Trekking Tours in Cusco
TOUR INCA JUNGLE 4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS
This Alternative Inca Trail to Machupicchu, named Inka
Jungle Tour, let you to appreciate on a better way the lanscapes
located on North West from Cusco, with a combined tour with
biking (Optional), getting finally the incredible Machupicchu.
DAY 1. CUSCO – ABRA MALAGA – SANTA MARIA
Adventurers will be picked up early morning and driven
through the stunning Sacred Valley, cradle of the Inca
civilization and dropped off at the 4,316m high Abra Malaga.
Here bikers will change in to the kit provided by us (gloves and
helmets) following a 20 minute briefing by our experienced tour
guide. Then the fun commences…freewheeling down quiet but
challenging roads, past changing landscapes and ice capped
mountains, you will not want to catch your breath until the
first pit stop in Alfamayo, some three hours from your starting
point. Here you can enjoy your box lunch provided by us, while
taking in the endless panoramas.
After a quick change and a dab of insect repellent, it is onwards and downwards towards Huamanmarca, site of a recently discovered archaeological Inca finding. Your tour guide will provide the historical background and the rest you can fill in for yourselves! Carry on descending to 1500 meters, while the jungle´s edge rears up and the small but charming town of Santa Maria looms on the horizon. Browse the Internet, buy provisions or just rest your legs and enjoy a cold beer before dinner- traditional Peruvian food, served hot. This night you can have a hot shower at a family run hostel and sleep in either single, double or three bed rooms.
DAY 2. SANTA MARIA – SANTA TERESA TRAIL
Rise at 5.30am, shake off your weary limbs and enjoy the
finest indigenous coffee prepared by your landlady for breakfast
which is at 6am. Under dawn skies you will begin your walk,
which gets progressively steeper, until arriving at the
welcoming family restaurant in Santa Rosa, where you can relax
in hammocks, admiring the coca plantations and take on
refreshments while being entertained by the family monkey. After
a short while you will reach the real Inca Trail, which winds
around precipitous slopes and sheer drops for approximately half
a mile. Be warned this is not for people who suffer from vertigo!
The descent continues for just over two hours until you reach
Qellomayo, a pueblito, where you will have lunch. Make sure you
have saved enough energy for the final stretch, a riverside walk
beside the Rio Vilcanota until reaching the delicious hot
springs Colcamayo. Rejuvinate in the heavenly hot waters and
forget your weary wake in these natural settings. Fully
replenished, you will find the final stretch to Santa Teresa a
sinch. Here you should sleep well in the family homestead after
dinner.
DAY 3. SANTA TERESA – AGUAS CALIENTES
TRAIL
Wake at 7am, have breakfast before taking private transport
to Lucmabamba town, the entrance to another Inca Trail, which
was discovered just a few years ago. We are the only tour
company to walk this part of the Inca Trail, so for three and a
half hours you will feel like Adam and Eve walking amidst
parrots in this tranquil Garden of Eden. You will be rewarded
for your efforts with a view of Machu Picchu from the top of
Llactapata, flanked by the grotesque peak of Salkantay. Your
picnic here is unlikely to be forgotten for a while, gazing down
on all those tourists who took the traditional Inca route
because they did not know! It is only about a two hour walk down
to the hydro-electric train station where the train departs for
Aguas Calientes, the base town for Machu Picchu. Included is
dinner at a local restaurant before retiring to your hostel with
hot water and private bathrooms.
DAY 4. MACHUPICCHU TO CUSCO
An early rise today, as you will take the first bus to Machu
Picchu at 5.30am, reaching Machu Picchu at 6am, which with luck
will coincide with a beautiful sunrise! Your guide will leave no
stones unturned but feel free to challenge their knowledge of
Inca history. Afterwards you have free time to dally with the
llamas and show off your photographic skills. Those who still
have the will can tackle Huaynapicchu, which actually looks down
on Machu Picchu. A frequent bus service takes visitors back to
Aguas Calientes, where you will catch the train to
Hidroelectrica or Ollantaytambo and then the bus to Cusco.
INCLUDED
• Transport from Cusco to Abra Malaga
• Professional, bilingual guide
• Mountain bike with front suspension gloves and helmet.
• Meals, including lunch on the first day through until
breakfast on the last day.
• Accommodation includes homestays with hot water
• Transport santa teresa - Lucmabamba
• Hostal in Aguas Calientes, last night
• First Aid kit
• Bus service from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu
• Entrance to Machu Picchu
• Train back to Hidroelectrica or Ollantaytambo and then bus to
Cusco.
NOT INCLUDED
• Final lunch in Aguas Calientes
• Hot springs in Santa Teresa US$4.00
• Bus down from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes US$7.00
• Train from Hidroelectrica to Aguas Calientes
SPECIAL PRICE BASED ON A GROUP OF 4 PEOPLE UP.
