Classic Inca Trail 4D/3N

We pick you up at your hotel and drive to Ollantaytambo, where you can have breakfast, buy snacks or bamboo walking poles. We continue by vehicle to Km 82, Piskacucho (2,700 m), the start of the trail, and show our permits and documents. After about 2 hours of walking we reach Patallacta (2,750 m), an important Inca site explained by your guide. Our cook prepares lunch, and we walk on to the first camp at Wayllabamba (3,000 m) for a snack, dinner and the first night in the tents.

After breakfast we begin a 9 km ascent to Warmiwañusca, "Dead Woman", the highest point of the trail (4,200 m). There are many steps, so go at your own pace and we will regroup at the top. Then we descend a long stairway with views of the flora, to the camp at Pacaymayo (3,600 m) for dinner and the night.

We have breakfast early and start a 15 km stretch of about 7 hours, with many archaeological sites. The first is Runkurakay (3,970 m), with two towers looking over the valley. We continue to Chaquiqocha for lunch, then to Phuyupatamarca, "above the clouds", and pass through a tunnel cut in the rock before reaching Wiñay Wayna, where we spend the night.

We wake at about 4:30 am, have breakfast and say goodbye to our team of cooks and porters. We walk down towards Machu Picchu in time for sunrise; bring a flashlight. After the last control point we reach Inti Punku, the Sun Gate, and then Machu Picchu, with a first view of the citadel. You can leave your bags in storage and start the guided tour of the most important areas. Afterwards you can walk or take the bus to Aguas Calientes for lunch, then take the train to Ollantaytambo and a tourist bus to Cusco.