CUSCO – KM 82 – LLACTAPATA – AYAPATA (14KM, 6HRS)

Inca Trail - The ALIPERUTREKS team will pick you up from your hotel at 4:30 AM in Cusco and take you to Ollantaytambo, where you will enjoy breakfast. After breakfast, we will drive another hour to the trailhead located in Piscacucho or Km 82, where the hike begins, make sure you have your original passport. We will walk for 3 hours, focusing on exploring the Inca sites of Canabamba and Llactapata, two archaeological sites with different functions. From here we will walk 30 minutes to our lunch spot. Our team of porters and trekking chefs will have the camp ready for you to enjoy a hot lunch. All meals will be cooked on site and you will have the opportunity to refill your bottles with drinking water. After a rest, you will continue for about 3 hours until you reach Ayapata. Our camp for the night

AYAPATA – WARMIWAÑUSKA – CHAQUICOCHA (16 KM, 10 HRS.)

Inca Trail - Today will be another day. After enjoying breakfast, we prepare for a four-hour ascent to the highest point of the Inca Trail, at 4215 meters. From here, enjoy breathtaking views of the mountain ranges. Then we descend to the next valley for an hour, we arrive at Pacaymayo for lunch, you will also have the opportunity to refill your bottles with drinking water. Then we begin the ascent of 2 hours and 45 minutes arriving at the Inca site Runcuraccay, Once here, you can enjoy the archaeological site and also the privileged views of two beautiful waterfalls. then a descent of one hour takes us to another Inca site, Sayacmarca, which offers further exploration. Then, a 25-minute hike takes us to our campsite at Chaquicocha, located at 3700 meters. The day ends with dinner and, if time permits, you will have the opportunity to contemplate the constellations.

CHAQUICCOCHA – PHUYUPATAMARCA – WIÑAYWAYNA (10KM, 6HRS)

Inca Trail - It is the most beautiful and relaxing day, a 6 hour hike through various ecological zones. We start early at 7:00 AM, walking for 2 hours with ups and downs, entering the edge of the jungle known as cloud forest. On a clear day we can see Salkantay and the Vilcabamba mountain range. Arriving at the Inca site of Phuyupatamarca, we will enjoy excellent views of the Urubamba River and our first glimpse of Machupicchu Mountain. After the exploration, a 3-hour descent takes us to our campsite, passing another Inca site (INTIPATA). We arrive at camp around 13:00. Once you have eaten and rested, we will continue on and head to the largest site on the Inca Trail, the beautiful Wiñay Wayna (Forever Young) site. This day is the easiest day of the Inca Trail and is in order to save energy for the last day, Machu Picchu.

WIÑAYWAYNA – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO (6KM, 2 HRS)

Inca Trail - Today you will have an early breakfast. We will walk for 2 hours until we reach inti punco (sun gate) which offers spectacular views of Machu Picchu and the mountains. After enjoying the views we will begin our descent to Machu Picchu for a 2 hour guided tour. After exploring we take the bus down to Aguas Calientes and have lunch. After lunch, you will head to the train station to take the train back to Ollantaytambo, where our driver will pick you up and take you back to Cusco and drop you off at your hotel.

Huayna Picchu - Huayna Picchu, which means young mountain, is located at 2,660 m.a.s.l./8,724 ft. in the Cusco region. Its circular base is surrounded by the Vilcanota River on the north side of the citadel of Machupicchu. Its construction must have been forced and extremely dangerous: it is a very steep and narrow path, which includes several stretches with stairs carved into the living rock at the very edge of the vertical rock wall. It will take 45 minutes to reach the top of the mountain and the return descent will take 45 minutes.

• 3-night camp with comfortable equipment
• All meals are prepared with fresh local ingredients
• Complimentary luggage storage
• Pick up from your hotel for the tour
• All transportation for the duration of the trek
• Bus down to Aguas Calientes from Machu Picchu
• Drinking water and snacks every day
• Vistadome train
• Eureka tents with 4 seats for every 2 passengers
• Experienced chefs and porters
• Private portable toilets
• Safety briefing the day before the excursion at 18:00 in our office
• Entrance ticket to the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
• Professional tour guides (fluent English)

• Sleeping bags, air mattresses or trekking poles (available for rent)
• Lunch last day after the Machu Picchu Tour
• Huayna Picchu Mountain Tickets (optional)