Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights
Difficulty: Challenging
Start/End Point: Cusco
Price: From $725 USD
Overview:
GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS WITH AN OFF-THE-BEATEN-PATH TREK COMBINED WITH THE END OF THE FAMOUS INCA TRAIL. A TREK FIT FOR A TRUE ADVENTURER!
This five day package allows you to experience a challenging mountain trail and a piece of the classic Inca Trail with only two nights of camping. You’ll be treated to views of snow-capped peaks, waterfalls, and hot springs while witnessing the traditions and customs of the local Quechua culture. This is an opportunity for a truly unique and intimate look at the Andean way of life that should not be missed if you have the time.
This is a full-service trek where you only carry a day pack. All gear, food, and tents are carried by porters and pack animals.
PRICE
2 Trekkers (Private): $1160 USD per person
3+ Trekkers: $725 USD per person
Only your $200 non-refundable deposit is due to reserve your space! Final payments are due 30 days before your trek.
Includes:
✓ Transportation from end to end
✓ English speaking guide
✓ All meals as listed (can accommodate dietary restrictions with proper notice)
✓ Duffle bags for items to be carried by porters (up to 15lbs/7kilos per person).
✓ Clean water at every meal stop
✓ 2 Nights accommodation at a 3 star hotel in Ollantaytambo & Aguas Calientes
✓ All entrance fees and permits
✓ Tents – 2 people/tent (single occupancy available for additional charge)
✓ Sleeping Mat
✓ Basic First aid kit including emergency oxygen tank
Does not include:
X Gratuity for staff
X Accommodation in Cusco
X Airfare
X Travel insurance
X Lunch & Dinner Day 5
X Walking sticks (available for rent for $12)
X Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain climb (can be reserved in advance available for additional fee of $85 per person)
X Sleeping Bag (can be rented for $30)
Full Itinerary
DAY 1: CUSCO- HUARAN- CANCHA CANCHA
Hiking Time: 6-7 Hours (includes time for breaks and photos!)
- We’ll spend the day hiking all uphill as we work our way toward the our big mountain summit. It will be a challenging hike, but we’ll pass farming fields full of rich varieties of vegetation and snow-capped peaks along the way that will be a great distraction.
- You’ll have time to interact with the local people at our first campsite in Cancha Cancha before our Peruvian feast under an amazing sky.
DAY 2: CANCHA CANCHA- QUISWARANY – LARES HOT SPRING
Hiking time: 7-8 hours (includes time for breaks and photos!)
- Today is the day you earn your reward!
- A 3 hour climb leads you to the stunning views at the summit of Pachacute (patch-a-coo-tay) Mountain.
- After celebrating this huge accomplishment, you will start descending and get some sweet relief on your lungs. We’ll pass a beautiful lake and other small villages until we get to the campsite at Lares Hot Springs for dinner and rest.
- Feel free to take a dip in the healing waters – you earned it!
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DAY 3: LARES HOT SPRINGS – ANKASMARKA -OLLANTAYTAMBO
Hiking time: 3-4 hours (includes time for rest and photos)
- Today is a little more relaxing since you start the day with a car ride to the Ankasmarka Inca ruins.
- This sprawling site is where they stored grains and other items after the harvest. You will have plenty of time to explore the site on foot before walking on a private footpath further downhill to the waiting van.
- Tonight you get to have a hot shower and sleep in a comfy hotel bed in the town of Ollantaytambo.
DAY 4: OLLANTAYTAMBO – KM 104- AGUAS CALIENTES
Hiking Time: 6-7 Hours (includes time for breaks and photos!)
- Today you finally get a taste of the famous Inca Trail!
- We will take the local train to KM 104 and hike the last leg of the ancient trail.
- Four hours of hiking brings you to the incredible Inca site of Wiñay Wayna before we continue on the home stretch to the Sun Gate to Machu Picchu.
- Your first glimpse of Machu Picchu will give you the energy you need to continue on the path into the citadel. You will have a little time to explore before dinner, but don’t worry and don’t rush – you’re one of the lucky ones who gets to come back to see more tomorrow.
- A good night’s sleep in a hotel in Aguas Calientes will refresh you for the big finale.
DAY 5: MACHU PICCHU- CUSCO
- It’s the day you’ve been waiting for – your tour of Machu Picchu!
- You’ll have a guided tour of the whole city while feeling the magic and energy that make this place one of the most incredible places on Earth.
- After the tour, we’ll head back to Aguas Calientes, or if you’ve purchased a permit to climb Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain (Must be purchased separately in advance), you will go there at the designated time.
- You will get lunch or a snack in Aguas Calientes on your own before we catch the train back to Cusco. At your hotel, we will say “hasta luego” to you, our new friends.
