Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 4 Day Hike

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  • 4 Days
  • Trekking
  • Camping

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Travel the world famous Inca Trail for 4 incredible days and pass through the Sun Gate to get your first ever glimpse of Machu Picchu. This itinerary is the perfect combination of history and beauty: visit amazing Inca ruins along the way while taking in the lush cloud forest, Andean mountain passes and vast landscape.

Itinerary

FIRST DAY: CUSCO-OLLANTAYTAMBO- WAYLLABAMBA

We begin our trip early in the morning at 05.30 am after picking up all our passengers we will head towards Ollantaytambo, where those who wish can have breakfast or buy some candies, chocolates that help with the walk, then we will continue to Km. 82 Piscacucho ( 2700 masl) place where the first control is located, then the 2-hour walk will begin arriving at Patallacta (2750 masl) Inca archaeological site building that will be explained by our guide, after our visit to this interesting place we will walk 45 minutes where we will have the lunch prepared by our experienced chef and his team which will surely leave you amazed with the food. After lunch we will continue with our 01:30 hour walk to our Wayllabamba camp (3000 meters above sea level). Where after a well-deserved rest we will have the lunch and then dinner, and then spend the night.

Km. 82- Wayllabamba (8 Km, 4.00 Hours Walk)

SECOND DAY: WAYLLABAMBA-WARMIWAÑUSCA PASS – PACAYMAYO

In the morning we will have breakfast starting at 05.30 am, then we will continue the 45-minute walk to the second checkpoint Wayllabamba and then we will begin a gradual ascent of 1.30 minutes (4 km) to our first rest point called TRES PIEDRAS where We can find hygienic services and local sales points, and then continue the 1.30 minute (4 km) ascent to our second rest point Llulluchapampa 3800 meters above sea level, then we continue the 1.45 minute walk (4 km) to the Warmiwañusca pass at 4215 meters above sea level, then We make a 2.30 minute descent to the Pacay Mayo camp at 3600 meters above sea level where we will have our tea and dinner, where we will spend the night in this place.

Wayllabamba-Warmiwañusca Pass – Pacaymayo (12 Km, 8 Hours)

THIRD DAY: PACAYMAYO - WIÑAYHUAYNA

After breakfast we will continue our walk, this section is 16 km. Full of vegetation and a number of Inca archaeological sites of different functions. The first archaeological site that we will visit will be Runcurakay (3750 meters above sea level) which is located 45 minutes from the starting point, which is another Inca archaeological complex in the form of towers that has a site strategic surveillance of the east valley, then we continue to Runcurakay Pass 3900 meters above sea level where we have a brief explanation of the Inca culture and then we will descend for 1.30 minutes to the second archaeological site of visit Sayacmarka (an area of difficult ascent, due to the difficulty of the bleachers) then we will continue the time of 25 minutes to the lunch point Chaquicocha where we will taste a lunch that the chef prepared for us and then continue the walk to the next archaeological site to visit called Puyupatamarca 3750 meters above sea level for 2.30 minutes, we continue with the 3-hour journey down the steps to our Wiñayhuayna camp where We will have our tea and special dinner because this day we will have a farewell ceremony for our porters. (This camp may vary with phuyupatamarca depending on availability) If in case we stay at the phuyupatamarca camp on day 4 we will walk 3 hours down to wiñaywayna and approximately 2 more hours to machupicchu we will be arriving at the typical
citadel at 11 in the morning average.

Pacaymayo – Wiñayhuayna. (16 Km- 12 Hours)

FOURTH DAY- WIÑAYHUAYNA - MACHUPICHU - CUSCO

This day we get up at 3.30 am for our breakfast, then we will descend to the checkpoint where we will wait for a time of 1.20 minutes, passing the checkpoint we will walk for 1.30 minutes to the Inti Punku point (gate of the sun) where we will spend a break of 20 minutes to have the majestic view of Machu Picchu and Wayna Picchu and then we will begin the 1.00 hour descent to the citadel of Machu Picchu. Afterwards we will receive the 02:00 hour history-filled tour with our guide and you will have 
free time to take more photos, explore the Archaeological site and from there return to the town of Aguas Calientes where you can have lunch on your own and visit the thermal baths. and then finally go to the train station which can be (2:55 p.m. or 9:50 p.m. depending on availability) to return to the town of Ollantaytambo and from there by tourist bus to the city of Cusco where it will leave us in the Plaza San Francisco. 

Wiñayhuayna – Machupichu (6 Km- 3 Hours)

Price Includes

  • Transportation to Km. 82 (where the Inca Trail begins)
  • Entrance ticket to the Inca trail.
  • Professional guide
  • Matras, large tents (Quadruples – only for 2 people)
  • Cook and kitchen equipment.
  • Tables and chairs.
  • Food (03 breakfasts – 03 lunches – 03 dinners)
  • Porters who will carry the camping equipment, food. NO PAXS LUGGAGE
  • First aid kit
  • Oxygen balloon.
  • Return by backpacker train Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo at 2:55 p.m., or 9:50 p.m. depending on availability.
  • Ollantaytambo tourist bus – Cusco

Price Excludes

  •  Breakfast on the first day and lunch on the last day.
  • Sleeping bag (rental price 15.00 usd for 4 days)
  • Extra porter ($180.00 usd for 4 days – Load 14 kilos)
  • CONCETUR Bus Machupicchu – Aguas Calientes.
  • Entrance to the hot springs in Aguas Calientes.
  • Tips.
  • Visit Huaynapicchu extra cost of new entry of $65.00 adult.
CANCELLATION POLICIES
WE RECOMMEND BRINGING:
  • If you cancel this tour, you will not receive a full refund.
  • If you cancel the tour more days in advance, the penalty will be $250.00 USD
  • If you cancel a day before or on the day of the tour, you will not receive a refund because everything will be organized.
  •  In order not to miss the entire package, you can go to Aguas Calientes and meet your group to guide to Machupicchu, but you have to bear the travel expenses to Machupicchu.
  • Backpack
  • Clothes that keep you warm at night
  • Rain clothes
  • Flashlight
  • Cap
  • Various poles
  • Insect repellent
  • Plastic rain poncho
  • Purifying tablets
  • Medication equipment
  • Water bottle
  • Original passport
  • ISIC student card (if applicable)
  • Extra money in soles and dollars
  • Walking sticks
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