S/ 130 and is valid for 10 days. If you are planning on visiting several sites over more than 1 or 2 days, this is really the only way to go. Students 25 years and under and carrying an ISIC ID and chilren can buy the BT Estudiante for S/ 70. For Peruvian nationals, boletos are S/ 70 for the Boleto General and S/ 40 for the Boleto de Estudiante.

Alternatively, there are 3 partial boletos (divided as circuits or "circuitos") that can be purchased separately which allow you to visit a sub-set of sites. The partial boletos are valid for 2 days. Each circuit is S/ 70. For students if you stll want the partial it is still 70 soles.

Circuit I (good for 1 day):

•  Sacsayhuaman
•  Qenqo
•  Pucapucara
•  Tambomachay

Circuit II (good for 2 days):

• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Museum of Regional History
• Museum of Popular Art
• Museum at Qoriqancha
• Pachacutec statue
• Native Music and Dance show at Qosqo Center of Native Art
• Tipon
• Piquillaqta

Circuit III (good for two days):

• Pisaq
• Ollantaytambo
• Chinchero
• Moray

Note:

Several of the major sites, including Sacsayhuaman, Pisaq, Ollantaytambo and Chinchero do not have individual visit tickets and can only be seen by purchasing a Boleto Turistico. Smaller sites such as Tipon and Moray however can be visited separately.

Tickets can be purchased on Avenida el Sol in an office right next to the iPeru office. Or at the entry of any of the sites included on the Boleto Turistico. Address is: Av. Sol 103 Of. 102 Galerias Turisticas.

To Consider: 

The following sites or museums are NOT part of the Boleto Turistico

• Machupicchu: 130 soles
• Museo Inca: 15 soles
• Temple of Kiricancha: 15 soles
• All Churches including the Cathedral: The Catedral cost 25 soles for students 15 soles, The church of the Jesuits cost 12 soles and other ones got also that average Price of 10 to 15 soles, you can always buy them at any church.
• Note, you can also buy the Religious Boleto Turistico for all churches which is 30 soles valid for some days.

The official Boleto Turisco website (only one) is http://www.cosituc.gob.pe/

All customers can choose any of those touristic spots and ask for a tour guide in Cusco city, the service will be powered by IM WAY TOURS – Richard & Elvis - Creators of

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Peru Weather and When to Go? Altitude Sicknes?

Peru Weather and When to Go?

Get to visit Peru, a very diverse country.

 Below article is for all people that wat to visit my country, "Peru, the Land of the Incas"

Peru can be visited all year round, but it all depends what do you want to do or visit

1. Summer is from December to March but, it is the rainy season on the highlands and the jungle. During February the Inca Trail is closed for tourists. In summer the beaches south of Lima are great. You can also go to the North of Peru and visit Mancora all year round, as it is close to the Equator and will be sunny.
2. It never rains in Lima, but it gets cold due to the humidity between June and August. It’s normally overcast with fog. If you go out of Lima towards the central mountains, you will find the sun about an hour away.
3. Most popular time to visit Cusco is between June and August, but the recommend time to visit is in April, May or September to October, just after and before the rainy season and the tourist crowds. If you do not mind the rain and are not doing the Inca trail, the highlands are beautiful green and flowery during the rainy season.
4. The sun is always out in the highlands, but it will be chilly in the afternoons and quite cold during winter at night. Dress  with clothing in layers (t shirt, long sleeve shirt, sweater, jacket) so you can "peel" them off as it gets warmer and put them back on when it gets colder. Bring a small backpack to carry your clothing and tourist apparel.

Our Country - Peru, the Land of the Incas

Altitude Sickness because of the weather and the Andes

What Causes Altitude Illnesses: The primary cause of altitude illnesses is going too high too quickly. Given time, your body can adapt to the decrease in oxygen at specific altitudes. This is known as acclimatization and generally takes 1 to 3 nights at a given altitude.  

Prevention of Altitude Illnesses: Prevention of altitude illnesses falls into two categories, proper acclimatization and preventive medications. Below are a few basic guidelines for proper acclimatization. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up, you can always check out with tour guide as well.

• Do not over-exert yourself or move higher for the first 24 hours.   
•  If you go above 10,000 feet (3,048 meters), only increase your sleeping elevation by 1,000 feet (305 meters) per day and for every 3,000 feet (915 meters) of elevation gained, take a rest day.     
•  If you begin to show symptoms of moderate altitude illness, don't go higher until symptoms decrease     
•  If symptoms increase, go down, down, down!    
•  Keep in mind that different people will acclimatize at different rates. 
•  Stay properly hydrated.
•  Take it easy; don't over-exert yourself when you first get up to altitude.    
•  Avoid tobacco, alcohol and other depressant drugs including, barbiturates, tranquilizers, and sleeping pills.     
•  Eat a high carbohydrate diet while at altitude.  

  Preventive Medications  (requiring prescriptions):

• Diamox (Acetazolamide) changes acid balance which allows you to increase breathing and improve oxygen uptake - the same mechanism as in normal acclimatization , but  faster
• Dexamethasone (a steroid) is a drug that decreases brain and other swelling, helping to reverse the effects.

Mercado San Pedro Cusco

Mercado San Pedro Cusco — San Pedro Market

 

 

San Pedro Market in Cusco, is located on the western side of the city, about  eight minutes’ walk from the Plaza de Armas., On the way to this place you will see lots of  street vendors and ladies in traditional clothing sitting on the sidewalks offering some nuts, popcorn and other small bags of dried foods. For a complete explanations join our Free Tours by Foot Cusco every day.

If you’re looking for a cotton sheep and wool sweaters, some freshly made juices, some plantains to fry or some gifts for your parents or friends back home you’re definitely on your way to the right place.

