Sacred Valley – Coffee or Cacao Tour 2D

Sacred Valley Coffee or Cacao Tour from Cusco – 2 Days / 1 Night

This Sacred Valley coffee or cacao tour from Cusco combines the best of the valley with a real farm experience. It lasts 2 days and 1 night. On day 1, you explore the Sacred Valley of the Incas and impressive sites such as Pisac and Ollantaytambo. Then you travel to Huayopata, in the La Convención province. There you spend the night with local coffee or cacao growers, in a basic riverside lodge or a family farmhouse, depending on your experience.

On day 2, you enjoy your farm experience: coffee with the Pérez family or cacao (cocoa) with Julia. Both are organic, fair-trade certified family farms. You choose when you book, because the lodging and the host family are different for each experience. In addition, the coffee experience with the Pérez family focuses on specialty coffee. You learn how high-quality coffees are produced and what sets them apart from conventional coffee. Meet the family firsthand and discover their generations-old knowledge of traditional agriculture. Follow the full process of each crop, from harvest to cup or bar. You will also taste seasonal fruit and other local produce grown on the farm.

Continue to Machu Picchu or stay in Ollantaytambo

If your final destination is Machu Picchu, we can help you extend this tour in that direction. We drop you off in Santa María. From there, you continue on your own toward Hidroeléctrica and Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town).

If you would like to enjoy Ollantaytambo at a relaxed pace, sleep there after the Sacred Valley. Then head to the farm the next day. The details are in the Itinerary tab.

Sacred Valley Coffee or Cacao Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Cusco – Sacred Valley – Huayopata Coffee or Cacao Farm

• Pick-up time: 7:00 AM for the Regular Sacred Valley route, or 6:30 AM for the Super Valle route.
• For group tours, you can choose your Sacred Valley route:
  • Regular Sacred Valley (7:00 AM pick-up): visit the market town and archaeological site of Pisac, then Ollantaytambo. It is a classic introduction to the valley’s history and Inca engineering.
  • Super Valle (6:30 AM pick-up): a more complete route through Chinchero (Andean weaving community), Moray (the Inca’s circular agricultural terraces), Salineras de Maras (the ancestral salt pans), and Ollantaytambo.
• Afternoon: After an optional buffet lunch in Urubamba (see the Included tab), we continue to Ollantaytambo’s impressive Inca ruins. We also walk through the town, one of the few in Peru that still preserves its original Inca urban layout.

Drive to Huayopata and overnight stay

• Then, we cross the Andes into the cloud forest and the high jungle. The drive is almost direct and takes approximately 3 to 4 hours. However, this time is an estimate, not fixed, and depends on the stops. We usually arrive close to nightfall, so we make only a couple of short stops. We buy flowers to offer to the Pachamama at the chapel of the Lord of Puerto Málaga. If you wish, we also stop for a coffee or hot chocolate at 4,300 m (14,100 ft). Where you spend the night depends on the experience you choose:
  • Coffee option: you stay in a basic local lodge by the river, run by a local family. It is about 5 minutes by vehicle from the coffee family’s farm. After arriving, settle into your private room (hot water and private bathroom included) and have dinner. Breakfast is served at the lodge the next morning.
  • Cacao option: Julia, the first host family to welcome Coclatours travelers in Huayopata, receives you in her home, a family farmhouse. Start with a short walk through the property. Then share dinner with the family and settle into your private room (hot water and private bathroom included).
  • Coffee and cacao option: it is possible to enjoy both experiences on this trip. We start earlier and return a little later to Ollantaytambo or Cusco. You can sleep at the lodge or at Julia’s home. Only the order changes: the first activity takes place early in the morning and the second on the way back. The second activity requires an additional payment.

