INCA TRAIL LUXURY SERVICE – 4 days/3 nights

We offer this special luxury service to ensure the most comfort whilst on the Inca trail for 4 days.This is a private service where each person has their own tent to sleep in,and each person has their own high quality air mattress to sleep on.A duck-down sleeping bag,rain poncho and walking stick are also inlcuded.You will enjoy a special buffet for lunch and dinner.

It is the special touches that makes this trek a more luxurious one.Treat yourself!

ITINERARY OF INKA TRAIL 4D/3N

Day 1 – Pick up from your hotel door between 5:00 am and 5:30 am and arrive at Kilometre 82(the starting point of the Inca trail).We will stop for breakfast along the way.At the check point of Kilometre 82 we must provide entrance tickets,passports and ISIC student cards(if paying at a student rate).
The first day is a fairly easy one,passing several Inca archaelogical sites.In the late afternoon we will set up camp near the small village of Wayllabamba(3000m/9842ft).Nightfalls to approx. 10ºC.

Day 2 – We rise early at 6am and have breakfast while taking in incredible views.We will climb towards the highest pass called “Dead Woman´s Pass”(4200m/13779ft).We will see an amazing variety of birds along the way including the native hummingbird.In the afternoon we will set up camp at Pacamayu(3550m/11646ft). Nightfalls to approx. 6ºC.

Day 3 – Another early rise at 6am,we have breakfast and start our ascent to stop at Runkurakay Pass,an archaelogical site.
The next stage leads us through a mystical cloud forest.Out of the cloud forest we come across another Inca site Phuyupatamarca,meaning “Town in the Clouds”,then again at the end of our day we set up camp. Nightfalls to approx. 12ºC.

Day 4 - We will wake early at 4.15 am, eat breakfast and set off on the trail again at approximately 5.15 am in order to arrive in Machu Picchu before sunrise.  We will view this unforgetable sunrise over Machu Picchu at the final pass of Intipunku (Sun Gate) at about 7:00am.  From Intipunku we will descend for about 40 minutes to the ruins of Machu Picchu. When we arrive at the ruins, we will have a two hour, guided tour of the major sectors. Following the tour, you will have some free time to explore the ruins on your own.
The train back to Cusco departs from Aguas Calientes, the nearest village to Machu Picchu, at approximately 4:30 pm (time can vary). You will arrive back in Cusco at about 9:00 pm. Included in our standard service is the tourist bus from Machu Picchu down to Aguas Calientes, the train back to Cusco and a transfer from the station to you hotel.

INCLUDES:

• English/Spanish speaking official tour guide
• 3 breakfasts,3 buffet lunches,3 buffet dinners and snacks throughout the day (breakfast on day 1 and lunch in Aguas Calientes not included)
• Collection in bus from hotel to train station
• Return transportation back to Cusco
• Bus tickets to Machu Picchu.
• Entrance fee for Inca trail and Machu Picchu
• Porters(they carry everything)
• Cook
• Drinking water.
• Bag(you can put up to 7 kilos of personal items)
• Dining tent,tables,chairs
• Private tent
• Air mattress
• Oxygen bottle
• Duck-down sleeping bag
• Walking stick
• Rain Poncho

YOU NEED TO BRING:

• Passport and ISIC student card(if paying student rate)
• Hiking boots
• Hat/sunscreen
• Warm clothes for night/t-shirt for day
• Camera
• Torch
• Insect repellent
• Toiletries
• Money for lunch in Aguas Calientes
• Swimsuit(for hot springs in Aguas Calientes)

Price per person 2009: 2 persons US$760, 3 persons US$670, 4 persons US$640, 5 persons US$590, 6 persons US$555, 7 persons US$510, 8 persons US$480, 9 persons US$445, 10 persons US$460, 11-12 persons US$445, 13-16 persons US$420.

We can offer a US$35 discount to students with a valid International Student Identity Card ISIC and children under the age of 16 years old. (University ID or Youth Travel cards NOT valid)