Legendary Inca trail

☾ 8 days / 7 nights

Many are the routes that take you to Machu Picchu, but none is like the Inca Trail, the most famous pedestrian path in the Americas. After flying from the capital, Lima, you will arrive in Cusco to walk for four days along a path through forests and dense fogs, ancient stone steps and discovering the ruins of ancient fortifications and Inca cities, and all the time enjoying majestic views. After 46km walking on the top of the Andes, the reward comes: the first, exciting views of Machu Picchu from Inti Punku. This guided route is a unique experience that will be engraved in your heart forever. The size of the groups is variable but usually ranges from 6 to 10 passengers.

📍 Points Highlights

Llaqtapata: Ancient Inca town in the Kusichaca valley at the beginning of the road. In the ruins there are three clear sections: the religious, the residential and the agricultural.

Warmiwañuska: The highest point of the road offers views as impressive as the emotions that are experienced when the gorge arrives.

Runkurakay: Ruins of a small Inca control point that enjoys magnificent views.

Sayacmarca: Visit these enigmatic ruins, whose function in the Inca period remains a mystery.

Phuyupatamarka: This fascinating ‘village in the clouds’ houses a system of canals and fountains that still work.

Wiñay Wayna: Dizzying Inca ruins with houses on agricultural terraces.

Machu Picchu: The lost city of the Incas is hidden on the top of an Andean peak and offers views not only of the mountain range but also of the mysterious Inca past.

Itinerary

DÍA 1

Day 1 | Arrival Cusco – Sacred Valley

A mobility and a representative will receive you at the Cusco airport and transfer you to the selected hotel in Urubamba. Along the way, taking the route to Pisaq, you will visit the Inkary museum, which exposes the history and culture of different civilizations of ancient Peru. Upon arrival at the hotel, you will be assisted at check-in and accommodation. Overnight at hotel in Sacred Valley on a bed and breakfast basis.

DÍA 2

Day 2 | sacred Valley

Breakfast at the hotel. Today you will have the day off to acclimatize and enjoy the Sacred Valley. You can also take one of the different tours and optional activities of your choice. Suggested option: Tour to the Sacred Valley. Overnight at hotel in Sacred Valley on a bed and breakfast basis.

DÍA 3

Day 3 | Sacred Valley – Pisacucho, Ollantaytambo and Wayllabamba (12.5km – 6h)

Breakfast at the hotel. You will be picked up very early in the morning from your hotel in the Sacred Valley, bound for Piscacucho (Km. 82), from where the trek to the Inca trail begins. On the way, we will have a stop in the town of Ollantaytambo for 15 to 20 minutes. Once we reach Piscacucho, we will start with the walk until we reach our camp in Wayllabamba. Lunch will be served en route. This day we will walk between five and six hours (7.7 miles). At the camp, dinner will be served and we will spend the night. Night in camp in Wayllabamba in full board.

DÍA 4

Day 4 | Sacred Valley – Warmi Wañusca and Pacaymayo (12km – 6.5h)

After breakfast, we will start with the most difficult part of the walk, which consists of ascending to the highest point of the road, the Abra de Warmi Wañusca (4,200m / 13,776ft). Then we will begin to descend to our second camp in Pacaymayo, where lunch and dinner will be served, and we will spend the night. This day we will walk between six and seven hours (7.2 miles). Night in camp in Pacaymayo in full board.

DÍA 5

Day 5 | Sacred Valley – Runkurakay, Chaquicocha and Wiñay Huayna (16km – 8-9hrs)

This day is the longest, since we walk between eight and nine hours, but it is the most impressive and interesting, due to the amount of archaeological complexes and cloud forest that we will find while walking. From Pacaymayo, we will ascend to the Runkurakay Pass, and then descend to Chaquicocha, to enjoy a delicious and refreshing lunch. At the end, we will continue ascending until we reach the Phuyupatamarca pass (3,700m / 12,073ft), we will walk in the cloud forest until we reach our last Wiñay Huayna camp (2,679m / 8,792ft), where dinner will be served and we will spend the night. Night in camp in Winña Huayna in full board.

DÍA 6

Day 6 | Wiñay Huayna – Machu Picchu – Cusco

Very early we will restart the walk after having breakfast, until we reach the Intipunku (Puerta del Sol), entrance gate to Machu Picchu. With the first rays of the sun, we will fully appreciate the historic sanctuary and then descend until we reach the citadel. At the end of the tour you will return by bus to Aguas Calientes, where you will enjoy a delicious lunch. In the afternoon, we will board the train that will transport us to Ollantaytambo and then will be transferred to the chosen hotel in the city of Cusco. Night in hotel in Cusco in bed and breakfast. Lunch included.

It Includes

Guide
accommodation
Feeding
Transport
Tickets and activities

Not include

Expenses of a personal nature, alcoholic, non-alcoholic beverages and meals not explicitly mentioned in the program
International plane tickets to Peru
Domestic plane tickets
Domestic and international airport taxes