Day 2: Huayopata – Ollantaytambo or Cusco

• Morning: It’s time for your farm experience, coffee or cacao, depending on the option you chose.
  • Coffee option: after breakfast at the lodge, we drive about 5 minutes to the Pérez family’s farm. You learn how specialty coffee is produced, from cherry to cup. You harvest, process, and prepare your own coffee using traditional, artisanal methods.
  • Cacao option: after breakfast with Julia’s family, you follow the pod from tree to bar. You harvest cacao pods, ferment and dry the beans, and try your hand at making chocolate the traditional way.
• Either way, you also taste seasonal local fruit and see other tropical crops, like coca and tea.
• Afternoon: After lunch, we say goodbye to the family and begin the return journey to Ollantaytambo or Cusco. Just let us know your final destination in advance. The trip takes about 3 to 4 hours to Ollantaytambo, or 4 to 5 hours to Cusco. It depends on traffic and stops.

How to organize your Sacred Valley coffee or cacao tour

Ollantaytambo is the connection point of this trip. You can decide how to combine the Sacred Valley with the farm:

• Sacred Valley and farm on the same day (base program): you explore the Sacred Valley, visit Ollantaytambo, and continue to the farm. You spend the night there.
• Sleep in Ollantaytambo: after the Sacred Valley tour, you stay overnight in Ollantaytambo to enjoy the town at a relaxed pace. The next day, we leave from there for the farm. In that case, the night is in Ollantaytambo instead of at the farm. The second day is longer. We leave early for the farm and you enjoy your coffee or cacao experience. In the afternoon, you return to Ollantaytambo. Contact us and we will build the itinerary for you.

You can continue to Machu Picchu by train from Ollantaytambo the same night you return from the farm. The options are the 7:00 PM trains (7:04 PM and 7:30 PM) or the 9:00 PM train. With both experiences, coffee and cacao, the 9:00 PM train is the best option. If you do not have a train, you can stay overnight in Ollantaytambo. Please let us know if you have a connection to Machu Picchu from Ollantaytambo so we can plan around it.

Important notes

1. This tour is budgeted as a 2-day program, returning to Ollantaytambo or Cusco. For the alternative route to Machu Picchu, the Inca Jungle route, we can drop you off in Santa María. From there, you continue on your own toward Hidroeléctrica and Aguas Calientes. The station is far from the farm, and the train schedule is tight. Entering by Hidroeléctrica will most likely mean walking to Aguas Calientes (about 3 hours). Taking the train is only possible if we shorten the time at the farm, and we confirm it with you.
2. Private transport all the way to Hidroeléctrica is available at an additional cost. Let us know in advance if you are interested and we will send you a quote.
3. The harvest depends on the season: if there is no harvest, the other activities take place as usual.
4. If the host family or lodge is not available, we arrange an alternative and confirm it with you.

Sacred Valley Coffee or Cacao Tour Prices

Price per person in US dollars

Sacred Valley group tour + private coffee or cacao tour with homestay or riverside lodging.

• 1 participant: USD 649.00
• 2 participants: USD 390.00
• 3 participants: USD 329.00
• 4 participants: USD 278.00

What’s Included in the Sacred Valley Coffee or Cacao Tour

Included services

• Sacred Valley tour: transportation and guide
• Round-trip transportation to the farm
• 1-night lodging in a double-occupancy private room with hot water and private bathroom (basic riverside lodge for the coffee option, family farmhouse for the cacao option), plus 3 meals
• Interactive coffee or cacao farm experience (you choose)*
• Bilingual guide
• Time with a local farming family

* If you choose to do both experiences in one day, it is possible by adding $40 per person.

