CLASSIC INCA TREK 4 DAYS / 3 NIGHS

Route : Closed in February.
Altitude : 2050 - 4200 meters / 6725 - 13780 feet.
High Season : March - January.
Duration : 03 days / 04 days / 05 days.
Level : medium.

This trek is the most popular of all treks in the region. For this trek it is important to book far in advance, especially in the high-season, which lasts from May to December.
This particular Inca Trail or Cápac Ñan will lead us along several archeological sites where of the importance will be increasing along our journey until we arrive at the majestic city of Machu Picchu (2400m)...A mystically beautiful and untouched historical, religious and agricultural capital floating on the clouds.
This trek is an excellent way of appreciating the connection-road of the well-known Royal Inca Trail...The one that will lead us through a huge garden with an enormous variety of orchids. Its river winds across the landscape and is known by the Incas as Willkamayu. It's there that the Incas build the city of Wiñayhuayna, an amazing place that seems to come straight out of some fairytale. From this point we'll walk up to Machu Picchu.

DAY 01: Cusco, Km 82 To Wayllabamba.

Travelers are collected early from their hotels. We will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco between 6:00 to 6:20am. We leave from Cusco about 6:30am to go to Ollantaytambo and from there to Km 82. where we will meet the Quechua porters and have breakfast, you can buy things that you may have forgotten such as walking cane, water and rainponchos as well as use the last real washroom for a while. We start walking from Km. 82 to Wayllabamba; a quite flat and beautiful walk along the Urubamba River with a view of Mt. Veronica’s snowcapped peak in 5750 masl. Here we pass a few local villages, where people still build their houses with the traditional ichugrassroofs. Here we can see the famous tuna-cactus (opuntia ficus indica), some with the cuchinilla louse, famous for its amazingly powerful clothes-dye. We spend a little while resting at the hill with a view over Llactapata – an important agricultural place for the Incas. After Llactapata, we turn away from the river going up the valley along the Kusichaca River. Here we have a good chance to see hummingbirds around in the flowerbushes. We arrive to the village of Wayllabamba in the afternoon. Camping Here. (L+D).

DAY 02: Wayllabamba to Pacaymayo

We climb the steep-sided Llullucha valley past a rushing stream and through enchanted native polylepis woodland. Crossing the rim of a small plateau, we abruptly find ourselves in the puna, the treeless grasslands of the high Andes. The trail traverses an open slope opposite mighty mountain crags as we ascend to the first and highest pass, Warmiwañusca (4,200m/13,776ft). Here we’ll see spectacular views of the trail ahead to the second pass, and look back to the sweeping snowpeaks and valleys of the Huayanay massif. The trail to the floor of the forested Pacaymayo valley, where we make camp. (B+L+D).

DAY 03: Pacaymayo – Wiñay Wayna

We pick up an Inca stairway and ascend again past the small Inca site of Runkuracay. As we reach the second pass, the landscape opens onto spectacular new views to the snowpeaks of the Pumasillo range. We descend to the ruins of Sayacmarca (Inaccessible Town), an intricate labyrinth of houses, plazas and water channels, perched precariously on a rocky spur overlooking the Aobamba valley. The Inca trail, now a massive buttressed structure of granite paving stones, continues along the steep upper fringes of the cloud forest through a colorful riot of orchids, bromeliads, mosses and ferns. At the third pass pinnacles topped with Inca viewing platforms overlook the archaeological complex of Phuyupatamarca (Cloud-level Town). Pausing to explore the wondrous maze of Inca stone towers, fountains and stairways that spillins down the mountainside here, we begin a long descent through ever-changing layers of cloud forest. An Inca stairway partly cut from living granite leads us finally to our camp by the ruins of Wiñay Wayna (Forever Young), the largest and most exquisite of the Inca Trail sites. (B+L+D).

DAY 04: Wiñaywayna to Machupicchu

Very early we leave camp to reach Inti Punku in time for sunrise. From here we get the first glance of Machu Picchu between the mountains on its saddle high over the Urubamba River. We all meet at Machu Picchu at a decided hour to make the tour of Machu Picchu. We will learn about the importance – religiously and historically – of the place, and we will be able to appreciate the fine architecture of the Incas. After the guided tour you can go to the top of Wayna Picchu, from where one has a good overview of the whole area and the full site of Machu Picchu. Another possibility is to visit the beautiful temple of the moon. In the afternoon we meet in Aguas Calientes to take the train back to Cusco. (B).

B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner

We suggest you to bring :

A back pack, a sleeping bag, good hiking shoes, 2 Long pants and 1 short pants, 3 T-shirts, warm clothes, sweaters, 4 pairs of socks, a rain Jacket or a poncho, plastic bags to store your wet clothes, flashlight and extra batteries, pocket knife, a water bottle & water purifying tablets, a hat protect, gloves and scarf for the nights, sun block & insect repellent, Toilet Paper, Some extra snacks (biscuits, energy bars, chocolate), towel, hat, tips (for porters, guides, cooks), Personal medical kit, Original passport and ISIC Card (if you have one). Photocopies are not acceptable.

Our Services

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Private transportation from Hotel to 82 Km (Piscacucho).
Entrance ticket for the Inca Trail and the sanctuary of Machu Picchu.
Guided Tours of Inca trail and Machu Picchu.
Guide (English or Spanish), Cook, Assistant Cook, carriers for the camping & food for excursion.
Meals on excursion (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinner / optional vegetarian).
2 people per Tents, Foam Mattresses, Dining Tent, Camp Tables, Chairs, Cooking Tent, Cooking, Eating Utensils, Toilet Tent.
Bus Machu Picchu - Aguas Calientes town (4th day)
"Tourist" Train Service Aguas Calientes town -Cusco or Aguas Calientes town to Ollantaytambo and bus to Cusco.
Transfer Station-Hotel in Cusco.
First Aid Kit

… DO NOT INCLUDE :

Medical Insurance
First breakfast at the beginning of the trail and last lunch in Aguas Calientes town
Sleeping Bag (you can rent with us)
Tips to Staff
Meals not listed
Alcoholic Drinks, Laundry and any other Personal Expenses

Extra porter!!!

According to the law of the carriers (26702) and supervised by the Ministry of Employment, the collaboration of an extra carrier is given under the conditions the customer requires.
However the luggage of the customer needs to have a weight of 15 kg and the personal things of the carrier 5 kg, together a weight of 20 kg in total, which the law points out. The service of the carrier costs 80 USD. This includes transport, entrance fee to the Inca Trail, food and camping equipment.