DAY 01 – Welcome Lima / Overnight Lima
DAY 02 – Colonial City Tour, Larco Museum & Dinner Show / Overnight Lima
DAY 03 – Transfer in Cusco + Archeological City Tour / Overnight Cusco
DAY 04 – Classic Inka Trail Day 1 / Overnight Camping
DAY 05 – Classic Inka Trail Day 2 / Overnight Camping
DAY 06 – Classic Inka Trail Day 3 / Overnight Camping
DAY 07 – Huayna Picchu & Citadel Excursion Day 4 / Overnight Cusco
DAY 08 – Maras Moray Tour & Transfer out Cusco and flight back Home
DAY 01 – WELCOME TO LIMA, PERU
Upon arrival in Lima, you will be met by our representative and driver at Jorge Chavez International Airport, who’s will be transferring you to your hotel in Miraflores, Lima.
Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and provide you with a detailed itinerary, vouchers covering all the services included in your tour, and additional information on the organization of your Peru trip.
Meals Included: None
DAY 02 – LIMA COLONIAL CITY TOUR, LARCO MUSEUM & DINNER SHOW
Get ready for a busy morning, starting with a guided sightseeing tour to the most attractive and important sites in Lima, the “City of Kings”. The tour includes Lima’s Historical Center, Casa Aliaga, passing by Plaza San Martin, Plaza Mayor, the Government Palace, the City Hall, the Cathedral and its Religious Art Museum, as well as San Francisco Monastery and its famous underground crypts are known as the Catacombs.
We continue to the Museo Larco a housed in an exquisite 18th century vice-royal mansion, built over a 7th century pre-Columbian pyramid and surrounded by beautiful gardens. The museum’s galleries exhibit the finest and most magnificent gold and jewelry treasures from Ancient Peru and the renowned erotic collection, one of Peru’s most celebrated attractions.
Then, spend a night out at La Dama Juana Restaurant, where you’ll enjoy a tasty Peruvian buffet and folkloric dancing.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 03 – TRANSFER IN CUSCO + ARCHEOLOGICAL CITY TOUR
Upon arrival at Cusco Airport, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel. Our representative will provide you with a detailed itinerary, entrance tickets covering all the services included in your tour, and additional information on the organization of your Machu Picchu experience.
Half-Day Archeological Cusco City Tour
This afternoon you’ll enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of Cusco, with your guide to the first ruin site (Tambomachay). As you walk to and visit each archaeological site, your guide will explain the history, architecture, and local traditions. The four sites are Tambomachay, Puca Pucara, Q’enko, and Sacsayhuaman. After exploring the last ruin site, you will walk down to the Plaza de Armas in Cusco City. With examples of Inca history and architecture. Visit the city’s most important historical monuments that reveal the influence of different cultures: The Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral dating from Spanish vice-royalty times, built with great slabs of red granite renaissance style in contrast with the baroque style silverwork of its interior and, the Santo Domingo church built upon the foundations of the Inca temple Qorikancha, dedicated to worship the Sun God.
Meals Included: Breakfast
DAY 04 – CUSCO – KM 82 – WAYLLABAMBA – YUNCACHIMPA
We will leave Cusco (3350m/10990f) at 5:30 am by tourist bus and head for the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Before we reach our starting point, KM 82, we will have a short break in Ollantaytambo and have the option to get breakfast. The official beginning of the Inca Trail is called KM 82. Here we will meet the rest of the group and take care of the registration formalities. After crossing the Rio Urubamba (2200m) we will start the legendary Inca Trail. The first day the trail is easy to walk and a good warm-up for the following days. In Miskay we’ll have lunch at a small riverbank while getting some information about the archaeological complex of Llactapata. After that, we will continue our hike to Wayllabamba (3100m/10170f) and ascend to Yuncachimpa (3300m/10826f), the camping site we will spend the night on. From here, we have a great view of the mysterious Nevado de Verónica.
- Level of difficulty: Moderate
- Hiking time: 6-7 hours
- Total distance: 11km approx.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 05 – YUNCACHIMPA – LLULLUCHAPAMPA – WARMIHUAÑUSCA PASS – PACAY-MAYU – RUNKURAKAY PASS – CHAQUICOCHA
The second day is the ‘Free-Hike-Day’, this means that everybody should walk in his/her own pace. Of course, you will meet during the small breaks or see each other while beating the stairs. Early in the morning the trail first leads through the Valley of Llulluchapampa (3850m/12631f). The first 3km are steps – enjoy the humid woodland and the water sounds.
From Llulluchapampa follow the way for 2-3 hours until you reach the highest point of this section, the Warmihuañusca (Dead Woman Pass) (4200m/113780f). This climb is known as the most difficult part of the Inca Trail. After a short break at the summit, you continue your hike down with a long and steep descent to the river Pacaymayu (Sunrise River) towards the Runkurakay pass (3050m/10007f) until you reach our campsite called Chaquicocha at (3650m/11975f). Here you can re-lax from the tough day while enjoying an amazing view over the mountains.
