Transport

All the transportation: Airport/Bus & Train Station - Hotel - Airport/Bus & Train Station described in the Itinerary

Hygieneprotocol

Face masks required for travelers in public areas Face masks required for guides in public areas Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff Social distancing enforced throughout the experience Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas Gear/equipment sanitized between use Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized Guides required to regularly wash hands Regular temperature checks for staff Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

Guide

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

Accommodation

- Double or Twin rooms at recommended Good Value Basic 2 - 3 star Hotels + breakfasts for 10 nights Paying extra we can upgrade and use any other you wish: 4 star, 5 star, the most expensive rooms, etc. Lima: 1 night Cusco: 3 nights Sacred Valley – Ollantaytambo: 1 night Aguas Calientes: 1 night Inca Trail: 3 nights in tents

Meals

All Breakfasts Described meals

Others

All the entrance fees to visit all the attractions described on the itinerary All the roundtrip transfers and bus transportation Lima & Cusco City Tour & 4 ruins Sacred Valley 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 We use the best available transportation and guides Professional & Personal Assistance during your visit

Not included:

Flights

- Lima - Cusco - Lima

Optional

If you want to hike only with a day pack, you can hire a personal porter for US$230, for all 4 days and he will carry a maximum of 12 kg – 24 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 and let us know ASAP to buy the extra porter’s ticket too.

Insurance

It is highly recommended to buy travel and health Insurance

Others

Single Supplement payment: Mandatory for solo travelers or a person wishing a SINGLE room & Tent International & national airfares (Lima - 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 Juliaca - Puno

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

Lima City Tour - Cusco

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. On our way to the modern area of the city, we will cross the exclusive district of San Isidro, the new financial heart of the city, we conclude our circuit in Miraflores, where we will visit the “Parque del Amor” (Love Park) an excellent spot to enjoy a great view of the Pacific Ocean.

After 3 pm transportation to the airport to take the flight to Cusco (after 5:30 pm). Upon arrival reception, assistance and transfer to the selected hotel; where you should rest to adjust better to the altitude (11,000 ft a.s.l.)

Breakfast Included

Note: Your flight from Lima to Cusco must be at or after 6 pm.
Day 3 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.

Breakfast Included

Note: Whenever it will be possible; to avoid the crowds and in the high season we will program this tour in the morning.
Day 4 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.

Breakfast, Lunch Included
Day 5 Ollantaytambo – Wayllabamba
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ollantaytambo – Wayllabamba

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.

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.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Included

Distance: 12 km - 7.5 miles.
Day 6 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.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Included

Distance: 12 km - 7.5 miles.
Day 7 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.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Included

Distance: 15 km - 9.5 miles.
Day 8 Winayhuayna - Machupicchu
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Winayhuayna - Machupicchu

After a very early breakfast and a somewhat easy walk we will arrive to 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 at the hot springs.

Breakfast Included

Distance: 5 km - 3 miles

Overnight: Aguas Calientes
Day 9 Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu/Montana Machupicchu - Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu/Montana Machupicchu - Cusco

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

Breakfast Included

NOTE: If there is room and 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 10 Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cusco

Transfer to the airport for departure flight.

Breakfast Included

Notes:

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

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

10 days tour

Inca Trail To Machu Picchu (4 Days), Lima & Cusco

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Itinerary of your trip Inca Trail To Machu Picchu (4 Days), Lima & Cusco

Arriving In Lima

Lima City Tour - Cusco

Cusco

Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market & Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo – Wayllabamba

Wayllabamba – Pacaymayu

Pacaymayu – Winayhuayna

Winayhuayna - Machupicchu

Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu/Montana Machupicchu - Cusco

Cusco

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