Inca Trail 2Days/1Night
INCA TRAIL 2D1N
It is the most famous hike in Peru, the Inca trail that allow from the Inca imperial capital of Cusco to go to the mysterious gates of the sacred Machu Picchu.
Few are the experiences that allow to get de amazing Machupicchu at the end of the day and enjoy it’s terraces and temples
One of the little known routes that allow to go to Machu Picchu was discover in 1995 by Fernando Astete (2001). This route clearly since the Inca times was buried by a landslide at any time in its history. The Inca trail begins at km 104 of the Cusco-Machupichu railway, near the small archaeological group of Chachabamba that goes first to the group known as Wiñaywayna, where it joins the Inca Trail between Qoriwayrachina and Machupichu.
Day 1: OLLANTAYTAMBO- KM 104 CHACHABAMBA- WIÑAY-WAYNA- MACHUPICCHU- AGUAS CALIENTES.
The shorter version of the Inca trail begins with an early train from Cusco to the Sacred Valley and to the starting check point Km 104 (named like this ‘cause starting at 104 KM by train from the Ollantaytambo train station). The trekking is around 16 km in total. We will pick you up from your hotel early in the morning to transfer you for approximately 1 hour and a half in private transport to the train station in Ollantaytambo, then we will board a tourist expedition train for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes until the beginning of kilometer 104 of the hike. The trip is very interesting and you will be able to see incredible snow-capped mountains of the Urubamba mountain range. Once at KM 104, you will cross a bridge over the Vilcanota River and go the first stop, CHACHABAMBA, an Inca ruin that was discovered in 1940 and was probably used as an important religious site and checkpoint to protect the east side of Machu Picchu. After a small free time in CHACHABAMBA, you will continue on a cloud-covered trail to Wiñay Wayna, which is the point where the Short Inca Trail joins the Classic Inca Trail. Wiñay Wayna is a good trekking around 3 hours since CHACHABAMBA and climbs 300 vertical meters, so you can start to feel the altitude at this point. Wiñay Wayna is an impressive Inca complex located at 2700 masl that was probably used as the last ritual point on the Inca Trail. After lunch in Wiñaywayna, we will continue through a cloud forest of bromeliad orchids and ferns, where you will walk the last part of the original trail with incredible viewpoints, stone steps and tambos «resting places» and climb 60 steps before arriving to Inti Punku or Sungate get ready for an incredible view of Machu Picchu from the top. For many hikers, the best part of the classic hike.
Day 2: AGUAS CALIENTES-MACHUPICHU- WAYNA-PICCHU- OLLANTAYTAMBO- CUSCO.
Time to get up early and have breakfast at your hotel. The best time to visit Machupichu at dawn, optional to get on the bus, and the first bus leaves at 5:30 a.m. and arrives 30 minutes later and Machupichu is open from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The tour with your guide in Machupichu is approximately 2 hours, where you will learn the secrets of this incredible place, then you will have time to explore this wonder of the world, you can go back to the places you liked best or go to the Inca bridge or the Puerta del Sol, and if you have reserved tickets you can also go climbing the Huaynapicchu mountain or the Machupichu mountain. After your tour, we will have organized the return train from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo and take the bus to Cusco and finally drop you off at your hotel.
WHAT INCLUDES:
- Pre-departure briefing meeting.
- Transfer from Cusco to Ollantaytambo by car to the train station.
- Spanish / English professional guide
- MEALS (Picnic lunch and 01 dinner and snacks).
- Entrances to Machupichu.
- 01 night at the Aguas Calientes hotel.
- Train ticket from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Caliente.
- Train ticket from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo.
- Transfer of Ollantaytambo to Cusco.
- First aid and oxygen kit.
- Vegetarian option available: no additional cost.
NO INCLUDING
- Breakfast on day 1
- Lunch and dinner on day 2.
- Walking sticks.
- Tourist bus ticket from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu.
- Tourist bus tickets from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes.
- Mountain tickets to Huaynapicchu or Machupichu.
- hot springs.
TAKE:
- Original passport
- ISIC student card (if applicable).
- Only need to carry a small backpack.
- Drinking water (2 liters).
- Camera, binoculars.
- Umbrella in rainy season – November to March.
- Basic dresser items.
- Hat or sun cap.
- Sunscreen, insect repellent with sunscreen.
- Comfortable mountain boots.
- Money in soles or dollars.
