Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu Full Day

Today we will pick you up at 4:00am from your hotel in Cusco and transferred in our comfortable transport to the train station located in the heart of the Sacred Valley od the Incas at Ollantaytambo town and board the train to Km 104 (start point of our Inca Trail hike). This one-hour train journey allows you to appreciate the fascinating scenery along the sacred Vilcanota River. Once we reach the kilometer 104 we will disembark the train and walk across bridge over the Urubamba river to the control and check the passports and Inca trail permit and then will visit Chachabamba which is a lovely Inca site which contains water channels, fountains and more. After s short guided tour at Chachabamba we will commence the hike mostly upwards around 3.5 hours until Wiñaywayna (forever young) an impressive Inca site which was an agricultural center with numerous terraces, a religious sector and an urban sector. After the guided tour we will enjoy our boxed lunch. Then we will continue our hike for an extra hour to the Sun Gate (Inti Punku) from here you will have the first amazing view of Machu Picchu. After a brief stop for pictures, we will walk down for an extra 40 minutes to the enigmatic Inca citadel of Machupicchu for the best and classic photos and then board the bus (30 minutes ride) to Aguas Calientes town for dinner. And then board the train back to Ollantaytambo train station where our representative will be waiting for you and transferred in our comfortable transport back to your Cusco hotel.

Total distance: 13 km (8,08 miles), Estimated walking time 6-7 hours, altitude gain 600m