DAY 1: Arrive Cusco 

Upon arrival to Cusco’s airport, reception and transfer to the hotel.
Time to acclimatize to the altitude.

Cusco Accommodation: Monasterio Hotel or similar
Meals Included: Not included

DAY 2: Cusco City Tour

At 9:00am or 2:00pm (your choice); the guide will take you on a half day tour of Cusco. We will start with a visit to the Cathedral, built over 450 years ago and its fine collection of paintings of the Cusqueñan School.

After this, we head to Koricancha. Koricancha was dedicated to sun worship and was one of the most opulent temples of the Inca culture. Finally we will visit the ruins of Sacsayhuaman and its impressive boulder constructions. Return to the hotel.

Cusco Accommodation: Monasterio Hotel or similar
Meals Included: Breakfast

DAY 3: Sacred Valley: Pisac & Ollantaytambo

In the morning we will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Pisac town, where you will visit the town’s famous textile market. Here you’ll have some time to shop.

Then, you will visit the Pisac ruins. This Inca site remains somewhat mysterious as to what the purpose was, but it seems likely that they were part of a settlement along a vital Inca road with the Amazon rain forest to the east of the mountains.

It is generally understood that Pisac provided a connecting point of sorts between the highlands and the jungle.

As you explore the Pisac archaeological place, you will find that the views of the mountains and valleys are simply breath-taking. After this visit you will be transferred to a local restaurant for lunch.

After lunch, we continue our Sacred Valley journey to Ollantaytambo – one of the most beautiful and significant sites in the entire Cusco region. This once fortress town is rich with history that your guide will explain.

We will visit the unfinished temples high above the village on the mountainside. It is one of the most impressive Imperial style complexes built by the Incas. Afterwards you’ll be dropped of at your hotel for the evening.

Sacred Valley Accommodation: Rio Sagrado Lodge or similar
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 4: Start the Inca Trail: KM 82 – Huayllabamba

Transfer from the hotel to KM 82. Here we meet our porters and equipment. We start our trek escorted by the porters, going through semi-arid terrain along the Urubamba River with magnificent views of snow-capped mountains.

We will leave the Urubamba valley and set off up the Kusichaca River to our first camp site in Huayllabamba (around 3,000 m / 9,842 ft)

• Km 82 to Huayllabamba: 12.5 km / 7.8 mi
• 6 hours approximately

Accommodation: Glamping
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 5: Inca Trail: Huayllabamba – Pacaymayo

After a healthy breakfast we will begin to walk to the Warmihuañusca pass (4,200 m / 13,860 ft approximately). After a short time, we will reach the top of the pass.

From this place, it is possible to see the other side of the way leading to Runkurakay ruins. At the end of a gorge, we will stop at a place called Pacaymayo (3600 mts. – 11181 ft.), our second camp.

• Huayllabamba to Pacaymayo: 8.3 km / 5.1 mi
• 7 hours approximately

Accommodation: Glamping
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 6: Inca Trail: Pacaymayo – Phuyupatamarca

We will depart from Pacaymayo and a while later a zigzagging but short ascent will take us to the Runkurakay circular ruins. There is no sign of human life, only great forests and abrupt hills.

After a good rest, we will start our way down and then we will clearly notice that the Inca Trail is well preserved from this point on.

In a short while, we will get the steps which go up to Sayacmarca ruins (3620 mts – 11946 ft approximately). From Sayacmarca the stone road begins to go into the jungle, continuing our trek towards Phuyupatamarca ruins.

The trail crosses the “LagoSeco” and for brief moments we will go up and down. We will then cross “The Tunnel”, a natural cavity produced by a landslide but adapted by the Incas. The Inca Trail well-traced borders continue on the hills full of moss and fern.

After crossing a small pass, we will see some steep steps and under them the Ceremonial Center of Phuyupatamarca ruins (3650 mts – 12045 ft approximately), where we will set our camp.

• Pacaymayo to Phuyupatamarca: 7.3 km / 4.5 mi
• 6 hours approximately

Accommodation: Glamping
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 7: Inca Trail: Phuyupatamarca – Machu Picchu

We will start early in the morning going down the trail, from where we will see the Urubamba valley and the river.

The path goes down to Wiñay Wayna ruins (2650 mts – 8745 ft approximately), the most important ruins after Machu Picchu, heading then towards Inti Punku (2740 mts – 9042 ft approximately), the Gate of the Sun, our last pass.

From this place, Machu Picchu (2450 mts – 8085 ft approximately) looks unreal and beautiful. We will visit Machupicchu just for a short time, because on the next day you will have a full day guided tour of this citadel.

• Phuyupatamarca – Wiñaywayna – Machu Picchu: 11 Km / 6.9 mi
• 7 hours approximately

Aguas Calientes Accommodation: Inkaterra Machu Picchu or similar
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 8: Machu Picchu Ruins – Train to Cusco:

In our last day, an early morning wake up will be followed by breakfast in the hotel and then a public bus transport will take us up to the main entrance of the Machu Picchu City (2400m/7872ft). A local guide will show you this beautiful Inca City, one of the most famous in the world.

You will visit the Intihuatana, the temple of the 3 windows, the temple of the moon, the terraces, the ceremonial fountains, the sun gate and other sectors of the impressive citadel.

In the afternoon, we take the public bus down to Aguas Calientes and you will return to Ollantaytambo (or Cusco) by train, from where our transport will take you back to Cusco. Transfer to your hotel.

Farewell dinner at one of the finest restaurants of Cusco.

Cusco Accommodation: Monasterio Hotel or similar
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 9: Free Morning & Depart Cusco 

Depending of your flight to Lima, transfer to the airport. End of our services.

Meals Included: Breakfast