Cusco City Tour Sacred Valley Incatrail To Machupichu 6d / 5n

Max Altitude

3300msn

Trip Length

1 Day

Group Size

Min 2 Persons

Physical Level

Easy

Trip Style

Hiking

LODGING TYPE

No Included

Cusco City Tour + Sacred Valley + Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Briefing

This Inka’s Destination tour shows the best of Peru, from its chilly Andean heights down into its lush and humid jungles. On this 12-day journey, you will visit the city of Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas to explore the Inca ruins at Pisac and Ollantaytambo. Next you’ll take the splendid 4-day Inca Trail to visit Machu Picchu , one of the modern Wonders of the World. Lastly, we will descend deep into the Amazonian jungles of Tambopata, where we will explore areas protected and conserved by some of the best institutions in the world. Here you will encounter flora and fauna found nowhere else, endemic to the largest swathe of Peruvian territory. Come travel with us and get the best of all the worlds within Peru!

🤝🏻 Meeting and briefing
Some days before the tour, our team will contact you via E-mail or whatsapp and will coordinate the meeting time at your hotel to provide you the all tour details and answer all your questions.

📝 Machu Picchu Inca Trail Hike Brief Summary
🏁 Starts from your accommodation in Cuzco at 04:00 A.M.
Day 1: Cusco – Pick up from the Airport – City tour
Day 2: Cusco – Sacred Valley – Pisac – Urubamba – Ollantaytambo
Day 3: Cusco Inca Trail – Ollantaytambo – Wayllabamba
Day 4: Wayllabamba – Paso Warmiwañuca – Pacaymayu
Day 5: Pacaymayu – Runcuracay – Sayacmarka – Wiñayhuayna
Day 6: Wiñayhuayna – Puerta del Sol – Machu Picchu – Aguas Caliente – Cusco
Day 7: Tranfer Cusco hotel – Airport
🔚 Ends at the Airport (time to be confirmed)

DAY 1:
Airport - Cusco - City Tour

🚐 Pick up from the airport: 20 minutes.
🕗 Tour duration: 5 hours
📈 Maximum altitude: 3700m. – 12136ft.
📉 Minimum altitude: 3350m. – 10988ft.
🏠 Lodging: Cusco

Arriving to Cusco and Pick up from the airport and transfer to the hotel. in the afternoon at 1:00 pm. We will have the Cusco city tour “Navel of the World” that will include visits to the Inca fortresses and religious sites of Sacsayhuaman, Tambomachay, Q’enqo and the Qoricancha (Santo Domingo Church). Overnight accommodations at a hotel of your choice.

🚐 Van Transportation: Sacred Valley
🕗 Tour duration: 6 hours
📈 Maximum altitude: 3000m. – 12464ft.
📉 Maximum altitude: 2700m. – 8856ft.
🏠 Lodging: Machu Picchu

We will pick up you at 7:30am and begin our tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas by visiting the market at Pisac and the ruins perched high above the city. Then we will have lunch at the town of Urubamba and continue our journey to the living Inca city of Ollantaytambo. Overnight accommodation here.

 

🚶‍♂️ Walking distance: 9 km – 5.5mi.
🕗 Duration: 6 hours
📈 Maximum elevation: 3000m. – 9840ft.
📉 Minimum elevation: 2600m. – 8530ft.
⛺ Lodging: Wayllabamba

Early morning pick up from your hotel. We will take a van to the trail head at Km 82, Piscacucho (2800m. – 9184 ft.) where we meet with whole Quechua team porters, cook they will accompany for the entire exciting adventure, along with your guide. you will register in the check point then we will cross the turbulent Urubamba River while checking out the snow capped mountain Veronica (Wacay Willca) (5,900m. – 19,356ft.), the first 2 hours of the hiking are relative easy, we will stop off in from of the archaeological site Canabamba, the guide will explain and you about the place and the Inca history.

After our lunch, we will continue walking along the Urubamba River through flat terrain until we reach Miskay. There, we will ascend to a viewpoint on the highest part of the mountain to see the impressive Inca city of Llactapata (2600m. – 8530ft.), then will continue walking through magical Polylepsis foreststo the small village of Wayllabamba (3000m. – 9841ft.), camping site, dinner, overnight.

