DAY 1: CUSCO, OLLANTAYTAMBO, PISCACUCHU TO WAYLLABAMBA CAMP.
Today our trekking crew led by our guide will pick you up from your Hotel and drive to Ollantaytambo to have a quiet optional breakfast after you will drive for 45 minutes to the starting point Piscacuchu or km 82. Where you will meet our field staff loading the gear, your guide in hand will introduce you to all teams, including cooks, porters. And guests too. then you will pass a checkpoint with park rangers, we will start our adventure hiking up and down through a gentle path along the Urubamba River with outstanding views of snow-capped mountains Apu Huacayhuillca. (Veronika mountain) plus the Urubamba mountain range. Until we arrive at LLactapata Inca remains, where you will stop to enjoy the views and our guide will explain to you about. After you will continue hiking in Kusichaca river valley, until our first campsite Huayllabamba a small local community, today during your hike you will stop to have lunch, Distance: 12 km, Time: 6 to 7 hrs, Altitude: from 2600mtrs to 3000mtrs.
DAY 2: HUAYLLABAMBA, WARMIHUAÑUSCA PASS TO PACAYMAYO ALTO
Today after a healthy breakfast. We will pass the second checkpoint. During our ascent, we will find different ecosystems such as a primary Andean forest and Andean grassland. This ascent will take us, for five hours approximately until we reach the highest pass. Warmihuañusca or dead woman passes 4200mts. 14.000 ft. Here you will enjoy the view of 360 degrees. Of Huayllabamba valleys and Huayanay snowed capped mountain. After enjoying your free time and taking plenty of photos. Also, an overview of the other side of the way, down to Pacaymayo valley, You will descend for two hours until the camp Pacaymayo is located at the bottom of the mountain. Distance: 12 km, Altitude: from 300mtrs. 4200mtrs. to 3600mtrs, Time: 6 to 7 hrs.
DAY 3: PACAYMAYO ALTO TO PHUYUPATAMARCA
After breakfast, we will depart from Pacaymayo a while later from other trekkers. We will start our ascent by the original ancient pathway that takes us to the Runkurakay circular Inca remains, it is the beginning of mixt Andean and amazon reach vegetation where our guide will explain about the place. We will continue our ascent to the second pass Runkurakay 3900mtrs. having enough time to absorb the pure nature and take our photos we start our way down, to Sayacmarka Archiological site. where you will explore with our guide, from here the path goes up and down notice that the Inca Trail is well preserved from this point with an amazing construction using the natural landscape and geography. The trail crosses the Chaquiccocha a dry lagoon and will cross the (túnel) adapted by the Incas this part of the Inca trail will see Outstanding views of Salkantay and Pumasillo snowed capped located in Vilcabamba mountain range. Until we reach our camp located above the clouds forest. Phuyupatamarka. Considered one of the most important ceremonial centers in the Incan time. Distance: 09 km, Altitude: 3600mtrs. to 3700mtrs, Time. 6 to 7 hours.
DAY 4: PHUYUPATAMARCA TO AGUAS CALIENTES TOWN
Phuyupatamarca campsite located in the Inca trail is considered one of the most beautiful and unique places where you can observe the sunrise and sunset around you, with a 360° degree view of the Urubamba mountain range and Villacabamba you will also be able to observe the Machupicchu and Huayna Picchu mountains above it, highly recommended for those people or families who love photography. After enjoying the sunrise and Breackfast we will start going down to explore the Inca site Phuyupatamarca after we will descend for 3 hours to Wiñayhuayna 2600mtrs. this part of the Inca Trail shows us all the way, the high engineering skills of the builders Inca. we will keep going down to Intipata the farming terraces with a magnificent view of Urubamba River, then we will get to the Wiñayhuayna Archiological site. after our free time on the site, we will go to have our last lunch, after lunch, we will have a thankful meeting with our trekking crew. From here we will continue our hike towards Inti Punku 2700mtrs. or the sun gate from where we will have the first spectacular view of Machu Picchu, we will continue our hike to the citadel of the new Seven Wonder of the world where we will have enough time to enjoy and take photos. Then we will head down to Aguas Calientes town where you will spend the night. In the Hotel. Distance: 10km, Altitude: 3700mtrs. to 2400mtrs. Aguas Calientes town 2000mtrs, Time: 6 to 7 hrs.
DAY 5: EXPLORE MACHUPICCHU AFTERNOON BACK TO CUSCO.
