We pick you up from your hotel in Cusco and travel by private vehicle along the paved road to Lima for approximately 3 hours to the town of Cachora where we will meet our crew and pack animal. We hike for about 5 hours descending towards the Apurimac Canyon to camp in Chiquisca at a pleasant altitude of 1,800 meters above sea level with temperate climate L, D.

After a nutritious breakfast we descend to the Apurimac River and cross it by means of a suspension bridge to begin a steep uphill hike for the rest of the day, we arrive at our campsite in Maranpata in the middle of the afternoon for a well-deserved rest. B, L, D

We had breakfast and walked for about an hour and a half to Choquequirao (the last city of the Incas), where we set up camp. We will have the rest of the day for an in-depth visit to Choquequirao (Golden Cradle) which can be considered the sister city of Machu Picchu, because of the many similarities they share. Each of them hangs over the two most important sacred rivers: the Apurimac and the Vilcanota. Both are located at the same latitude, and both are large complexes that were very difficult to access that protected them. We will have a picnic lunch at the ruins and dinner at our campsite. B, L, D.

Departing early in the morning, walking through Choquequirao, we find our way behind the upper plaza, to continue through the high cloud forest to the Choquequirao Pass. The trail then descends through some large agricultural terraces or (Andenes) called Pinchoy Unyoc meaning water leaping forward, which were used in Inca times to grow food for the inhabitants of the nearby Inca city of Choquequirao. We will continue walking until we reach Rio Blanco where we will have our picnic lunch. In the afternoon we walk a little further to enter another inter-Andean valley known as Maizal, where we will find our camp prepared for the night. B, L, D.

Early morning breakfast and hike in the area below the Corihuayrachina glacier which contains some important archaeological remains, including some high-quality Inca water channels. We continue walking towards Minas Victoria, a well-known silver mine that thrived during the Spanish conquest and colonial era. We continue the hike towards the valley and the city of Yanama, in view of the spectacular Pumasillo Glacier where we find our camp prepared for the night.

We woke up early to take a private bus until Lucmabamba, a small village, (aprox 2 hrs. until we reach the lower part of the wide Inca Trail, we leave the vehicle at this point and start walking uphill to the Paltallacta pass in the middle of the subtropical forest. Shortly after enjoying the orchids, giant ferns and exotic plants in the pass, we arrive at a viewpoint from where we first see Machu Picchu perched on the mountain ridge in front of us.

A little further on, we come to a beautiful clearing from where you can enjoy the view and rest. We continue, this time descending a steep path with abundant orchids and ferns that will take us to the Valley through a small suspension bridge over the Aobamba River to the train station at Km 122 next to the Urubamba River. Here we board the afternoon train that will take us to Aguas Calientes. Here we will spend the night in hotel . B, A, dinner include.

Early after breakfast, we will take the bus to Machu Picchu citadel, We will have a guided tour of the ruins, after we take the bus down to Aguas Calientes for lunch, and then you can visit the local market. After, we will wait to take a train back to Ollantaytambo where a bus will wait to take us to Cusco City.