Inca Trail with Sacred Valley & City Tour

Arrive in Lima at any time. On arrival you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel. The day is free to spend at leisure.

Transfer to Lima airport. Flight Lima/Cusco. On arrival in Cusco, we will be waiting for you. From the airport you will be transferred to the Hotel. In the afternoon your guide will come to collect you from your hotel for your privately guided alternative city tour, including 3 archeological sites. We visit the Cathedral in the main square and then take a short stroll through the atmospheric streets of Cusco visiting the impressive Koricancha temple. From here our car will takes us to the megalithic site of Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo and then Tambomachay. Finishing back at your hotel.
Estimated Travel Time: 1 hours by flight

At 8:30am today we start from your hotel for our day excursion to the Sacred Valley Of the Incas. We visit the colorful indigenous market of Pisac and in the afternoon the archeological site of Ollantaytambo. At Pisac we can enjoy a small typical Andean market and it offers good opportunities to buy local handicraft. We continue to Urubamba or "Turubamba" where a buffet lunch is served. After lunch we continue on to Ollantaytambo where we visit the Archeological site. Ollantaytambo is an attractive little town located at the western end of the Sacred Valley. The town has been built on top of original Inca foundations and is the best surviving example of Inca town planning. The town is located at the foot of some spectacular Inca ruins, which protected the strategic entrance to the lower Urubamba Valley. The temple area is at the top of steep terracing which helped to provide excellent defenses. At the end of our tour we check-in to our hotel in Ollantaytambo / Sacred Valley.
Approximate Distance: 95km
Estimated Travel Time: 6-7 hours

An early start with a pick up from your hotel in the Sacred Valley for your transfer to the trailhead of the Inca trail. From Km82 we'll begin our trek by hiking along the left bank of the Vilcanota river, watched over by the summit of Mount Veronica at 5,900m / 19,000ft. We'll camp tonight on a terrace near the small village of Wayllabamba (3,000m / 9,840ft). 15.8km –9.8mi / 6 hours walking.
Meals: Lunch and dinner included
Accommodation at camp-site

We'll trek upward through native forest to the highest camp-site on the Inca Trail, at Pacaymayu. Today will be one of the most demanding days of the trek as we ascend to the mountain pass at Warmiwanuska (4200 metres/13,750 feet). From here, we'll be rewarded with spectacular views of the peaks of Huayanay to the east, and the rugged Vilcabamba range to the west. Afterward, we'll descend to our campsite at Pacaymayu. The Inca Trail - 2017 (UNESCO).

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Camping
Minimum Altitude: 3,300 m.a.s.l - 10,824 feet
Distance Travelled: 8.6km approx
Approximate Walking Time: 6-5hours / Ascent up: 900 m

Today, we'll cross a second mountain pass at 3,950 metres (12,916 feet), and follow a finely-paved and well-preserved Inc highway to the restored archaeological site of Sayaqmarka. This section of the Inca Trail is paved with white granite and traverses a thickly forested slope. We'll camp at Wiñaywayna after a spectacular descent from cloud forest and high jungle. Wiñaywayna is a beautiful ceremonial site divided into two sectors and fashioned from finely-carved stones fit together withgreat precision. The Inca Trail - 2017 (UNESCO).

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Camping
Minimum Altitude: 3,800 m.a.s.l - 12,033 feet
Distance Travelled: 15 km approx - 9.3mi
Approximate Walking Time: 7 hours / Descent : 700 m

Orchids and hummingbirds are a common sight along this stretch of the Inca Trail, and the Urubamba river is a constant presence far below us. From Wiñaywayna we'll continue to Intipunku, or the Sun Gate, from where we will see Machu Picchu for the first time stretched out below on a rocky outcropping. Overhead you'll find the peak known as Wayna Picchu. From here, we need only stroll down the final stretch of the royal highway and enter at last the enigmatic citadel, which lay hidden for four centuries before being revealed to the world by chance discovery.

Guided excursion of Machu Picchu and in the afternoon, we'll return to Cusco by train, arriving in the evening.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: No Included

In the morning it's time to say goodbye to Cusco with a transfer to Cusco airport for your flight to Lima.