Local Tips, Highlights, and Free Things to Do

Besides Machu Picchu, there are literally hundreds of things to do and places to visit in Ollantaytambo and the Sacred Valley of
 the Incas. Here is a list of our Top 10:

1. Visit the Inca fortress in Ollantaytambo and the many other sites in town.

2. Have a picnic in the peaceful and little-visited Incan site of Pumamarka.

3. Visit the gorgeous high glacier pass of Abra Malaga, then bike 5000 ft down to KB Tambo.

4. Take a hike or horseback ride to the Incan quarries and sun temple, Inti Punku.

5. Visit the Salt Mines and Moray, via mountain bike, taxi, or hiking.

6. Visit the traditional weaving communities of Huilloc, Patakancha, and others.

7. Visit the caves and terraces of Naupa Iglesia, near Pachar.

8. View the magnificent mountain carved terraces of Musca Puquio

9. Visit the waterfall and Incan site above Soccma

10. Hike to Machu Picchu from Ollantaytambo without the Inca Trail.