The Classic 4-Day Inca Trail is renowned worldwide, attracting people from many countries, because it includes visiting wonderful Inca archaeological sites, seeing unforgettable landscapes all the way and finally the arrival at one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, the spectacular Machu Picchu citadel. Check the availability and book your Classic Inca Trail (4 days and 3 nights) for 2021!

For travelers with schedule or budget restrictions, we are glad to offer the amazing Short Inca Trail (2 days and 1 night). It includes hiking on day 1 and the great Machu Picchu tour on day 2! Check availability for the Short Inca Trail, and you can also contact our professional staff for more information.

Day 1 Classic Inca Trail – Km 82 to Wayllabamba (Meals: L,D)

Your unforgettable Classic 4-Day Inca Trail across the Andean heights begins in the morning. Our private bus with the experienced, professional guide will pick you up and go to the starting point of the hike, which is km 82, outside Cusco City. There you will register, meet the porters and kitchen staff who will do the Classic Inca Trail with you.

Please don’t forget to have your passport at hand and a valid ISIC card if you are a student. These documents are required for registration before entering the Trail.

From km. 82 (located at 8.850 feet or 2,700 meters above sea level), we will hike until the Wayllabamba campsite. The first two hours of the walk are light and then we’ll reach Miskay, for an energizing, healthy lunch prepared by our professional kitchen staff.

Afterwards, there will be a great uphill hike for about 3 or 4 hours. On this section, we will visit the first Inca site of the Trail, Patallacta, take many pictures and have a guided tour.

Finally there’s the arrival to Wayllabamba, where our cooks and porters will be waiting for you with a delicious dinner ready, and also the whole camp. After eating, you will have free time to enjoy the campsite and the wonderful, starry Andean night!

• Total walking time: 4:30 / 5:00 hours (7.45 miles or 12 km.)
• Initial altitude: 9,022 ft / 2750 m
• Final altitude 9,842 ft / 3,000 m.
• Overnight at Wayllabamba campsite (Altitude: 9,850 ft / 3,000 m)

Day 2 Classic Inca Trail – Wayllabamba to Pacaymayo (Meals: B,L,D)

You’ll wake up to a delicious cup of coca leaves tea, which is a millenary, healthy Andean secret for energy and altitude sickness, then have breakfast and resume the exciting hike.

Initial altitude for day 2 is 9,850 feet (3,000 meters), starting level of a 5-hour hike until 13,800 feet (4,200 meters) at the Warmiwanuska or Dead Woman’s Pass, a place that offers a unique, unforgettable view of the Andes range. It is the highest point of the trek.

After Warmiwanuska, which is the hardest part of the Classic Inca Trail, there is a 1-hour downhill hike until the lunch area, which our professional cookers will have ready. After lunch, the walk continues for another 1 hour until the campsite at Pacaymayo, and you will have the rest of the journey to enjoy this peaceful spot.

At night, our kitchen staff will treat everybody with a delicious dinner!

• Total walking hours: 7:30 / 8:00 hours (8.07 miles or 13 km)
• Initial altitude: 9,842 ft / 3,000 m
• Final altitude: 12,467 ft / 3,800 m
• Overnight at Pacaymayo campsite (Altitude: 11,800 ft / 3,600 m)

Day 3 Classic Inca Trail – Pacaymayo to Winaywayna (Meals: B,L,D)

After a delicious, nutritive breakfast, the hike continues! On this day the Trail includes several wonderful Inca sites!

The first stretch will go from Pacaymayo (11,800 feet or 3,600 meters above sea level) to the Runkuracay pass and site (12.800 feet or 3,900 meters asl). After this pass, the hike is mainly downhill, getting to Sayaqmarca, an almost unreachable Inca remain, quite challenging to access.

Next we will arrive at lunch area for day 3. Afterwards, the hike resumes until the amazing Winaywayna Inca complex, also the place for our campsite. There you’ll have the rest of the day to relax and at night, dinner for prepared by our expert kitchen staff.

• Total walking hours: 10:00 hours (9.32 miles or 15 km)
• Initial altitude 12,467 ft / 3,800 m
• Final altitude: 8,694 ft / 2,650 m
• Overnight at Winaywayna campsite (Altitude: 12,150 ft / 3,700 m)

Day 4 Classic Inca Trail – Winaywayna to Machu Picchu (B)

After a yummy breakfast, the hike resumes from Winaywayna (Quechua for “forever young”) to the Inti Punku or Sun Gate, where the arrival will be after two hours. Congratulations! At this point the Classic Inca Trail is officially finished! It’s a perfect spot to celebrate!

The magnificent view you can enjoy of Machu Picchu, Sanctuary of the Incas, is surely a great reward! Next, there is a short hike to the citadel itself and then the unforgettable professionally guided tour of Machu Picchu to see and learn about the astonishing sacred retreat.

After the guided tour, you will have more time to continue exploring the citadel the way you like! The afternoon in Aguas Calientes is free for you to go visiting or shopping around the village, enjoy the hot springs and have lunch.

Around 18:45 you will board the train to Ollantaytambo, and our staff will pick you there after a 1:30-hour ride, for going to Cusco City on our private bus. In Cusco City we’ll transfer you to the hotel at 22:30 approximately. Surely you’ll be in complete awe after this fantastic adventure!

• Total walking hours:  2:15 hours (3.72 miles or 6 km)
• Initial altitude: 8,694 ft / 2,650 m
• Final altitude: 7,874 ft / 2,400 m.