Day 1 Arrival to Lima

Arrival at the International Jorge Chavez airport, welcome and transfer to the hotel

Day 2 Cusco City Tour

After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport in Lima, to take the flight to Cusco. When you arrive to Cusco we will be waiting to bring you to your hotel for a restful and relaxing evening.

In the afternoon at the appropriate time we will meet you in the lobby of your hotel and start the tour. We will visit the main square or Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, the Coricancha or Temple of the Sun. Afterwards we will make our way outside the city to the archaeological sites of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, PucaPucara and Tambomachay. After a tour of each location we will bring you back to your hotel for a restful evening.

Day 3 Sacred Valley Tour

After an early breakfast we will pick you up in the lobby of your hotel and bring you into the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Our first stop will be to visit the archaeological site and traditional market of Pisac. After your tour of Pisac we will make our way to Urubamba where you will enjoy a lovely lunch make with some of the many fresh products of the area.

After lunch we will make our way to the archaeological site of Ollantaytambo where we will visit the ancient Inca archaeological sites and terraces. After the tour we will bring you to your Ollantaytambo hotel where you will enjoy a restful and relaxing evening.

Day 4 Inca Trail: Cusco - Km 82 - Huayllabamba

Early in the morning you will be picked up from the hotel and drive to Km 82 for approx. 3 hours, where the legendary Inca Trail starts, on the way you will enjoy of magnificent views of mountains such as La Veronica snow cap-mountain. This day the climbing is from 2,380m/7,808 to 3,100m/10,170f.

Camping site.

Hiking time: 6 to 7 hours approx.

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Day 5 Inca Trail: Huayllabamba - Pacaymayo

This day is the hardest one in the whole hiking because we climb up to the highest point at 4200m/11,3780f in Warmi Wañusca pass (meaning “Dead woman’s pass).

Camping site.

Hiking time: 7 hours approx.

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Day 6 Inca Trail: Pacaymayo – Phuyupatamarca – Wiñay Huayna

The third day is one of the most beautiful ones, nice walk through the challenging ecosystem and the tropical forest of Wiñaywayna; this day there are a lot more descents than ascents.

The nearest settlement is named Phuyupatamarca 3,600m/11,811f, a place where one can enjoy impressive Inca engineering. After that, we will visit the settlement of Wiñaywayna “Forever young” 2,650m/86,94f), which is also the last camping site

Hiking time: 7 hours approx.

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Day 7 Inca Trail: Wiñay Huayna – Machu Picchu – Cusco

Very early in the morning we head towards the Sun Gate (or Inti Punku) at 2,740 mts / 9,042ft, the entrance to Machu Picchu from the Inca trail, this path is using flashlights. Once we have reached Machu Picchu, we will visit the citadel and enjoy its spiritual charm during a guided tour for about 1 – 1½ hours. Thereafter, you will have enough time to explore and take the best photos of this wonder world. Then, we take a bus for about 25 minutes down to Aguas Calientes town.

Machu Picchu is considered one of the most extraordinary examples of landscapes architecture in the world, and it is located at the top of the mountain with the same name at 2,430m where was built the extraordinary city, surrounded by agricultural terraces, water natural springs with stairways and canals carved out of stone are recurrent throughout this remarkable archaeological site.

After your tour you will have some extra free time before returning to the train station for your train and transfer back to the hotel in Cusco.

Optional:

Entrance fee to Hike the Huaynapicchu Mountain or the Machupicchu Mountain

Additional Vistadome Train Service, more comfortable, with panoramic windows located beside and above your seat will bring you close to nature.

Additional Belmond Hiram Bingham Train Service, more exclusive and luxurious train, with an elegant dining car and a bar car.

Day 8 Departure Cusco

At the appropriate time your transfer will pick you up and bring you to the Cusco Airport where you will catch your flight home.

End of our services.