DAY1:LIMA
As you exit the terminal there will be a person waiting for you. Please
be on the lookout for sign or voice paging of you name. We will assist
you with your luggage and give you an explanation of the
city and the customs.
Overnight at in Lima
DAY 2: LIMA - CUSCO
Transfer from your hotel in Lima to airport, flight to Cusco. Upon arrival
at Cusco airport you will be met and driven to Hotel, where you are
advised to rest for a while to acclimatize to the altitude. In the afternoon
Cusco City Tour From 2 PM to 6.30pm .
This tour includes the Qoricancha (temple of the sun) and the Cathedral
.
The tour drives along the Circunvalacion Road up to famous fortress
of Sacsahuaman , then to Q'enqo , Puca Pucara and Tambomachay Including
English speaking guide. Also included in this is a tourist card, giving
you access to all the sites in the Cuzco area as a whole (i.e., including
outside of the City itself). Overnight .
DAY
3: CUSCO - PISAC & OLLANTAYTAMBO
This tour is available on Tuesdays , Thursdays or Sundays only . Breakfast.
You will be picked up at 8:45 am. Full day excursion to the Urubamba
Valley visiting: the village of Pisac, a picturesque town of creole
and colonial aspect and its lndian market and craftfair. Lunch provided.
In the afternoon you'll visit to the fortress of Ollantaytambo, an architectural
group that in the days of the Tahuantinsuyo empire was a gigantic
agricultural, administrative, social, religious and military complex,
then the Chincero market. At the end, return to Cusco at 6:30pm . Overnight
(B,L)
DAY 4 CUSCO
Free day to explore take optional tours to more Inka side or be adventures
and go rafting. Or just take a day to see more of Cusco often referred
to as the 'Archaeological Capital of the Americas' Cusco is a beautiful
city riddled with contrasts between the indigenous styles and the modern
western world. It is these contrasts that have given Cusco its rare
beauty.
 DAY
5 PISKAKUCHO (KM. 82) - WAYLLABAMBA
A spectacular early morning drive through the Sacred Valley of the Incas
takes us to our trailhead at Km. 82 of the Machu Picchu railroad. After
getting acquainted with our trail crew we set out, crossing a footbridge
to hike a gentle two hours down the Urubamba canyon, and then visit
imposing sculpted Inca farming terraces and the settlement of Llaqtapata
on the banks of the Cusichaca side river. We then climb a short way
up the Cusichaca valley to Wayllabamba, the last inhabited village on
the trail, where we camp.
DAY 6 WAYLLABAMBA - PAKASMAYU
We climb the steep-sided Llullucha valley past a rushing stream and
through enchanted native polylepis woodland. Crossing the rim of a small
plateau, we abruptly find ourselves in the puna, the treeless grasslands
of the high Andes. The trail traverses an open slope opposite mighty
mountain crags as we ascend to the first and highest pass, Warmiwañusca
(4,200m/13,776ft).
Here
we encounter spectacular views of the trail ahead to the second pass,
and look back to the sweeping snowpeaks and valleys of the Huayanay
massif.
The trail to the floor of the forested Pakasmayu valley, where we make
camp.
DAY 7 PAKASMAYU - WIÑAY WAYNA
We pick up an Inca stairway and ascend again past the small Inca site
of Runkuracay. As we reach the second pass, the landscape opens onto
spectacular new views to the snowpeaks of the Pumasillo range. We descend
to the ruins of Sayacmarca (Inaccessible Town), an intricate labyrinth
of houses, plazas and water channels, perched precariously on a rocky
spur overlooking the Aobamba valley. The Inca trail, now a massive buttressed
structure of granite paving stones, continues along the steep upper
fringes of the cloud forest through a colorful riot of orchids, bromeliads,
mosses and ferns. At the third pass pinnacles topped with Inca viewing
platforms overlook the archaeological complex of Phuyupatamarca (Cloud-level
Town).
Pausing to explore the wondrous maze of Inca stone towers, fountains
and stairways that spillins down the mountainside here, we begin a long
descent through ever-changing layers of cloud forest. An Inca stairway
partly cut from living granite leads us finally to our camp by the ruins
of Wiñay Wayna (Forever Young), the largest and most exquisite
of the Inca Trail sites.
DAY
8 WIÑAY WAYNA - MACHU PICCHU 
An early morning hike takes us across a steep mountainside through lush,
humid cloud-forest of giant ferns and broad-leaf vegetation. Suddenly
we cross the stone threshold of Intipunku (Sun Gate) and encounter an
unforgettable sweep of natural beauty and human artistry -a backdrop
of twisting gorge and forested peaks framing the magical city of Machu
Picchu.
We complete the final leg down the royal flagstone walkway, past outlying
shrines and buildings and into the heart of Machu Picchu, where we spend
the rest of the morning with a guided tour of the highlights and some
individual exploring among Machu Picchu's multitude of hidden nooks
and corners. In the early afternoon a bus takes us to the small town
of Aguas Calientes so you my check into your hotel.
Overnight in Aguas Calientes
DAY 9 MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO
Free day to explore more of Machu Piccho and Aguas Calientes in the
afternoon transfer to the train station, where we board our return train
to Cusco.
Overnight in Cusco
DAY 10 CUSCO - LIMA
Breakfast at the hotel, transfer to airport, flight to Lima to conect
with your international flight.

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