| The Impressive Inca Trail - 09 days / 08 nights
Cuzco is Peru’s main tourist destination and one of the most important destinations in the Americas. Known by the Incas as the “Home of the Gods”, Cuzco became the capital of one of the largest pre-Columbian empires: the Tawantinsuyo. Its name in Quechua means “Navel of the World.”
Day 1
Transfer to the hotel . Overnight in Lima
Day 2
Transfer to the airport
City tour in Cusco . Guided visit to the Cathedral, The Inca Temple of Koricancha and the nearby ruins such as: Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Puca Pucara The Red fortress and Tambomachay Overnight in Cusco
Day 3
Breakfast. Guided visit to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Just an hour’s drive from Cusco, the Urubamba Valley, or Sacred Valley of the Incas, is a setting of picturesque communities, impressive terraces and many important archaeological sites. Dominated by the imposing peaks of the Vilcanota mountain range, the valley ahs been the storehouse for agricultural products for the city of Cusco since Inca times, and today is famous for its corn with the largest kernels in the world. The valley includes the area between the Inca communities of Pisac and Ollantaytambo. Return to Cusco around 17:00 hrs. Overnight in Cusco.
Overnight in Cusco
Day 4 Cusco-Piscacucho-Wayllabamba
Pick up from your hotel (7.00 am) in a private bus. We will pass the sacred valley (Chinchero, Urubamba y Ollantaytambo) and arrive to Pisacucho km. 82, where we will have breakfast. From there, we will start our trekking, stop in misccay town in 1 hour 30 minutes approximately. Along the way we will visit the archaeological site called Llactapata. After that we will arrive to Waillabamba, the first campsite. We will have dinner and rest.
Day 05 Wayllabamba-Warmiwañusca-Pacaymayo
We will have breakfast early and start trekking to the highest point of the Inka Trail, where we can see different ecological zones and enjoy changing climates. We will cross the Warmiwañusca pass at 4200 meters above sea level. After lunch we will continue on to the campsite at Pacaymayo and enjoy dinner and a well deserved rest.
Day 06 Pacaymayo-Chaquicocha-Wiñaywayna
We will continue our trek and visit some archaeological places on the way (Runcurakay, Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca). Finally we will camp at Wiñaywaina.
Day 07 Wiñaywayna-Machupicchu-Cusco
The following day very early in the morning about 04.30 am, after breakfast, we leave Winñaywayna for the Untipunku or "Gate of the Sun" where will have a breathtaking panoramic view of the Machu Picchu citadel at sunrise. From this point, the astonished traveler can contemplate the majesty and grandeur of Machu Picchu. After a short hike down to Machu Picchu, we register and start on 3 hour guided visit. After enjoying the remains, we will take the bus to Aguas Calientes where you will have free time to enjoy the town before we return to Cusco.
Machu Picchu: is the Inca City; and many claim it to be the most beautiful, best preserved and most famous fortress in the world. The city was considered lost for many centuries, covered as it was by lush vegetation typical of the Southern Peruvian Andes cloud forest.
Overnight in Aguas Claientes
Day 08
Return to Cusco. Overnight in Cusco
Day 09
Transfer to the hotel.
Included
· Transfer: hotel –Inca Trail head and Cusco Train station –hotel.
· Transportation: private bus from Cusco to KM 82.
· Entrances tickets: The Inca Trail
· Professional Guide: English speaking, 2 guides for groups over 9 people.
· Cook: in charge of meal preparation.
· Porters to carry heavy equipment. Gear: Double occupancy tents and sleeping pad, dinner tent, toilet tent, kitchen tent, tables, seats and first aids kit.
· Meals: 3 breakfast / 3 lunches / 3 dinners / snacks.
· Bus from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes (train station).
· Train to Cusco: backpackers Express ( tourist train )
· Group size: 6 to 15 (average 12 persons).
· 3 hotel nights in Cusco: including breakfast
· 1hotel night in Aguas Calientes, including breakfast
· airport transfers in Cusco
· City tours including entrances
· Sacred Valley tours
· 1 hotel night in Lima, including breakfast
Not included
· Domestic flight tickets.Lima Cusco –Lima. The round trip tickets is around US$200.00
· Lunch in a restaurant in Aguas Calientes (last day).
· Tips.
· Sleeping bag . Rented from our office for the whole days trek. Price per the sleeping back for the whole trek US$15.00
· Additional personal porter.
· We provide an optional service of personal porters.
· Personal porter: They carry backpacks, sleeping bags and mattresses 15 Kilos per person: (UGM Regulations), additional porter US$75.00 per the whole trek
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