Not included

• Entrance tickets to visit the Sacred Valley (general entrance ticket $42.00 or partial $21.00)
• Snacks or meals not mentioned
• Personal expenses
• Lunch in the Sacred Valley (see options below)
• Lodging in Cusco
• Any other costs not mentioned

Additional services

Buffet lunch in the Sacred Valley:

• Tunupa $20.00
• Maizal $17.00

Machu Picchu Add-On for the Sacred Valley Coffee or Cacao Tour: 1 Day / 1 Night

VIA SANTA TERESA AND HIDROELÉCTRICA: we can take you to the town of Santa María. From there, you take local transport to Santa Teresa and then to the Hidroeléctrica train station. This is the Amazon route to Machu Picchu, the Inca Jungle. If you need private transport, we can quote it. The station is far from the farm, and the train schedule is tight. This route will most likely mean walking from Hidroeléctrica to Aguas Calientes (about 3 hours). Taking the train is only possible if we shorten the time at the farm. Before choosing this route, contact us for up-to-date information on the route conditions and to share your travel plan.

VIA OLLANTAYTAMBO: we can connect your coffee or cacao experience with Machu Picchu from Ollantaytambo. Take the 7:04 PM or 7:30 PM train. If you choose to do both experiences, the best option is the 9:00 PM train.

For prices, please contact us at info@coclatours.com or by WhatsApp +51-984-394-583.

Regular services included in the Machu Picchu add-on

• Double-occupancy lodging (basic hotel + breakfast). Hotel reference: Terrazas del Inca Hotel in Aguas Calientes town
• Round-trip bus ticket to Machu Picchu
• Private guide to visit the citadel
• Machu Picchu entrance ticket (the one available at the time of booking)
• Round-trip train ticket (Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes)
• Transfer from Ollantaytambo to Cusco

Not included in the Machu Picchu add-on

• Meals, except breakfast at the hotel
• Entrance ticket to climb Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain

Complementary group tours (bus and guide):

• Cusco City Tour: $9.00 (English or Spanish)
• Maras Moray Tour: $14.00 (English and Spanish)
• Southern Valley Tour: $14.00 (English and Spanish)

Sacred Valley Coffee or Cacao Tour: Frequently Asked Questions

About the experience and lodging

1. Can I choose between the coffee and the cacao experience? Yes. You choose when you book, because each experience has its own host family and lodging: coffee with the Pérez family, and cacao with Julia.
2. Can I do both the coffee and the cacao experience? Yes. We start earlier and return a little later to Ollantaytambo or Cusco, and the second activity costs $40 more per person. You can sleep at either place, the lodge or Julia’s home; only the order of the two activities changes.
3. Where do we sleep? With the coffee option, in a basic local lodge by the river, about 5 minutes by vehicle from the coffee family. With the cacao option, in Julia’s family farmhouse. Both have private rooms with hot water and a private bathroom. If a lodge or family is not available on your dates, we arrange an alternative and confirm it with you.
4. What time does the tour start? Pick-up in Cusco is at 7:00 AM for the Regular Sacred Valley route, or 6:30 AM for the Super Valle route.

About the route and Machu Picchu

5. Can I sleep in Ollantaytambo before going to the farm? Yes. You can explore the Sacred Valley, sleep in Ollantaytambo, and leave for the farm the next day. In that case, the night is in Ollantaytambo instead of at the farm. The second day is longer because you return to Ollantaytambo in the afternoon. Contact us and we will build the itinerary.
6. How long is the drive from Ollantaytambo to the farm? It takes approximately 3 to 4 hours. However, this is an estimate, not a fixed time, and depends on the stops on the way. The return trip takes about 3 to 4 hours to Ollantaytambo, or 4 to 5 hours to Cusco.
7. Can I continue to Machu Picchu after the farm? Yes. From Ollantaytambo you can take the 7:04 PM or 7:30 PM train the same night. If you do both experiences, take the 9:00 PM train. You can also take the alternative route. We drop you off in Santa María, and you continue toward Hidroeléctrica and Aguas Calientes. We also offer a Machu Picchu add-on (1 day / 1 night). Contact us for prices.
8. Is the guide bilingual? Yes, the guide speaks Spanish and English.
9. What is not included? Sacred Valley entrance tickets, lunch in the Sacred Valley, lodging in Cusco, personal expenses, and any meals or snacks not mentioned.