This Classic Inca Trail tour in South America is the most popular trek, camping in the sacred mountains where the Incas made their lodgings for rituals to their gods. The ancient Inca Trail covers a distance of 45 kilometers until reaching the most revered site by Incas, priests, and priestesses: Machu Picchu. The Inca Trail peru begins from cusco city, starting the walk from kilometer 82. Camping is typically done in the communities of Wayllabamba, Pacaymayo Alto, Phuyupatamarca, or Wiñayhuayna before reaching the Sun Gate and Machu Picchu.
Who walked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu?
The Incas who traversed these sacred paths were considered pilgrims heading to Machu Picchu. Chasquis, the messengers responsible for carrying information to the city of Machu Picchu, also walked these trails. The most important walkers were the priests and priestesses, tasked with performing rituals and sacrifices for each mountain. In the Inca belief system, mountains were seen as natural spirits providing water and controlling life on earth.
How much does the Inca Trail 4-day hike cost?
The price of the 4-day Inca Trail is $ 850, and if you truly want to travel while supporting small entrepreneurs and those who facilitate your journey to Machu Picchu, then this is for you.
Briefing To Inca Trail
Our extensive information will be a day before the Classic Inca Trail trek begins. Our guide will be eager to meet you and give you information about the Inca trail tour, will also be eager to help you with some questions that you want to know about the tour of the city of Cusco.
Itinerary
DAY 1: Cusco – km2 piscacucho – Huayllabamba
To get started on the Inca Trail for 4 days, we will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco 6:00 am Our guide is in charge of accompanying you on your trip to Machu Picchu. From Cusco you will depart together until to reach the town of Ollantaytambo, which will be 1/30 of our tourist bus ride, here you can rest to go to the services and make the last purchases for your days Once rested we will start again the transfer about 45 minutes until we reach the beginning of the Inca trail through some beautiful communities and agriculture areas until we reach km 2 communities of pisca cucho. Here we will have our meeting with people who will support us with the travel team.
Meals Included: Lunch, Tea Time, Dinner
Walking Time: 7 Hours
Accommodation: Camping
Distant: 12 km/ 7.5 miles
Difficult: Easy
DAY 2: Huayllabamba – Warmy Wañusca – Pacaymayo
Distance 12 km to cover this second day, early in the morning awake and breakfast, later on we will start with the hike uphill, until we reach the top of the mountain, that is our destination warmiwanusca (4215 mt) after this mountain we will descend towards the valley of Pacaymayo With a magnificent view of the Andes, we will appreciate the flora and fauna in the path of this Inca trail, they are the only ones in their high mountains. Also we are going to see llamas on the trek to mountain, alpacas too. basically this day we are walking on the legendary Inca Path to Machupicchu.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Tea Time, Dinner
Walking time: 7 Hours
Accommodation: camping
Distant: 12 km/ 7.6 miles
Difficult: challenge
DAY 3: Pacaymayo – phuyupatamarca – wiñayhuayna
Walking distance, 15 kilometers until to reaching the third night camp. Wake up early to have a breakfast, so to start with the Inca trail that will take us to the Inca ruins, where they look intact with the style adapted to the mountain carefully worked to resist the high temperatures of the climate of the Andes of Cusco, you can appreciate the beautiful ruins of Runkuracay, sayacmarca, brand phuyupatamarca and so on, until you reach the camp entering subtropical of the Andes with a variety of native silver and local birds. this highlight will be see an beautiful scenery along the way, also again to see llamas, alpacas on way and priceless view around of the mountain, we can see big mountains as a salkantay peak, and pumasillo mountain too, also the veronica white color Talking about inca sites, we are going insite those incan buildings to learn as a history, what was in ancient time.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Tea Time,Dinner
Walking Time: 8 Hours
Accommodation: Camping
Distant: 15 km/ 9.3 miles
Difficult: Little challenge
DAY 4: Wiñayhuayna – Machupicchu – Cusco
Walking distance 6 kilometers, which is 3 hours and 30 minutes of walking to our destination. We leave Wiñayhuaina to head towards Machupicchu entrance, better known as Inti Punku (Sun Gate) where we can see the views towards the Machupicchu Inca site. This place is the entrance to ruins of the 7 wonders of the world from here we can feel that positive energy of Machupicchu. We will go down about 45 minutes to be inside the ruins, we are going to explore the machupicchu incan site before to returning to Cusco city. The four-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is for everyone and everyone can do it. We invite you to experience as a machupicchu path Peru will be an unforgettable trip for everyone. along the way we can see lots flowers as a orchids, bromelias, begonias so on.
meals included: box breakfast / not luch
waking time: 4 hours
distant: 6 km /3 miles
accommodation: your hotel in cusco
difficult: easy moderate
Included
Included in the Inca Trail trek for 4 days
Professional bilingual guide
Bus ticket from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes
Transfer from airport to your hotel
Transfer from hotel to airport after your trip
Return train ticket to Cusco served expedition
Transfer from the train station to Cusco hotel
Ticket to machupicchu incan site
Service that includes 8 kg of porter
Tents and colchonetas
Hot water to wash in the afternoon and mornings
healthy food and drink
Kitchen and dining tent
Biodegradable bathroom tent
Chairs for sitting and tables
walking poles
Not Include
Not included in our Inca Trail tours for 4 days
Sleeping bag
Breakfast on day 1
Lunch last day in aguas calientes
Tip for crew
What do you have to bring to Inca Trail
Original passport (if you have a new one after making your reservation, bring both for checks)
Sleeping bag made of feather or synthetic and can be rented you can do in Cusco
Clothing, trekking boots, t-shirt sandals, socks, sun and cold cap, underwear, trek pants and warming pants, warming and rain shells
Toilet paper, wet wipes, personal towels
Sun cream, mosquito repellent and lenses
Flashlights, camera battery
Some book to read in the camps
Walking sticks for mountains
fly repellent
Gallery
Price
4-Day Inca Trail prices
The tour always runs with two people. Every single year is changing the rule on inca trail, now is very difficult for small companies or for local tour operator.
The Trek operates with a minimum of two people; it does not run with fewer than two. Your experience for the Classic Inca Trail for 4 days is designed for groups of two or more individuals