4-Day Private Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Cusco

With this private tour, you will be able to enjoy a pleasant hiking experience to Machu Pichu, visiting the famous Inca Trail with an exclusive group! Our staff, including guides, porters, and fully qualified mountain chefs, will serve your family group, friends, or if you like, even in the company of just your partner. You can do it from 2 to 12 people from your closest nucleus only. In this way, you will enjoy 4 wonderful days on the Inca Trail Cusco and you will pass through the Puerta del Sol at dawn so that you can observe Machu Pichu with an amazing sunrise as a backdrop. All in the privacy of your chosen group, partner or friends!

Inclusions & Exclusions

✔ 01 air mattresses per person.

✔ Portable chemical toilet only for our group

✔ Camping in 4-man (DOITE Aconcagua 4 seasons tents) only used for 2 people

✔ 02 trekking poles per person

✔ Tourist Class train to return to Cusco on the last day

✔ Lunch

✔ Dinner

✔ Personal porters up to 7k per person and cooks who will carry all the camping equipment

✔ Breakfast

✔ All transfers from start to finish (Guaranteed)

✔ Drinkable water along the trek

✔ Briefing the night before the tour at 6pm at our office in Cusco.

✔ English and Spanish speaking trekking guides

✔ Door-to-door service (hotel pick-up and hotel drop-off)

✔ First aid kit, oxygen tank and satellite phone

✔ 01 Sleeping bag per person

✔ All entrances (Inca Trail and Machu Picchu)

✖ Tips for the crew (optional)

✖ Travel insurance

✖ Hotels before and after the hike

Pickup Locations

1. Estancia San Pedro Hotel

2. Kaaro House Cusco

3. Hotel Piedmont

4. Hostal Sol Imperial

5. New Day Hotel

6. Sol Andino

7. Luna De Oro Hotel

8. Hostal Sumac Tika

9. Casona Plaza Hotel Cusco

10. Anahuarque Hotel Boutique

11. Katari Apart Hotel At Qorikancha

12. Sara Casa Boutique

13. La Estancia de la Abuela

14. La Posada Tinkuy hotel by Mundo Incaico

15. Agua Viva

16. Hotel Cusco Pacha Inti

17. Fiesta Inn Ceniza

18. Redy's House

19. Hostal Amankaes de San Blas

20. Hotel Santoyo Inn

Itinerary

1

Cusco The night before your trek to Machu Picchu, there will be a briefing with your hiking tour guide at 6:00 p.m. This will take place at the hotel where you will be staying or at our office in Cusco (Portal de panes 123. OF 201, PLAZA DE ARMAS CUSCO). But if you prefer, we can also organize a meeting for a different time.

Duration: 4 hours

2

Inca Trail Our team, your tour guide and hiking team will pick you up early in the morning from your hotel. If you are in Cusco, we will pick you up between 4:25 and 4:35 am. You will board our private transport that will take you to Ollantaytambo, here you have breakfast, then we continue driving to Piskacuchu (Km 82), the starting point and control point of the Inca Trail. Once you pass the checkpoint and the Urubamba River, we will begin our 4-day trek to Machu Picchu. The first 2 hours of the trail are relatively flat. In this beautiful valley, we will walk among agricultural fields of potatoes, corn, barley and others, always in the company of the Sacred River of Urubamba and the imposing Veronica Glacier.

Duration: 6 hours

3

Inca Trail We will go to Wilkarakay and admire the archaeological site of Llactapata that shows its stone constructions in the middle of three valleys. We will continue for another 20 minutes until we reach Tarayoc, our lunch spot. You will be surprised by the delicacies that our mountain chefs have prepared for you. We have 3:30 hours of walking to reach our first camp located in Ayapata (3,300 m / 10,827 ft). In this last part, we will go through 2 small communities where you can make your purchases. We will arrive at the camp at approximately 5:30 p.m. Now just relax with a snack or hot drink. Dinner will be ready at 7:20 pm. After dinner I rested surrounded by a warm night under the stars for the next day.

