Adventure Tours
Inca Trail To Machu Picchu 5 days
5 Days / 4 Nights
| Day 1: Cusco / Huayllabamba
Your bi-lingual guide picks you up at your hotel in Cusco for the 2 hour ride by private bus to the small Andean town of Chilca and on to the trailhead at Piscacucho.. Here we will meet our porters and camp staff. As our porters load the heavy gear, we head off down river alongside te rushing Vilcanota river, through pretty cactus gardens with magnificent views of the Wakay-Wilca snow-peak, to our right. We'll arrive at the Inca town of Llactapata and spend some time exploring this site before continuing up the Cusichaca valley to the hamlet of Huallaybamba where we camp for the night within view of the river. (L,D)
| Day 2: Huayllabamba / Pacasmayo
After breakfast, we continue up through remnant cloud forest , ascending steadily to the head of a valley below the high pass of Warmiwanusca. If the weather is clear we’ll get spectacular views of the Huayanay snow peaks as we climb steadily over the pass and down to tree-line in the Pacasmayo Valley. (B,L,D)
| Day 3: Pacasmayo / Phuyupatamarca
Today, a steady one to two hour climb takes us over the second pass where we pick up out first real signs of paved Inca road, climbing an impressive carved stairway to the minor ruins of Runturacay. Continuing up this Inca stairway we cross the pass and drop down to the major and spectacular ruins of Sayacmarca.for lunch. Your guide will explain some of the mysteries of Incan architecture and Inca life and we’ll continue on along an exquisite paved Inca road, passing through moss and orchid laden cloud forest, to our camp at Phuyupatamarca. (B,L,D)
| Day 4: Phuyupatamarca / Machu Picchu
From Phuyupatamarca the trail descends through some of the finest, intact paved Inca road known, passing through moss and orchid laden mature cloud forest and down a steep Inca stairway to Winay-Wayna. This site was only discovered in the 1940's and rivals Machu Picchu in splendor. From here it's 2 hours through tree-fern laden cloud forest to Intipunku, the sun gate, where we get our first and awe-inspiring view of the citadel of Machu Picchu. We'll linger here and then wander through Machu Picchu itself in the late afternoon. We’ll bus down to our camp camp by the rushing Urubamba river. (B,L,D)
| Day 5: Machu Picchu / Cusco
A full day to explore the citadel of Machu Picchu before returning to Cusco by train. On arrival in Cusco we drop you at your hotel. We take the bus both ways. (B,L)
2019 Rates per person: $730.
Single Supplement: $105.
Fixed Departures: Every Sunday
Includes:
Transportation from Cusco to Km 82, starting point of the trail
Entrance to the Inca Trail and to Machu Picchu
Services of a bilingual tour guide
Service of cooks and porters
Camping equipment: Double occupancy tents and sleeping pads (only Inca Trail 4Days), dinner tent, toilet tent, kitchen tent, tables, seats, first aids kit and utensils for your meals.
All meals during the hike.
Bus ticket from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes Train Station
Train ticket from Aguas Calientes to Cusco on the tourist class wagon
Maximum weight of luggage to be carried by porters: 6.5 Kilos per person, Extra porters are available at an additional cost.
Sleeping bags are available for rent, at about $15 per day
Not included:
- Lima - Cusco - Lima flights (can be arranged on request)
- Hotels or airport transfers in Lima (can be arranged on request)
- Sleeping bag (Can be hired in Cusco by per-arrangement)
- Airport tax
- Entrance fee to the Inca Trail (Relevant for the traditional and Sacred Inca Trail treks only)
- Bottled drinks except water or where provided with meals
- Optional tips to staff
- Items of a personal nature, e.g. Laundry
- Excess baggage changes
What to bring:
A mid-size backpack, Thick cotton Socks , Sleeping Bag , Bandana , Rain wear (a large rain poncho), T- Shirts, Flash Light and batteries, Shorts and warm trousers , Water Bottle, Water Purifying Tablets, Sweater and Jacket , Sun block , Hiking boots , Insect Repellent Towel and bathing suit, Coramina (Glucose), Hat , One complete change of clothing
Suggested: Camera, binoculars, snacks, toilet paper, Peruvian currency and your own personal first aid kit and medicines.
Note: The guides will have basic medicines available included oxygen, but we recommend bringing your own ointment for swollen feet, sticking plasters, aspirin, etc.
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