After Breakfast, your guide will pick you up from your hotel for a short bus journey to the entrance of Machu Picchu, today you will explore this magical Inca city and enjoy learning about it was built and discovered. for 3 hours. You will then have free time to wander around and if you got a Ticket for wayna Picchu you can climb. Note. There are just 400 visitors allowed per day. You have to book in advance the entrance with us to ensure your permit In the afternoon we meet in the town of Aguas Calientes. From here we take the train back to Ollantaytambo or Poroy depending on the space and private transportation back to your Hotel Cusco.
INCLUDES.
# BRIEFING. The night before your trek, we will go to your Hotel at a coordinated Time with you ufo your briefing. We will provide you with a duffel bag that will stay with your porters while you hike, this duffel bag should not exceed 7kg or 14 pounds does need to include your sleeping bag and air mattress.
# PERMITS.
As soon we receive your details and deposit, we will purchase your permits depending on availability, these permits are for a specific date and in your name. They can not be changed once are confirmed. Only your passport number is allowed to be updated. The permit includes an entrance to Machu Picchu.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSE TOUR GUIDE.
All of our guide who is part of Machupicchu trails Peru have a degree in tourism they studied at Cusco National University. They are passionate about sharing our Peruvian History, culture, gastronomy, and others, they are fluent in English speaking and many of them speak our local language (Quechua) they will make sure your safety and lifelong memories.
PORTERS.
We include a personal porter who is responsible for carrying your duffel bag, you will not have access to your duffel bag until your campsite, there is no extra fee for this.
TRANSPORTATION.
You will have transportation included in this trek, from Cusco hotel or sacred valley to Km. 82 starting point and return to your hotel from the train station could be from Ollanta or Poroy.
We include the Vistadone train from Aguas Calientes, you may want to upgrade to the first-class train Hiran Bingen.
We include the bust ticket from Machu´picchu citedal to aguas calientes town.
EQUIPMENT
We provide you with very nice four-season EUREKA TENTS. That is shared for two people you will also have a dining and cooking tents.
FOOD
We provide you with an experienced chef who is an expert in cooking in the mountains respecting the food restriction of our clients. Let us know in advance or your briefing before your departure. The first-day breakfast and the last-day lunch are not included. Other than that, we provide you breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for the hike.
We provide you with an experienced chef who is an expert in cooking in the mountains respecting the food restriction of our clients. Let us know in advance or your briefing before your departure. The first-day breakfast and the last-day lunch are not included. Other than that, we provide you breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for the hike.
WATER.
Very important and is required to bring your on wáter bottle for the trek, we will provide you from the first lunch filtered, boiled cool down wáter to refill your wáter bottle at every campsite or Lunch spots.
FIRST AID.
Every tour guide who is part of Machupicchu trails Peru received training in first aid from the high mountain specialists we do every February, your tour guide will have a first aid kit for basic medical situations. Also, in all of our treks, we provide oxygen for emergencies in the worse cases, our staff will get you off the trail and assist you in getting to the clinic if needed.
Taxes and Fees
All taxes and permits fees associated with this trek are included in the listed price.
NOT INCLUDED.
Entrance to huayna picchu or machupicchu mountain.
International and domestic flights and airport taxes.
Meals are not indicated.
Visa and related expenses.
Personal expenses and gratuities.
RECOMMENDED PACKING LIST FOR THE TEK.
Passport
Valid student card in case you booked as a student
immigration stamp
25lts or 30 Lts. daypack
Wáter battle or comelback at list with 2 Lts. of storage.
Footwear wáterproof hiking boots.
4 or 5 hiking t-shirts, three hiking pants considering one nice outfit for Machupicchu, 5 sets of undergarments, 4 pers of socks, one fleece and down jacket for cold nights, set for rain gears jacket and pants, sun hat, wool hat, headlamp, warm wáterproof gloves, shoes for camp, quick-dry small towel.
Battery charger. There is no place to plug in while trekking.
Sunscreen, face moisturizer, insect repellent, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, toothbrush and paste, toilet paper, personal medication, band-aids, moleskin, and others.
Camara, pone, music player.
CLIMATE
Cusco Region mainly presents two seasons, the rainy season, from November to April the heaviest rainfalls occurring usually between January, February, and March, and the dry season from May to October. The dry season is colder so temperatures can drop to below 0 degrees at night
Along the Inca Trail, temperature ranges from 15-20°c during the day if it’s sunny, to 05-10°c during the day if not sunny, or 0-05°c at night in the first 2 campsites. At wiñaywayna and Machupicchu, at a lower altitude, temperatures are usually warmer though warm clothes are still recommended at night.