Duration: 5 minutes

1

Inca Trail We will wake you up very early for a nutritious and delicious start to walk the second day tour early in the morning to take advantage of the cool hours of the morning and the shade of the mountains. That way, it will be convenient to walk to the first pass of the Warmi Huañusca Inca Trail (Dead Woman's Pass 4,215 m / 13,829 ft) and consequently the highest point of the 4-day Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu. The dead woman's pass seals the difficulty of the Inca Trail, but the prize is that we will definitely see the various ecological zones of the Inca Trail and notice the microclimates that make up the area in front of us. And once we reach the top, we will be able to see the snowy mountains, the Andean Alps and the high jagged and dark mountains that surround us. Once the rest time and photographs are finished, we will start the march towards the Pacaymayo Camp at 3600 m. / 11 800 our lunch place.

Duration: 5 hours

2

Inca Trail After lunch we will continue towards the summit for around 45 minutes more to reach the Runkurakay pass. Enjoy the landscapes that surround you because this is the last stretch of the Andes on the way. This place is good for a small ceremony and leaving an offering to the mountains and to our Mother Earth. Later, we will descend for 1 hour to the archaeological site of Sayacmarca, we will stop here to discover the secrets of this ancient site in the company of our guide. The mysteries of the Incas will be revealed, little by little, as the sun goes down and reddens the Vilcabamba mountain range. After 25 minutes we arrive at our second camp at Chaquicocha (3,600 m / 11,811 ft). After dinner, we will be able to observe the stars and appreciate the fascinating constellations of the Andean sky.

Duration: 5 hours

Chaquicocha | Phuyupatamarca | Intipata | Wiñay Wayna

1

Inca Trail Wake up with a nutritious breakfast, we will walk for an hour and a half. As you will be walking the vegetation and fantastic scenery will open up as the jungle begins to thicken. You will be able to enjoy an impressive view of the Salkantay glacier (this is the second most important mountain in Cusco). Let yourself be surprised by the panoramic view of the Vilcabamba mountain range. Then, in the middle of the vegetation, we will descend for 2:30 hours to Intipata, an incredible agricultural place with large terraces. We will have a few minutes for photographs and to appreciate an incredible panoramic view of the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the Urubamba River, which crosses the Valley like a snake in the middle of great mountains.

Duration: 4 hours

Winay Wayna | Gate of the Sun | Machu Picchu | Aguas Calientes | Cuzco

1

Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu We will make you get up early today to make sure you arrive early at Puerta del Sol (San Gate) to see the sunrise. Our Chef will provide you with water and a breakfast box, and you will be on your way. We will be one of the first groups to enter the checkpoint and walk an hour or so to Puerta del Sol. Get ready because once we are there, you will get your first views of the incredible wonder. Bow to the sacred place that patiently awaits your arrival, this will change something hidden deep within you. We have only one more hour of walking until we enter the site of Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas. We will arrive at the last checkpoint to start our 2-hour guided tour.

Duration: 4 hours

2

Cusco After you have been amazed at a unique beauty and have taken your first photographs, our expert private guide will take you on a 2-3 hour guided tour of the site. Machu Picchu is a key center of spiritual energy. Follow your guide through the main streets of this marvel of ancient engineering. Learn about the history and layout of the site as you tour the town square, key religious sites, an elaborate network of agricultural terraces, and intricately designed stone staircases. After spending a few hours at the site, I return by bus to the Aguas Calientes train station. You will have time to select a restaurant of your choice for a bite to eat before boarding the return train. At the time indicated on your ticket, you will board the train that will take you back to Ollantaytambo. Here our driver will be there to pick you up and take you back to your hotel in Cusco. Approximate arrival time 18:00 PM.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Additional info

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

• Not recommended for pregnant travelers

• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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