Day 1: Driving to Patabamba village and Hike to Huchuy Qosqo
Day 2: Crossing the Tauca pass & Descending to Tauca village, Chinchero
Day 3: Visit Machu Picchu & Back to Cusco
Each journey provides a different experience to the traveler and is incredibly magical
Explore far from the beaten track and city streets, hike by rugged, unpaved roads; over rough, steep, and sometimes slippery paths without handrails with amazing views of peaks, lakes, unique countrysides; and climb many high and uneven stone steps at Inca sites.
Discounts apply to anyone who has a valid STUDENT CARD at the time of the journey (Students must be under 25 years of age) or who is 17-years-old or younger. The discount is $25 USD per person.
To book a tour you need to enter in contact with our consulters and make an initial payment of $ 200USD per person, the remaining balance can be paid online in full or installments up to 30 days prior to start date, or in cash on our office upon your arrival. Also, we are going to require a scanned copy of your passport.
We will pick you up at your hotel at 6 am in our private transport will take you to the village of Patabamba (3800 m / 12,467 feet), just 1 hour from Cusco. Here we will meet our support staff, then begin a gentle walk uphill for the next 2 hours until we reach the highest point of the trek (4,200 masl / 13,779 ft.). From there we will have incredible views of the mountains, valleys, and snow-capped mountains surrounding. Then we will descend to the community of Pucamarca where we stop for lunch and short rest.
After lunch, our descending hike continues by an original section of the Inca Trail for 2 hours approximately until the Incan site of Huchuy Qosqo. Hereafter a short break, we are going to explore the place little by little, and the guide is going to explain all about this beautiful site.
Finally, still, we need to walk 10 minutes more to the local home where we overnight in a comfortable rustic room and to enjoy our dinner.
After our nutritious breakfast, at 7.00 am we begin our hike in ascent the most difficult section of the all trail with direction to the pass of Pucakjasa to 4390 masl, this hike is for 3 hours approximately (during the journey if time allows, will visit the Qorococha lake), once we reach the pass of Pucakjasa, we will have incredible views of the mountains, valleys and free time to celebrate our conquer eating our snack.
Later, we will begin to descend to the village of Tauca for approximately 2 hours where we will have a delicious lunch. Once we start our hike little by little appears amazing views of more snow peaks, lagoons, and shepherds. After the amazing lunch and well-deserved rest, we continue our trip by a car close by the Piuray lagoon in direction of the village of Ollantaytambo, Where we will board the train to Aguas Calientes to spend the night.
This is the big day, today we will get up very early to take one of the first buses to the citadel of Machu Picchu, and thus be able to have an appropriate guided tour through the archaeological park for about 2 hours, avoiding big crowds, after this, you will have free time to explore before returning to the village for lunch, and take the train with direction to Ollantaytambo from where a van will drive you to Cusco.
Here is What is Included in the price; We Have Got You Covered.
For any Trek, you need sleeping bag. We recommend a warm sleeping bags for a low temperature as -15C. Air mattresses and trekking poles are optional but recommended. If you don’t have or want to bring all these items, we have for rent.
Departure: We offer guaranteed departures since two travelers, this tour departs all the Wednesdays of the week in group service, along the 12 months of a year.
A group tour means that you are going to explore with other travelers with different fitness abilities
Price: All our tours are priced in US Dollar and it is per each person (not per room) according your selected category.
| Category | Based on 2 in a room |
|---|---|
| Economic | |
| Standard | |
| Tourist | |
| Superior | |
| Without Hotel |
Price without hotel: Mean that you have to book your own hotel, but following our itinerary.
Important: The exactly hotel that we are going to book for you depends on the room availability of each category listed below in our website, if these listed hotels are full we are going to book another with the same quality.
The prices are based in Matrimonial, Double or Triple Room, and are per person, if you like a single room there is an extra fee according the hotel category.
| Hotels | In Aguas Calientes |
|---|---|
| Economic | Muyurina Inn / Kantau Inn |
| Standard | Retama Inn / Alameda Inn / Tambo Inn |
| Tourist | La Cabaña / Tierra Viva / Inti Punku / Waman Inn |
| Superior | Jaya Hotel / Casa Andina / Taypicala |
| Premium | Hatun Inti Boutique / el Mapi / Tierra Viva Superior |
| luxury | MachuPicchu Pueblo / Sumaq |
A private tour means, The tour is just for your group, are available on any date and the prices are according to the group size.
