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Top Best Machu Picchu Hiking Tour
If you don’t feel like doing the full Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu, or you simply don’t have the time, then our short Inca Trail trek (two days and one night) could be a great option for you. Physically speaking, it’s a far less strenuous trek than the classic four-day hike, but it still gives you a taste of what it’s like on the Inca Trail.
Inca Trail Express Tour to Machu Picchu
You’ll also be able to experience some of the main highlights of the Inca Trail, including the beautiful Wiñay Wayna archaeological site with its spectacular series of agricultural terraces, as well as Inti Punku, Machu Picchu’s famous Sun Gate. And then, of course, there’s Machu Picchu itself, one of the most sublime sights on the planet. Try and book off season, there are fewer people in Cusco! Avoid February however as the Inca Trail is closed for the month of February.
Special features of our 5 Day Inca Trail Express Tour to Machu Picchu:
Type of Tourism: Trekking, Hiking and Cultural
Places To Visit: Cusco, Inca Trail, & Machu Picchu
Duration: 5 Days and 4 Nights
Type of Service: some tours are small group service tours and other tours are private
Accommodation: 3.5 - 4 star hotels at every destination that you will visit. These hotels had been carefully chosen and we can guarantee that you will feel comfortable and pampered.
DAY BY DAY SCHEDULE
Arrival to Cusco with a transfer to your hotel; a welcome meeting will be organized by your guide for a quick briefing of the tour. The rest of the day can be spent exploring Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, set in the Andes Mountains. Discover Spanish churches and mansions that sit alongside Inca remains, visit the local market of San Pedro and their array of products from handicrafts to vegetable products, fresh juices and items for tra...
View all photosAfter breakfast, enjoy a free day to explore Cusco at your ease. The capital city of the Inca Empire is now the undisputed archaeological capital of the Americas, as well as the continent’s oldest continuously inhabited city. You may visit the local archaeological sites of Saqsaywaman, Tambomachay and Qenqo or you can take part in a Peruvian cooking class or chocolate making class, depending on how you want to spend your free ...
View all photosOur Machu Picchu adventure begins in Cusco, as we pick you up from your hotel in the morning (the exact time will depend on the train schedule). We then head to the train station and board the train for a scenic 2.5-hour journey to a point known as Kilometer 104. This is where we start our short Inca Trail trek.
From here, we have a walk of about four hours up to the Inca site of Wiñay Wayn...
View all photosTo best appreciated Machu Picchu, we’ll wake up early in the morning so we can get to the citadel in good time. You’ll have time for breakfast first, and then your guide will pick you up from the hotel at around 5:40 a.m. We’ll then walk to the bus departure point for the short but zigzagging ascent up the road to Machu Picchu.
We’ll then pass through the gates into the Mac...
View all photosAfter breakfast enjoy your last day at leisure before transferring to the airport for your return flight home via Lima.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Accommodation: A *star hotel is specially chosen by us for you throughout the itinerary
- Meals: 4 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 1 dinner
- Transport: Private or share
- Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Short Inca trail to Machupicchu
- Arrival and departure transfer
- Briefing to the tour one day before the trek at 19h00.
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
- Professional guide who speaks English
- Train ticket from Ollantaytambo to km. 104
- Train ticket from Aguas Calientes to Poroy
- Entrance fee to Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
- First aid kit
- Round trip bus ticket from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu and back on the second day
- 24/7 support and emergency line available throughout the itinerary
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
- Airfare to and from destination
- Minimum medical and emergency evacuation insurance
- Trip cancellation insurance or any other travel insurance
- Evacuation: in the event of a serious medical injury, we will coordinate with your travel insurance company to arrange evacuation
- Visas
- Any activity not described in What's Included
- Meals on your own
- Gratuities
- Optional excursions.
- Personal equipment such as trekking equipment
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