- Level of difficulty: challenging
- Hiking time: 8-9 hours
- Total distance: 15 km approx.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 06 – CHAQUICOCHA – PHUYUPATAMARCA – WIÑAYHUAYNA
The third day is the most beautiful one. You can notice a change in the eco-system while walking to the tropical forest of Wiñayhuayna. We will pass two small lakes at the top of the second pass (3950m). It’s a gentle climb through the beautiful cloud forest and a small Inca tunnel before the third pass (3700m) offers a grand view over the Rio Urubamba Valley. The nearest settlement is named Phuyupatamarca/”Town above the clouds” (3600m/11811f). A well-preserved site with long chain Inca baths where one can enjoy impressive ancient engineering. We pass another Inca tunnel before visiting the ruins of Wiñayhuayna/”Forever young” (2650m/8694f). The Inca stairs change into a zigzag trail until you reach a red-roofed white building, our last camping site, and also a location with hot water (S5) and bottled drinks.
- Level of difficulty: normal
- Hiking time: 5-6 hours
- Total distance: 10 km Approx
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
DAY 07 – WIÑAYHUAYNA – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO
After our breakfast at 4:30am, we will head, equipped with our flashlights, to the Inti Punku (Sun Gate) to get the first glimpse of Machu Picchu and watch the sunrise over Machu Picchu. The last triumphal descent will take almost one hour before visiting the citadel of Machu Picchu (2400m//7874f) around 8.00am. You can enjoy its spiritual charm during a guided tour (about two hours) that helps you to understand the meaning and ancient use of the different buildings. After this tour you will have enough time to explore the archaeological site on your own (f.ex. go to the Inca Bridge, explore the variety of buildings or climb Huayna Picchu for an amazing panorama picture). From Machu Picchu, there will be a bus awaiting you to take you down to Aguas Calientes. Here you can soak away your aches and pain in the town’s hot springs (S10).
We will leave Aguas Calientes in the afternoon.
- Level of difficulty: normal
- Hiking time: 2-3 hours
- Total distance: 7 km approx.
Extra porter: According to the law (26702) and supervised by the Ministry of Employment, the collaboration of an extra porter is given under the conditions the customer requires. However, the customer’s luggage mustn’t exceed 12 kg, since the porter is only allowed to carry 20 kg. The service costs the US
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
OPTIONAL
HIKE UP TO HUAYNA PICCHU, the mountain behind Machu Picchu. This hike is strenuous and recommended only for travelers comfortable with heights and who have a good fitness level.
A fair amount of climbing is required. Get fabulous views of Machu Picchu from the top. Total time for this excursion is 2.5 hours. You may want to extend your hike and go to the Moon Temple as well, which is close to Huayna Picchu. This adds an extra hour total to this excursion. Total time for the Huayna Picchu visit, including the Moon Temple, is 3.5 hours. (This hike requires advanced reservations.
DAY 08 – MARAS MORAY TOUR & TRANSFER OUT CUSCO AND FLIGHT BACK HOME
Today you will set off in the direction of the Sacred Valley to the town of Chinchero, an authentic Andean village with lots of character, where we will find the colonial church that houses a large collection of painting from the Cusqueñan School of Art.
Next, continue to the salt fields of Maras and its seemingly never-ending terraces, where salt extracted from springs is stored. The use of Maras Salt dates back thousands of years and is inherited from generation to generation and managed communally.
Continue your excursion to admire the Moray terraces, believed to be a former gigantic agricultural laboratory, an astronomical observatory or a place of worship, or maybe all three. It is thought that Moray was used for plant adaptation to new climatic environments thanks to its circular terraces in immense cone-shaped depressions of 47 to 84 m that resemble giant fingerprints or contour lines.
At the scheduled time you will be shuttled from the hotel to the airport to board your flight back to Lima. Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and then to your connecting flight back home.
Meals Included: Breakfast
- Fully customizable package.
- Package cost based on double room.
- Services begin and end in Cusco.
- Three-star hotel included in the package, ask for an upgrade to 4 or 5 star.
- Expedition Train included in the package, ask for an upgrade to Vistadome or Hiram Bingham train.
- Guests should be in good physical health in order to be able to make the most of this experience, ask for special attention.
- Services are on private and share
- The cost of the child includes a single bed with all the services and the same nutrition as the parents.
- Children between the ages of 3 and 11 must have their own tickets, which are offered at 50% of the normal ticket price.
- Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu Mountain is not included, ask for an upgrade.
- Please let us know if you suffer any type of allergy or if you require special food or attention.
- Upon receiving the confirmation of payment you will receive an invoice with your itinerary.
- Ask for that to bring according to the season.
What do you need to bring?
- Backpack with rain shelter.
- Sleeping bag.
- Clothing for warm and cold climate like a waterproof jacket.
- Rain pants and lightweight pants.
- Trekking shoes.
- Slippers or sandals (for showers and Hot Springs).
