Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 4d
Classical Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, 4 days in private group
Classical Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, 4 days in private group
600 USD
The Inca Trail is the most popular trekking route in South America.
After four days of hiking through Inca ruins and over the mountain pass, you get the first spectacular view of Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate.
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was undoubtedly made to give the royal class of the incas a sense of belonging to nature and its gods. At each lock out point and after each turn comes a view that is more beautiful than the previous one. The ever-more beautiful buildings, all located in places with a particularly stunning view, were not built as residential cities, but rather served as ceremonial centers.
Machu Picchu seen from the Sun Gate.
Special Attrations on this Trekking Tour
Highest Elevation: 4.200 m
Lowest Elevation: 2.400 m
Distance to walk: 43 km
Level of Difficulty: ▮▮▮▮▯ Demanding
Pre-Trekking-Meeting
Before you embark on your great adventure, we prepare you with a meeting before the trip, where it’s possible to answer all your remaining questions.
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Ancient Inca Trails
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Bilingual English speaking tour guide (additional tour guide for groups of nine people or more)
Pre-Departure briefing at your hotel 1 or 2 days before your trek.
Pick up from your hotel and transportation to start of the trail
One tent for every 2 people
Inflatable Mattress
Dining tent with tables and chairs
Kitchenware
Breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks as written each day
Kitchen tent
Chef
Toilet tent, except on the Inca Trail, which has toilets at camp sites
Duffle bag for your personal gear. Will be given at briefing
Porters, horses or llamas to carry all the equipment (food, tents, chairs, table, etc)
Porters, horses or llamas to carry 7 kg of your personal gear
Emergency horse in case we need it
Four breakfasts, four lunches, and four dinners
Hot water for washing
Daily morning boiled and cold water to fill the water bottles.
Emergency oxygen bottle and medical kit.
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Overview of your days on the trekking tour
Here you can get an overview of each day on your trek. With each day follows a facts and info area that give some information of heights, difficulty and further information on each of the single days.
Day 1: Cusco - km 82 - Llactapata - Huayllabamba
You will be picked up at 5:am. From your hotel in Cusco where our adventure starts. Afterwards we will drive through the andes Mountains and passing for a short section of the beautiful Sacred Valley until we make on our way to Ollantaytambo, where we will enjoy a short stop to gather any last supplies or just soak in the beauty of this amazing Inca town.
After Ollantaytambo we will continue for another 45 minutes to kilometer 82 or known as a Piscacucho by locals. From here forward we will begin our journey. Once we set up everything we will start hiking by passing through an official checkpoint where we show our passports and Inca trail permits, afterwards we continue on a flat terrain for about 2 hours along the Urubamba River (one of the longest rivers in Peru). Our first short break will be at Miskay an small village in the mountains to take a quick rest just before we ascend to our first amazing view spot to have a Panoramic photo of Llactapata (archeological site).
Llactapata is the biggest and one of the most beautiful ruins before Machu Picchu. Here we will get an information from our guide and learn about Llactapata as well as share time to learn about the history of the Inca Trail.
After taking in the history, we just need 30 minutes to arrive to our lunch spot at the village Tarachayuc.
Afterwards we have two and a half hours uphill to our first camping site in Ayapata. Once we are here you are able to soak in the power of the Andean Mountains and have a beautifulof views of Huayanay and the Quesqa valley. Ayapata is a peaceful camp not used by many hikers along the Inca trail. Most groups spend the night at Huayllabamba two hours before this spot. Our night ends by sharing a delicious dinner together and start gazing.
Trekkers at the beginning of the Inca Trail.
Meals Included: middag, aften, snack
Highest Elevation: 3,300 m / 10,824 ft
Lowest Elevation: 2,750 m / 9,020 ft
Campsite Elevation: 3,300 m / 10,824 ft
Distance to walk: 14 km / 8.7 miles
Approximate walking time: 8 hs
Level of Difficulty: ▮▮▮▯▯ Medium
Day 2: Ayapata – Llulluchapampa– Dead woman’s pass – Pacaymayo – Sayacmarca – Chaquicocha
On this day we wake up at 5 a.m. with a cup of hot coca tea or coffee. Then you pack your belongins, Afterwards we enjoy a nourishing breakfast to prepare us for a great and long day. Today we are hiking uphill mostly but not to be worry, it is broken up to 4 sections. After 3 hours of walking uphill we get our highest point, Warmi Wañusca (4,215 m / 13,825 ft), known as the Dead Woman’s Pass. From here we have a breathtaking view of the surroundings.
