Machu Picchu Pilgrimage: Inca Trail
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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Cusco
- Enjoy the fascinating Sacred Valley often becomes one of the highlights of your Peru
- Visit the Centre for Traditional Textiles in Cusco
- Experience fabulous Hiking on Inca Trail, Places like Huayllabamba, Pacaymayo, Phuyupatamarca
- Visit Lima
- Get an Awesome experience by Hiking on to Machu Picchu
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Trip includes
- 9 Nights Accommodations
- 6 Nights Hotel
- 3 Nights Camping
- 8 Days Private Guide Service
- Gear Rental
- Camping gear included EXCEPT for sleeping bags.
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Itinerary
Arrive to Lima on the flight of your choice today. After picking up your luggage and clearing customs, walk across the street to the comfortable and conveniently located Ramada Costa del Sol Hotel. Settle into your room and rest up for your Peru tour ahead. Your exciting trip is filled with ancient ruins, local markets and hiking through the beautiful Andes Mountains!
Meals: Breakfast
Andean history comes alive in Cusco. Quechua-speaking descendents of the Incas fill the streets and markets, colonial churches sit atop bases of smooth stonework laid centuries before the Conquistadors, and campesinos (Peru's rural farmers) in ...
Meals: Breakfast
Today is free to relax and explore with your guide or on your own. You can visit the churches and surrounding ruins, such as the enormous Sacsayhuamán ruins that overlook Cusco (these ruins showcase building blocks the size of pickup trucks). Y...
Meals: Breakfast
This morning, journey into one of the most beautiful areas of Peru. The Sacred Valley often becomes one of the highlights of your Peru trip and you will soon see why! You'll test your bargaining skills with the locals while visiting one of the ...
Meals: 3 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 3 Dinners
Campsites
Walk in the footsteps of the great Inca civilization as you journey along their ancient trail to the sacred city of Machu Picchu. Andean history comes to life along this special route as each day you pa...
Trek length: 7.8 miles (5-7 hrs) Camp elevation: 9,691 ft
Trek length: 5.1 miles (5-7 hrs) Camp elevation: 11,833 ft
Trek high point: Dead Woman's Pass (13,776 ft)
Trek length: 4.5 miles (4-6 hrs); Camp elevation: 12,067 ft
Trek length: 6.9 miles (5-7 hrs); Machu Picchu elevation: 7,875 ft
Some itineraries will hike farther on day seven and camp at a closer location to Machu Picchu, making the hike on day eight shorter. This will be up to the discretion of your Tour Leader and the Peruvian National Park Service. Your Tour Leader will notify you locally of your camping itinerary.
Meals: Breakfast
The group descends 3,000 feet from their campsite at Phuyupatamarca to reach spectacular Machu Picchu in the afternoon. Tour the ruins and continue to the village of Machu Picchu Pueblo (formerly called Aguas Calientes) below the ruins. Enjoy o...
Meals: Breakfast
Today is your chance to watch the sunrise at Machu Picchu and to listen to the spirits of the city's past inhabitants before the hikers from the Inca Trail arrive. You can choose to book a permit to climb the sacred peak of Huayna Picchu, hike ...
Meals: Breakfast
Or with more time, extend your trip with a visit to the Amazon or to Lake Titicaca. Click here to see our Peru extensions!
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Deposit & Payment
Initial deposit is 25% ($400 minimum), and most travelers will call our office and pay the deposit with a credit card. Alternatively, you can register online here.
Final payment is due 70 days (10 weeks) prior to departure by bank transfer, check or credit card. All final payments by credit card may be subject to a surcharge and maximum of $20,000 charge.
Price notes:
$2,795: Tour Cost
$425: Internal Flights (Lima-Cusco-Lima) Flight cost is subject to change
$3,220: Total Cost (USD)
Notes
$606 - $654 single supplement
June 15 & 21 departures include an extra day for the Inti Raymi Festival
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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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70 days or more - Deposit
30 - 69 days - 50% of total tour cost
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