What should you expect?

Lovely Traditional Food such as Lomo saltado (stir fried beef), Arroz a la Cubana (steamed rice with some plantain, fried eggs, avocado and French fries), Bull Penis Soups, nice local flavored juices, see lots of handicraft staff and souvenirs and many women each fighting for you attention. We do advice to see taste some local fruits such as lucuma, granadilla,chirimoya (custard apple), some of them are flavored with Frogs.

Before you go:

It is open from 8am till 5pm approx.

Look after your electronic devices.

Bring Warm Clothing at all times.

Avoid Scams:

You’ll find hundreds of souvenirs here too. You can buy really good quality sweaters, cardigans, hats and scarves made from cotton, sheep and synthetic wool, shop around and get a good price. You’ll also get some fridge magnets key rings, lighters and novelty mementoes like bottle covers and mestiza dolls; all of which are decorated in beautiful color and some of them are handmade designs.  It’s a nice gesture to buy things in the market because you are supporting and encouraging local people to keep going forward and let them earn their money in DECENT way. Be aware although, some of these mamacha sellers see dollar and euro signs when they see GRINGOS (non Spanish speaking people, tall, white skins) coming. They can pull prices just out of their heads for things, you can always walk away from that shop and keep on asking next ones, you are never polite by doing that.

You can always have a guided walking tour with Free Tours  by Foot Cusco

Indigenous Culinary in Cusco - every Sunday only

Culinary of Cusco

Chiriuchu — Local dish

Our culinary in Peru is a  lend between anmerindigenous food with spanish, french, italian or even chinese.
Back in bthe colonial times lots of ingredients from europe was brought anthough there are some dishes that were already prepared here such as: Chiriuchu, Ceviche, Pachamanca, Causa and much more.
Our culinary before the spaniards were mainly boiled, not fried or grilled.
I terms of meat we would maily eat guinea apart from native fishes, scargott, ducks or chinchilla(andean rabbits)
To learn more about our culinary join our free walking tour every sunday at 10am, at this day we will visit the plaza San Francisco where we have local culinaly festival.

HAPPENING THIS WEEK "CHIRIUCHU"

Cuzco the 24th of May, we are celebrating CORPUS CHRISTI-Body of Jesus Christ, we do have currently big celebrations these days in Cuzco City and all Catholic People in the American Continent since this is Spanish rooted celebration. The party starts on the 25th of May to commemorate the Life of Jesus Christ after 60 days he s been crucified. This is a great opportunity to take pics, see life style, culture and culinary. Up this blog I have posted a photo, the name of this dish is CHIRIUCHU (COLD CHILLI PEPPER)

DESCRIPTION:

This dish is like a world on a plate.  It works for catholic festivities because it brings everything together, in the small portions of different ingredients of different types and from different regions.

It has corn as its base, with guinea pig, chicken, a kind of jerky (charky), and sausage on top of the kernels of gold.  Then comes a slice of cheese from the neighboring highland region of Puno (very delicious), a torreja (a Spanish omelette with corn flour, compis potatoes, yellow squash (zapallo), onion greens, and spices), and then sea weed and fish eggs from the Pacific coast.  A slice of colorful Root pepper occupies the top.

The dish is served cold and is eaten with the hands.

Yesterday and today, crowds of people will gather at the stands by San Francisco to sit and eat chiriuchu while musicians stroll through to serenade with their art.   The dish can also be found in many restaurants with varying degrees of authenticity.

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CUSCO WALKING TOURS: for all our free tours we kindly encourage tourists to book so that we know the amount of attendees we will have on the next day, this is really important because that way our groups stay manageable and they also let us notify of changes, below we have some fast booking steps:

Meet up Times: From Monday to Saturday at 10am – 1pm and 3:30pm and on Sundays ONLY ONE TOUR at 10AM - UPDATED 2017 
Meeting Point: Meet us at Plazoleta Regocijo (Kusipata) ONLY.

• Send us a message to our whatsapp numbers +51 958745640  & +51 984479073, by specifying your walking tour starting time and amount of attendees.
• You can also send us your booking through our fun page on our Facebook.
• There is also a form for you to fill it up on our site.

From the 2nd April 2017, join us at 10am every sundays.

PRIVATE TOURS: For all top quality private tours, make your inquires or requests through our website or whatsapp numbers at least ONE DAY in ADVANCE.

• All our private tours are conducted by Richard and Elvis creators or Free Tours by foot Cusco, we offer best organized tours for family groups, students or business groups.
•  All private tours include remarkable sites, best tours guides and nice transportation vans at reasonable prices. We do not overcharge.
• Private tours are powered by Inkan Milky Way Tours a very small family company established legally by Richard and Elvis, located at San Agustin street 269 – Cusco City.

LIMA WALKING TOURS: for all our free tours we kindly encourage tourists to book so that we know the amount of attendees we will have on the next day, this is really important because that way our groups stay manageable and they also let us notify of changes, below we have some fast booking steps:

Meet up Times: From Monday to Saturday at 10am & 10.50am only - we don't operate on sundays. 
Meeting Points: 

1. In Miraflores: Join us ta 10am in front of Marriott Courtyard Hotel, just 5 min on foot from parque kennedy.
2. In downtown Lima: Join us at 10:50am at the Atrium of La Merced Church just 5 min on foot from the plaza mayor.

To consider: Be Aware with those guys in the Plazas claimin to work with us.

• Send us a message to our whatsapp numbers +51 958745640  & +51 984479073, by specifying your walking tour starting time and amount of attendees.
• You can also send us your booking through our fun page on our Facebookhttps://web.facebook.com/InkanMilkyWayToursLima/.
• Anytime you take our free walking tour in Lima, you can write your testimony.
• There is also a form for you to fill it up on our site.

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