Inka Trail Trek – Private Service

<p>Early in the morning, we will pick you up from your hotel at 4:30 am, we drive to Ollantaytambo to have the first breakfast, afterward, we continue to Piskacucho village (Km 82), our starting point to hike the trail.</p><p>At the checkpoint, we will show our passports before we begin our trek, we will start a slightly inclined uphill which will lead us up the way on the picturesque landscapes of the valley and archaeological sites further at the distance; after three hours of trekking, we will reach to Llactapata (8.747ft./2.650m) one of the largest and beautiful Inca sites along the way. Your trekking guide will give you a brief story about Llactapata, afterward, we will continue on our way following the valley to Hatunchaka, place where we will get our first lunch. In the afternoon, we will follow the valley for two more hours to get our campsite at Ayapata (10.825ft / 3.300m). Today we have been hiked about 14 km, but nothing more satisfying that find our tents and our trekking crew waiting for us.</p><p></p><p>We hike some extra distance after lunch to stay further away from the regular camping sites, our trekking crew will be waiting to invite us to enjoy the evening tea (the happy hour). Spend the night in a four season camping tent with pillows, and foam mattresses we will provide.</p><p></p><p> Meals: Snack, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner</p><p> Accommodation: sleeping in four season tents</p><p> Estimated walking time: about 6 - 7 hours</p><p> Walking distance: 83.8 Miles / 13.5km</p><p> Difficulty: Moderate</p>

<p>Today is the challenging day of the Inca trail, After a good breakfast, we will begin the trekking uphill with a lot of stone steps for about two hours, we will pass throw a beautiful forest of native trees to reach Llullucha Pampa at 12.450ft./3.795m. “the half way up to dead woman's pass” we will stop there for a small break and use the toilets, at this spot you can get fresh water from the vendors in case you need, from Llullucha Pampa we will continue up two more hours to the highest point of the Inca Trail to Warmywañusca “Dead woman's pass” at 13.725ft./4.215m, from here we will be able to enjoy a spectacular views of the surrounding valleys, after a short break and some pictures, we will continue downhill for 1.5 hrs to Paqaymayu 11.765ft/3.560m, place where we will have our lunch.</p><p></p><p>In the afternoon it will take us about 3,5 hours to get our camp site Chakicocha at 11.867ft/3.600m. Two hours uphill to the second pass “Runku Raqay pass” (13.050ft./3.985m), then one and half hours descending on a stone paved trail made by the Inca, impressive views from the pass. On the way, we will visit Runku Raqay and Sayaqmarca ruins, from the second one 30 minutes to the camping site, where our porters will receive us clapping our arrival.</p><p></p><p>Tonight we will have the best sleep ever, as we can see, we trek up and down in the mountains, about 9.3 miles/15.5 km.</p><p></p><p> Meals: Snack, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner</p><p> Accommodation: staying in tents</p><p> Estimated walking time: 10 hrs. including lunch and breaks</p><p> Walking distance: 9,3miles/15.5km</p><p> Difficulty: Challenging</p>

<p>On our third day of the Inca trail, we will take our time to enjoy the beauty of the landscape. After a delicious breakfast, we will leave the camp site and hike a small uphill, but suddenly reach to an uneven pavement stone trail, we will enjoy the scenery of the valleys, cloud forest vegetation, Inca stone steps still standing today, and more. It will take about 1.5 hours of astonishing views to reach Phuyu Patamarka "The lookout spot", at 12.303ft./3.750m, from where we will be able to see the Machu Picchu Mountain far in the distance, after a small break, we will head down to visit Phuyu Patamarka Inca site, we will enjoy the guided tour while we see the views of the valley, after a brief story, we will head downhill to Intipata, the Inca ruins from where we will get to see our lunch place.</p><p></p><p>Intipata is made up of large terraces facing the direction of the sunrise that is the reason was named Intipata "the sun over the terraces" place where Inca people cultivated their products. 30 minutes from Intipata, is Wiñaywayna 8.747ft./2.650m, our lunch place also the campsite.</p><p>As we described, the today is the shortest day on the Inca trail, about 6 hours trekking until our lunch place, in the afternoon there is a chance to visit Wiñaywayna archeological site, the last Inca site before we reach Machu Picchu, our goal.</p><p></p><p> Meals: Snacks, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.</p><p> Accommodation: Sleeping in tents.</p><p> Estimated walking time: About 6 hours including breaks.</p><p> Walking distance: 6.2 Miles/10 Km</p><p> Difficulty: Easy – Moderate.</p>

<p>On our last day on the Inca trail the most exciting of our trek, we will wake up very early, to ensure and get to see Machu Picchu when very few people are in the city. After a light breakfast, we will go to the path gate, at 5:30 am, is the last time when Rangers ask for the passports, once we pass the check point, we trek about 1.5 hours to reach Inti Punku “The Sun Gate” (8.977ft./2.720m) from here we will have the first view of Machu Picchu, After a small break, we will continue the last 50 minutes to the citadel of Machu Picchu “The Lost city of the Inkas” (7.920ft/2.400m).</p><p>We will get our guided tour after we store our backpacks and trekking poles. We will have two hours exploring and visiting all the important sectors such as enclosures, temples, shrines, the sun temple, urban area, agricultural sector, etc. After the tour, you will have plenty of time for further exploration.</p><p></p><p>Note: If you purchased the admission tickets to climbing Wayna Picchu Mt or Machu Picchu Mt, the guide will give you some instructions about where and what time you should go there, it takes 1.5 hours back and forth to Wayma Picchu Mt and about 3 hours to Machu Picchu Mt.</p><p>The guide will meet us at Aguas Calientes town for lunch, afterward, we take our return train to Ollantaytambo, from where our private transportation will drive us back to Cusco.</p><p></p><p> Meals: Snacks, Breakfast. Lunch is not included today.</p><p> Accommodation: Back to your hotel in Cusco.</p><p> Estimated walking time: 2 hours walk, 2 hours guided tour in Machu Picchu.</p><p> Walking distance: 3,7 Miles/ 6 km</p><p> Difficulty: Moderate</p>