🚶‍♂️ Walking distance: 12 km – 7.4mi.
🕗 Duration: 7 hours
📈 Maximum elevation: 4200m. – 13779ft.
📉Minimum elevation: 3750m. – 12300ft.
⛺ Lodging: Pacaymayu

After breakfast, we begin the hardest day of the trail. Awaiting us is a steep, lengthy ascent to the highest point of the trail: Warmiwañuska, the strangely named “Dead Woman’s Pass” (4,200m / 13,779ft). This exhausting ascent crosses three ecological zones: Yunga, Quechua and Puna. Yet there is pleasure in the pain: the view from the top reveals snowcapped mountains in all directions, including the towering crags of Salkantay, the icy claw of Pumasillo, and Huayanay of the Vilcabamba mountain range. We will stop for lunch, and afterwards descend 1000m to our campsite. Dinner and overnight camping near Pacaymayu.

🚶‍♂️ Walking distance: 16km. – 10mi.
🕗 Duration: 9 hours
📈 Maximum elevation: 2700m. – 8856ft.
🚶‍♂️ Walking distance: 16km. – 10ml.
⛺ Lodging: Wiñayhuayna

After breakfast, we will walk through the Pacaymayu Valley until we reach the famous ruins of Runquraqay. Later, we will continue to Sayacmarka and stop to explore the restored Inca city here. Along today’s route, formations of white granite, mountain views and the dense Inca Trail vegetation roll by to satisfy our eyes and souls. Later, we will descend to Phuyupatamarca, where we will have lunch and relax, later continuing along the Inca Trail. To end the day, we will descend to Wiñaywayna and tour the ruins here. Dinner and overnight camping.

🚶‍♂️ Walking distance: 5 km – 3.1 mi.
🕗 Duration: 4 hours
📈 Maximum elevation: 2700m. – 8856ft.
📉 Minimum elevation: 1950m. – 6396ft.
🚉 Train back: 1 hour 45 minutes

We will have our breakfast at 4:30am and begin the last part of the Inca Trail. This day will be a special one because we will see from the Inti Punku lookout how the sun slowly lights up Machu Picchu at sunrise. After, we will descend through cloud forest into jungle, home to the orchids and hummingbirds common along this part of the Inca Trail. At Machu Picchu we will have a guided visit, with free time afterwards to explore the ruins at your leisure. In the afternoon we will take the return train to Ollantaytambo and then a bus back to Cusco.

What’s included

  • Pick up from the airport
  • Informative briefing the day before we coordinate with you the time
  • Cusco city tour: transportation, entrances, guide
  • Sacred Valley tour: Transportation, entrance , guide
  • 2 nights Cusco hotel
  • 1 night Ollantaytambo Hotel
  • 3 nights camping
  • Van transportation from Ollantaytambo to Km. 82 Piscacucho
  • Professional chef and cooking equipment
  • Camping equipment and cook
  • 5 breakfasts / 3 lunches / 3 dinners
  • Porter for camp equipment
  • Entrance ticket to Inca Trail
  • Machu Picchu Ticket
  • Train tickets from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo
  • Professional guide (English & Spanish-speaking)
  • First aid kit and oxygen bottle
  • Return bus from Ollantaytambo to Cusco
  • Drop off to the Airport

Not included on the 1-Day Maras and Moray

  • Domestic flights and associated taxes (we can quote and book).
  • Meals not specified in the itinerary.
  • Personal expenses such as phone bills, laundry expenses, beverages, etc.
  • Porter to carry your personal stuff
  • Snacks, water
  • Sleeping bag
  • Walking poles

What to Bring

Esential:

  • Valit Passport
  • Esctra money in soles
  • Personal Medication
  • Wather boutle or CamelBak
  • Personal Care Products
  • Sun Cream
  • Insect repellent

Clothing:

  • Sunglasses with UV protection
  • Wool hat for the cold
  • Buff or neck gather
  • Sun hat
  • Watherproof or wool gloves
  • Raincoat or rain Pocho
  • Warm jacket
  • Long sleeve t-shirt
  • Short
  • Pair of thermal pants
  • Treking pants
  • Treking socks
  • Flip flops or sandals
  • Hiking boots
  • Runig shoes

Equipment:

  • Sleeping bag (we can rent  50 Soles all trip)
  • Trekking poles (we can rent  50 Soles all trip)
  • Medium trekking backpack (20 – 25 Litres)

Recommended:

  • Headlight, flashlifght
  • Camera
  • Power bank
  • Snacks, energy bars, chocolates, candies, dried fruits
  • Travel towel

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