Inca Trail 4 days & 3 nights
Adventure excursion that many dream the time to start the trek, for this new experience, it is necessary to make the reservation months in advance due to the influx of adventurers, the best season is between the months of April and October, very sunny season , but in the mornings and nights the cold is intense, Antara Peru prior to the confirmation of this excursion informs all the important details of this Inca adventure.
Itinerary
Nota.- Previous day the staff of Antara Peru, will coordinate a meeting with the participants and inform details of the Inca Trail.
Cusco – Huayllabamba
Day 01.- without a doubt a special day we start the Inca Trail.
The journey begins at kilometer 82 where we will enter to Inca Trail net to start a new adventure. We will border the Urubamba river located on the Urubamba valley, we will to up slowly to Piscachuco valley en route to Huayllabamba Community, where we will camp.
- Altitude: 2.954 m.a.s.l. / 9694 ft.
- Distance covered: 12.00 km / 7.47 miles.
- Time: 5 – 6 hrs.
Huayllabamba – Pacaymayo
Day 02.- the opportunity to take pictures.
We will go to the second step, it is lower than first one, in Runkurakay (3,900 m.a.s.l. / 12,800 ft.), we will descend two hours till archeological complex of Sayacmarca. After, we will continue our trek hiking deep in a typical climate of Semi-Tropical Cloudy Forest to Phuyupatamarca, the starting point of our last camp located on Wiñaywayna: where is one the most important archaeological inca complex after Machu Picchu.
- Altitude: 3,974 m.a.s.l. / 13039 ft.
- Distance covered: 16 km / 9.94 miles
- Time: 08 hrs.
Pacaymayo – Wiñaywayna
Day 03.- special day to visit and appreciate the Inca architecture fullness.
Partirá rumbo al segundo paso, el cual se encuentra más bajo que el primero, en Runkurakay (3.900 m.s.n.m.), para luego descender, por un tiempo promedio de 2 horas, hasta el complejo arqueológico de Sayacmarca. Después de visitar el lugar, retomará la caminata notando el cambio de clima típico de Bosque Nublado semi-tropical, que lo conducirá a Phuyupatamarca, punto de partida hacia su último campamento ubicado en Wiñaywayna: lugar que alberga uno de los complejos arqueológicos incas más importantes después de Machu Picchu.
- Altitude: 3,974 m.a.s.l. / 13039 ft.
- Distance covered: 16 km / 9.94 miles
- Time: 08 hrs.
Wiñaywayna – Machupicchu – Cusco
Day 04.- beautiful day to enjoy the citadel.
We will go to famous Inti Punku or “Gate of the Sun”, where you will can get the first view of the majestic Machu Picchu. After a short walk we will arrive to the lost city of the Incas, after a well-deserved break immersed to energy of this place we will start a guided tour. After some hours we will return to the hotel.
- Altitude: 2,732 m.a.s.l. / 8964 ft.
- Machu Picchu Altitude: 2,400 m.a.s.l. / 7872 ft.
- Distance covered: 04 km / 2.49 miles
- Time: 02 hrs.
End of Antara services.
Included
Included:
- Entrance fee tickets.
- Camping equipment (tents: dining room, kitchen and bathroom).
- Meals
- Support staff.
- First aid equipment.
- Tour guide.
- Tickets for Machupicchu.
- Train ticket to the city of Cusco.
Not included:
- Personal expenses..
- Second income to tourist attractions.
- Sleeping bag.
- Tips.
- Others not specified.
Suggestion to take:
- Small backpack.
- Passport original.
- Money small denomination.
- Sun clothes, cold clothes.
- Sun glasses.
- Jacket or poncho for the rain.
- Hiking shoes.
- Sun cap.
- Sunscreen.
- Mineral water.
- Mosquito repellent.
- Camera and / or camcorder.