Afterwards, it is downhill to a spot in the Pacaymayu Valley, where we will enjoy a lovely lunch. After lunch we will continue on a short walk uphill to arquelogical site Runcuracay, where the guide will give a speech about it. Afterwards we will continue for one more hour to the Runcuracay pass (3,950 m / 12,959 ft.). From here and further on, we will enjoy breathtaking views of the Veronica and Pumasillo Mountains.
From Runcuracay pass we will descend for approximately one hour through a cloud forest and passing a beautiful lake before to get the inca site Sayacmarca which is another arquelogical site located 30 minutes before our second camping site at Chaquicocha. Chaquicocha is a small camp site mostly used by small, private groups.
Below the Runcuracay pass.
Meals Included: middag, aften, snack
Highest Elevation: 4,215 m / 13,825 ft
Lowest Elevation: 3,300 m / 10,824 ft
Distance to walk: 16 km / 10 miles
Approximate walking time: 9 - 10 hs
Level of Difficulty: ▮▮▮▮▯ Demanding
Day 3: Chaquicocha – Phuyupatamarca – Intipata – Wiñaywayna
We start the day again with hot drinks and a delicious breakfast. On this day the first two hours is ondulated (up and downhill) until we get Puyupatamarca (3,700 m / 12,139 ft) where we will take a break, as it is an amazing photo opportunity with breathtaking views of Aguas Calientes, Machu Picchu, and Huayna Picchu Mountains, as well as enjoy a guided tour. Then we descend for two hours on an long inca staircase. Half an hour before getting to our last lunch spot and camp (Wiñay Wayna), we will visit the impressive terraces of Intipata (2,680 m / 8,792 ft).
Winay Wayna, means “forever young’ in Quechua, and was discovered on a Scandinavian expedition in 1941. We are one of few groups spending the night here, and the guide will offer a tour. Of course, this tour is an option and you are welcome to relax before our last dinner prior to Machu Picchu.
The inca ruin Phuyupatamarca seen from the third pass.
Meals Included: middag, aften, snack
Highest Elevation: 3,700 m / 12,139 ft
Lowest Elevation: 2,680 m / 8,792 ft
Distance to walk: 10 km / 6.2 miles
Approximate walking time: 5 - 6 hs
Level of Difficulty: ▮▮▮▯▯ Medium
Day 4: Winay Wayna – Sun Gate – Machu Picchu Tour – Aguas Calientes – Cusco
On this day we will get up very early in order to arrive at the Sun gate before the crowds. This early morning hike is the final part of the famous Inca Trail to Machu Picchu and from the Sun Gate you have your first view of Machu Picchu. Once you reach there if it is clear, suddenly the whole of Machu Picchu is spread out before you in all its glory – a fantastic sight for all.
When you arrive at the Machu Picchu citadel you will have plenty of time to take photos of Machu Picchu from the classic view point. When the group is back together again we descend to the main entrance where you can safely leave your large backpacks. You can also go to the toilet and have a quick coffee in the coffee shop just outside the entrance. The group will re-enter the inca site with your guide for a complete tour of one of the new seven wonders of the world.
In the afternoon we will take the shuttle bus down to Aguas Calientes and from there a train to Ollantaytambo. The last part of the return trip to Cusco goes by bus.
Machu Picchu.
Meals Included: middag
Highest Elevation: 2700 m/ 8856 ft
Lowest Elevation: 2,430 m/ 7,972 ft
Distance to walk: 6 km/ 3.73 miles
Approximate walking time: 2 - 3 hs
Level of Difficulty: ▮▮▮▯▯ Medium