5-DAY INCA TRAIL TOUR (CAMINOS DEL INCA)

In addition to the tour of the Machu Picchu Citadel, you can choose two more circuits that suit your tastes, the type of experience you want, as well as the budget. The Entrance Ticket to the extreme adventure Machu Picchu + Huayna Picchu, which includes the visit to the Inca City + the Huayna Picchu Mountain, whose summit is located at 8,835 feet; or choose the highest altitude excursion, Machu Picchu + Machu Picchu Mountain located at 3,082 meters above sea level (10,111 feet).

As part of the private tour, we offer you an incomparable gastronomic service by our professional chef in the mountains; You can adapt the schedule and enjoy the tour with your private group and our professional guide.

Incas Trail Tour Itinerary:

DAY 1:

05:00 – 16:00: Cusco – Km 82 – Hatunchaca

This adventure begins at 5:00 AM (it is recommended to have breakfast at the hotel before pick-up). We go through the accommodation to start the transfer to the Sacred Valley, exactly at Km 82 in Piscacucho, where the walk begins.

After 2 hours of travel, you arrive at the Patallacta complex whose terraces are erected on an ascending slope, where you see impressive landscapes and the Wakaywillque or Snowy Mountain “La Verónica” (19,356 ft).

Our journey continues to Tarachayoq, to enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by our Chef. Then, we will continue a short section to reach Hatunchaca, the place of the first camp, where you have dinner and rest.

DAY 2:

6:00 – 17:00 : Hatunchaka – Warminanuska – Pacaymayu

This day requires more physical effort; after having breakfast very early, an abrupt ascent begins, through a path surrounded by a Queñua or Polylepis forest, until it comes to rest at the highest point of the Inca Trail, the Abra Warmiwañusca or Mujer Muerta (13,860 ft) whose area seems to surround you with a majestic landscape of deep valleys and mountains.

We begin the descent, passing to the lunch point and continuing to Pacaymayo, the second camp that allows, in addition to a comforting rest, incomparable contact with nature.

DAY 3:

06:00 – 16:00 : Pacaymayu – Winaywayna

This day you wake up in the middle of the beauty of the Inca Trail. After breakfast, start the ascent until you reach Runkurakay, a building of small stones without a roof considered as an astrological site and a kind of checkpoint for the messengers on the way to Machu Picchu.

Continue the journey between a cloud forest and views of the mountain ranges, to the largest archaeological site of the Inca Trail, Sayacmarca, known as a town in a steep place.

Then you discover the beautiful architecture of the City Above the Clouds or Phuyupatamarca, to finally arrive at the iconic archaeological complex Inca Wiñay Wayna or “Siempre Joven” (8,694 ft), architectural beauty that covers the side of a mountain respecting the natural form. Here we will have a well-deserved rest.

DAY 4

04:00 – 20:00 : Phuyupatamarca – Winaywayna – Aguas Calientes

On this last day of hiking, breakfast is served before sunrise, to reach the Intipunku or Puerta del Sol (8,924 ft) enjoying a spectacular view of Machu Picchu, which at this time is with few people.

We will descend towards Aguas Calientes where you have the option of camping in Puente Ruinas or staying in a hotel.

DAY 5

04:00 – 20:00 : Machu Picchu – Cusco

After breakfast, start the ascent on the tourist bus on the way to the wonderful Machu Picchu, where you enjoy a personalized tour of the Citadel, its most important places, main temples, stairways, squares, and roads, among other amazing spaces of this architectural complex, such as the Intiwatana.

At the end of the guided tour, you have free time to explore this extraordinary World Heritage Site on your own.

Our guide will indicate where and at what time they will meet again for the return to Aguas Calientes where, after exploring the town, you take the train back to Ollantaytambo, and then private transport to arrive in Cusco around 9:00 p.m.

We will take you to visit, not only a destination but live unforgettable emotions that will transform your perspective forever!