Inca Trail Adventure
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Overview
Highlights
- Trek the famous Inca Trail to Machu Picchu with magnificent mountain views
- Visit incredible Machu Picchu
- Spend to days in the Sacred Valley to explore Inca culture and acclimatise to the altitude
- Journey on the train from Machu Picchu to the Sacred Valley
- Enjoy three hearty meals a day on trek prepared by our cooks
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Trip includes
- 5 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners
- Pick up from Cusco hotel on day 1
- Expert bilingual guide for each section
- Inca Trail Permit (please check availability with us at the time of booking)
- Expert bilingual guide for each section
- The use of a gear pack for the trek including sleeping bag, fibre filled jacket, thermarest and head torch
- Porters to carry personal gear on the trek
- Group camping equipment
- Private internal transportation
- Sightseeing and site entrance fees as listed (including Machu Picchu entrance fee)
- Group medical kit
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Itinerary
This morning you will be collected from your hotel in central Cusco at 9am (please ensure you advise your reservations consultant of your pre tour hotel details if you have not booked this with World Expeditions). A first trip briefing will be conducted during the dri...
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You will be picked up early from your hotel in the Sacred Valley for the drive to Chilca or Piscacucho where we start our first day of trekking. At this point we meet our cooks, porters and camp staff before setting off on this famous ‘Royal Highway of the Incas’, bui...
After breakfast, we begin the most difficult part of the trek. We continue up this narrow valley on the left bank of the river - whose source is one of the great glaciers of Mt Salcantay. We then start the steep climb up our first pass, Warmihuañusca, which is also th...
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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World Expeditions Reviews & Ratings
Overall pretty good
The calendar was helpful in scheduling the trip.
Rudy was an absolutely incredible tour guide
He was incredible helpful and informative and extremely passionate about the history and culture of the Andean people. He made our trek a fantastic experience and ma...
Fantastic trip with a group of friends
Henry our guide was outstanding with a real passion for the history of the Incas and the Inca Trail. The porters were terrific and the food was incredible. Our arriv...
Our leader Roger was exceptional! His enthusiasm and knowledge of the Inca trail, history, folklore, customs and daily lives of the people of Peru (past and present) surpassed my expectations
I saw no other group with our good fortune with roger and, in fact, others would listen in! Roger, thank you for taking such care of us and showing what a beautiful...
We enjoyed the trek immensely - it was absolutely extraordinary - the wonderful guide, the incredible meals, the trekking, the camping & the views/sites surpassed our every expectation
It was such a great experience, that we're keen to do another one next year!
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I had to leave the tour early because of illness
My tour guide, Tien, was wonderful. There was a tour participant from Australia who was a physician, and he acted like the tour medical director, demanding I leave...
An amazing experience that was made truly possible by booking through World Expeditions
. The team in Nepal went above and beyond to ensure our every requirement was met within their control.. The sherpas, guides, cook, and porters were exemplary, very ...
My wife and I had a wonderful trek in the Annapurna region
We are both 80 but fit and the route was designed to be less exacting than on our last visit to the same area. This allowed ample time to look at the flowering Rhodo...
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Logistics
What's excluded
- International flights and taxes
- Internal flights and taxes
- Airport transfers
- Cost of laundry and alcoholic beverages
- Excess baggage costs
- Medical treatment
- Visa costs
- Travel Insurance (compulsory)
Accommodation
- 6 day trip
- 4 day trek
- 2 nights hotel
- 3 nights camping
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