Meals

All Breakfasts Described meals

Guide

For the all the tours you will have an English or Spanish speaking guide

Transport

All the roundtrip transfers and bus transportation

Accommodation

- Double or Twin rooms at recommended Good Value Basic 3 star Hotels + breakfasts Paying extra we can upgrade and use any other you wish 4 star, 5 star, the most expensive rooms, etc. Lima: 1 night Arequipa: 1 night Colca Valley: 1 night Puno: 2 nights Cusco: 3 nights Sacred Valley: 1 night Aguas Calientes: 1 night Inca Trail: 3 nights in tents

Others

All the entrance fees to visit all the attractions described on the itinerary Lima City tour Colca Canyon tour with a group: Entrance fees, bus transportation, guide (English & Spanish). Touristy Bus (best available): Chivay - Puno Titicaca Lake tour: Bus & FAST Boat Transportation, Guide (English & Spanish), entrance fees and lunch Touristy (best available) Bus: Puno - Cusco: Transportation to the bus station, Guided tours (English & Spanish), entrance fees and buffet lunch CUSCO: City Tour & 4 ruins, Sacred Valley and 4 days Inca Trail 4 days Inca trail: Pre-trek briefing and Inca trail maps, Collection from your hotel: Early in the morning, Private bus to the start of the trail: Km 82 – Piscacucho, Inca Trail & Machupicchu entrance fees, English speaking professional guide, Assistant Guide (for groups of 9 or more people), client’s tents (2 persons in each), Well insulated Mattresses Pads, Dining tent with camp tables & stools, Chef, Cooking tent & equipment, Meals – vegetarian option without extra cost (03B,03L,03D): pancakes, omelets, soups, fresh fruit, avocado, pasta, chicken, fish, meat, rice, all rich in carbohydrates and suitable for trekking, hot drinks including coca leaf tea, coffee break everyday, Porters (to carry the tents, food, and cooking equipment), Fair salary & accommodations for our porters & staff, First aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle, Bus tickets from Machupicchu to Aguas Calientes village: 30 minutes, Train ticket (Expedition or Inca Rail service) from Aguas Calientes - Ollantaytambo. The train ride is 1:30 hrs. If there is room; you can upgrade to the vistadome train for US$50 per person, Transfer from the train station to Cusco. Extra day in Machupicchu: Roundtrip Bus tickets, Machupicchu & Huaynapicchu entrance fees Professional & Personal Assistance during your visit

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Insurance

- It is highly recommended to buy Travel, Health & Accident Insurance

Optional

If you want to hike only with a day pack, you can hire a personal porter for US$180, for all 4 days and he will carry a maximum of 10kg – 20 pounds; including your sleeping bag. (Usually, 1 porter between 2 persons is enough). However, even with a personal porter, you will still need to bring and carry a day pack with essential items. You must decide about this and let us Know ASAP to buy the extra porter’s ticket too

Flights

International or national (Lima - Arequipa & Cusco - Lima) flights are NOT included You have to book all your international and recommended national flights

Others

Single Supplement payment: Mandatory for solo travelers or a person wishing a SINGLE room & Tent International & national airfares (Lima - Arequipa & Cusco - Lima) Personal porter to carry your luggage Sleeping bags (Save room and Rent from us for just US$25 / 4 days trek) Tips: guide, cooks, porters, etc Additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water Non described meals & snacks Insurance of any kind Laundry Phone calls Radio calls or messages Items of personal nature

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Day 1 Arriving In Lima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arriving In Lima

Upon arrival at any time reception, assistance, and transfer to the selected hotel

Notes:

- You are in charge of arriving in Lima by plane at any time. Our Services start in Lima and finish in Cusco

- Check-in at the hotel starts after 1 - 2 pm
Day 2 Lima City Tour - Arequipa
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Lima City Tour - Arequipa

In the morning a trip to the essential Lima, “The City of Kings” including the most important architectural icons of the city, such as the Main Square, where you can find the Government Palace, the City Hall, the Cathedral and the Archbishop’s Palace. Then, we continue with a visit to the San Francisco Convent, an architectonic jewel dating back to the 16th century.

