4 days through the Andes
to Machu Picchu
We’ll leave Cusco at 5:30am in a tourist bus heading for the Sacred Valley. We have a short break in Ollantaytambo for breakfast before arriving at km 82, the official beginning of the trek. We’ll meet the trek team at km 82 and register for the hike. After crossing the Rio Urubamba (2200m), we’ll begin the legendary Inca Trail.
4 days through the Andes
We’ll leave Cusco at 5:30am in a tourist bus heading for the Sacred Valley.
We have a short break in Ollantaytambo for breakfast before arriving at km 82, the official beginning of the trek.
We’ll meet the trek team at km 82 and register for the hike.
After crossing the Rio Urubamba (2200m), we’ll begin the legendary Inca Trail.
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The second day has an early start, and everybody should walk at his/her own pace.
We’ll meet up during short breaks or while ascending the stone stairs.
The first 3km/2m are steep, with humid woodlands and the sounds of water to accompany you.
Yuncachimpa – Llulluchapampa – Warmihuañusca Pase – Pacaymayu – Runkurakay Pase – Chaquicocha
The third day is the most beautiful; you’ll see changes in the ecosystems while you walk to the tropical forest of Wiñaywayna.
We’ll pass two small lakes at the top of the second pass (3950m).
It’s a gentle climb through beautiful cloud forests and a small Inca tunnel before the third pass (3700m) offers a lovely view over the Urubamba Valley.
The nearest settlement is Phuyupatamarca (Town Above the Clouds) (3600m).
There’s a well-preserved site with a series of Inca baths that are testimony to the excellence of Inca engineering.
Chaquicocha – Phuyupatamarca – Wiñayhuayna
After breakfast at 4:30am, we’ll head – equipped with our flashlights – to Inti Punku (the Sun Gate) for our first spectacular glimpse of Machu Pichhu at sunrise. The last descent takes almost one hour before we arrive hiking at Machu Picchu (2400m) around 8:00am.
Wiñayhuayna – Machu Picchu – Cusco
Everything you need
- Professional, bilingual tour guide
- Assistant tour guide (for groups of 9 or more people)
- Pick up from your hotels in Cusco
- Transportation bus to kilometre 82 and train* and bus to Cusco.
- Water (only for first 4 hours of trek, then we will provide you with drinking -previously boiled- water).
- Entrance fee to Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
- 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners (breakfast on day 1 and lunch in Aguas Calientes are not included)
- Dining tent with tables and chairs
- Professional cook
- 4-man tent is provided for 2 people only
- Sleeping mattress
- Porters (they carry cooking and camping equipment)
- Bus trip from Machu Picchu down to Aguas Calientes
- Oxygen bottle
- First aid kit
- Sleeping bag (You could rent with us)
- Entrance to Huayna Picchu Mountain