STARTING THE CLASSIC INKA TRAIL.
Ollantaytambo - We will pick you up from where ever you are staying in Cusco, Urubamba or Ollantaytambo. Pickup from Cusco will be at 4:30AM, from Urubamba 5:30 AM and if you stay in Ollantaytambo, the pickup will be at 6:30 AM. During the briefing one day before every details will be explained to. We will then drive to Km 82 after the sacred valley where the inka trail starts, arriving at about 7:00AM. After a delicious breakfast prepared by our cook, we’ll go through the first Inca Trail checkpoint to begin our trek (please make sure you have your original passport with you to enter the Inca Trail). The first 2 hours of the trek are relatively easy as we make our way to our first Inca site, Patallacta which is an ancient Inca checkpoint for the approach to Machu Picchu. From Patallacta it’s another 2 hour hike to our lunch stop. After lunch we will hike for another 2½ hours until we reach the first night’s campsite at Ayapata 3300 meters (10800FASL). On this last stretch we pass through 2 small communities. If you want to buy any energy drinks or snacks you can do so here, you can also buy any essential items such as batteries that you may have forgotten. We’ll arrive to our campsite by 5:00PM and after settling in for a bit you can relax and have a hot drink and snack with your team of porters, chef, and guides. By 7:30PM your dinner will be ready, and afterwards you can get some well-deserved rest.
- Early morning hotel pick-up in Cusco (4:30-5:00am)
- Late-night return by train (9:30pm from Aguas Calientes)
- Meals inclusive of breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Complete camping gear provided (sleeping bag excluded)
- Entrance fees for Machupicchu and the Inka Trail included
- 3-night camping experience (private options for couples)
- another porter to carry your personal things
The Classic Inka Trail or Qhapac
Ñan in the Quechua language is one of the most famous trekking all over the world. It was the path used by the Inka (King) to arrive in Machupicchu, built in the top of the Andeans mountain range, it is a road network with more than 30.000km from the south of Colombia to the north of Chile and Argentina, it is an impressive communication channel, the must old in America, built with an advanced technology over the mountains range with tunnels and bridges to connect different cities and communicate them.
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