After 3 pm transportation to the airport to take the flight to Arequipa. Upon arrival reception, assistance, and transfer to the selected hotel.

Meals included: Breakfast

Note: Your flight from Lima to Arequipa must be at or after 6 pm
Day 3 Arequipa – Colca
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arequipa – Colca

Early morning drive from Arequipa to Chivay trough the Aguada Blanca National Reserve where you will observe Vicuñas wandering on the high plateau. On the way we will enjoy nice views of the Volcanoes: Misti, Chachani and Ampato. In the afternoon take a hike and visit the Calera Hotsprings (entrance fees not included). Overnight Colca Valley.

Meals included: Breakfast
Day 4 Colca Canyon – Puno
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Colca Canyon – Puno

Tour of the Colca Canyon: Early departure to the Cruz del Condor site, the best place to admire the Colca Canyon and the Condor’s flight. On the way it is possible to appreciate archaeological remains, Incan terraces still on use and typical towns like Maca, Achoma and Yanque. After Lunch bus ride from Chivay to Puno, (5-6 hours), Overnight Puno.

Meals included: Breakfast
Day 5 Titicaca Lake
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Titicaca Lake

Full day excursion to the beautiful Titicaca Lake , the highest navigable lake in the world. Visit the Floating Islands made of Totora reeds: Uros with the population that still live as their ancestors did a thousand years ago. Later visit the Taquile island a remarkable community also with a great ethnic and cultural value; with the best weavers in the region. Quechua, the language of the Incas is kept alive and the islanders preserve their traditional very old costumes and treat visitors in a very welcoming fashion. Pm return to the hotel in Puno. (B, L)

Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch

Note: We use a fast boat for this tour.
Day 6 Puno - Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Puno - Cusco

This day you will have a bus ride with guided visits or you can choose to ride on the PERURAIL TITICACA train without ANY tours and an EXTRA cost of US$250 per person. Train only available on: Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Bus ride from Cusco to Puno visiting on the way the Pucara Museum, the temple of Wiracocha or Raqchi (a very impressive Inca site) and a very beautiful chapel: Andahuaylillas; known as Sistine chapel of South America. You will also have other stops for lunch & photos. Arrival and transfer to the hotel in Cusco.

Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch

- Bus Departure: 7 am / Arrival: 5 pm

- Train (non stop) Departure: 8 am / Arrival: 6-7 pm
Day 7 Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cusco

Free morning to visit the city and its museums: Inca, Preculumbian Art & The Machupicchu Museum.

Afternoon Combined tour; visit the Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay.

Meals included: Breakfast

Note: Whenever it will be possible; to avoid the crowds and in the high season we will program this tour in the morning.
Day 8 Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market & Ollantaytambo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market & Ollantaytambo

Visit PISAC located right at the entrance to the Sacred Valley, the amazing Inca city that constitutes one of the most important Archaeological Parks in the region. Visit the fine temples, palaces and the well preserved and vast farming terraces; built even as far as the edge of precipices that still keep their straight sometimes vertical aqueducts; an imposing and unforgettable sight that also offers very beautiful landscapes.

Pisac Ruins

Visit PISAC the Colonial Village, where you will see the famous "Indian Market" and the handicrafts or "souvenirs" market, this is your chance to enjoy a blend of color, traditions and people, and bargain for exotic craftworks.

After Lunch at Urubamba Village, tour to the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in South America, where people are still living in the same houses and palaces as 500 years ago; the ancient Incan town of OLLANTAYTAMBO, with its very impressive constructions built with huge boulders and its ancient heritage that will leave us astonished. Overnight Ollantaytambo.

Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch

Note: The Pisac Market is everyday, on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays is bigger but more crowded; not so good for visiting the ruins in Pisac and Ollantaytambo and for photos

INCA TRAIL TO MACHUPICCHU: You MUST be in good shape

Please note that this is a typical itinerary which may change depending on the group size and availability of camp sites assigned by the government. Alternative campsites may be used.
Day 9 Ollantaytambo – Wayllabamba
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ollantaytambo – Wayllabamba

Early morning pick up from your Hotel and transfer by bus to the kilometer 82, where we meet the porters and cooks and start to hike with amazing landscapes of the snow-capped peaks. We pass near the Inca town of Llactapata, and after lunch continue following the Kusichaca River upstream until Wayllabamba, a very typical Andean Village and the last settlement on the Inca Trail before reaching Machupicchu.

Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch, Dinner

Distance: 12 km - 7.5 miles
Day 10 Wayllabamba – Pacaymayu
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Wayllabamba – Pacaymayu

After Breakfast we go uphill for 4-5 hours towards Warmiwañuska pass (dead woman’s pass), this day will be the hardest because we get to this highest pass (4200 mts – 13780 ft), after having amazing views from the pass we start our way down to get to the Pacaymayo valley for lunch, and camp.

Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch, Dinner

Distance: 12 km - 7.5 miles.
Day 11 Pacaymayu – Winayhuayna
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Pacaymayu – Winayhuayna

This day will be the longest, but considered the most beautiful part of the trail, on the way up to the 2nd pass we visit the semicircular archeological remain of Runkurakay. Walking over the original Inca Trail paved with flagstones we pass through the elfin forest where we see many orchids and other exotic endemic plants and birds. From the pass, we again have a spectacular landscape of the cloud forest and some snow-capped mountains around. On the way down we will visit the Inca site of Sayaqmarka located on a rocky promontory. Our trek continues through the cloud forest with vines, exotic vegetation (a big variety of Orchids, ferns. tree ferns, mosses, etc) and luxuriant trees and birds. After lunch, and a visit of the ruins of Phuyupatamarca, we start the long way down until Wiñaywayna, were we will visit and other fascinating Inca citadel and camp.

Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch, Dinner

Distance: 15 km - 9.5 miles.
Day 12 Winayhuayna - Machupicchu
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Winayhuayna - Machupicchu

After a very early breakfast and a somewhat easy walk, we will arrive at Inti Punku (the Sun Gate) for the sunrise, also we will enjoy the first fantastic view of the “Lost City of the Incas”: Machupicchu; set up over a grandiose spot with astounding landscapes around. After taking many pictures, we walk downhill to arrive and visit Machupicchu.

After the guided visit you can go to the town of Aguas Calientes to rest at the hotel or relax in the hot springs.

Meals included: Breakfast

Distance: 5 km - 3 miles

Overnight: Aguas Calientes
Day 13 Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco

On your own, early visit of Machupicchu; to spot the amazing sunrise and take the optional short hikes to Huaynapicchu Peak (2 hours) & the temple of the Moon or Montana Machupicchu (3 hours) and the Inca Bridge. Afternoon return to Ollantaytambo by train (1 1/2 hours) and transfer by bus to the hotel in Cusco. (1 1/2 hours).

Meals included: Breakfast

NOTE: If you are interested in climbing to Huaynapicchu or Montana Machupicchu the entrance fees are included but you have to let us know in advance, we must buy tickets ASAP, there is a short limit per day.
Day 14 Cusco – Lima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cusco – Lima

Transfer to the airport for departure flight.

Meals included: Breakfast

Notes:

- Your flight to Lima can be at any time you want

- Check out at the hotel is at 10 - 11 am

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4 Days Inca Trail + The Best Of Southern Peru

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Itinerary of your trip 4 Days Inca Trail + The Best Of Southern Peru

Arriving In Lima

Lima City Tour - Arequipa

Arequipa – Colca

Colca Canyon – Puno

Titicaca Lake

Puno - Cusco

Cusco

Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market & Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo – Wayllabamba

Wayllabamba – Pacaymayu

Pacaymayu – Winayhuayna

Winayhuayna - Machupicchu

Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco

Cusco – Lima

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