Duration
2 Days 1 Nights
Country
Peru
Maximum Traveller
16
Min Pax
1
Overview
Short on time or energy? You can still enjoy part of the Inca Trail! This is an easy but amazing trek for 2022! The adventure takes only 2 days and you’ll visit really beautiful ruins on the Inca Trail, like Winaywayna, and then have the unforgettable tour of Machu Picchu!
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Cost Info
Price includes
- Initial Transfer. We take you in private transport from the airport to the hotel.
- Complete briefing. The day before the tour begins, staff from our agency will inform you in detail about this adventure. Likewise, they will clarify any doubt you may still have.
- Transfer Cusco – Ollantaytambo. On the morning the tour starts, a private transport with the guide will pick you up at the hotel and take you to Ollantaytambo train station.
- Train Ollantaytambo – Km 104. You’ll be accompanied by the guide, through wonderful landscapes, until Km. 104 of the old road to Machu Picchu, which is the starting point of the trek.
- Professional guide. They are certified, professionals with extensive experience, bilingual (English and Spanish). For groups larger than 9 people, we include a second guide, equally qualified.
- Oxygen tank. To immediately solve any issue related to altitude sickness.
- First aid kit. We offer immediate medical attention. Also, if you are taking any personal medication, you must bring it, don’t interrupt treatment.
- Entrance tickets. We include tickets for the Inca Trail and also for the Machu Picchu citadel.
- First day lunch. We give you a lunch box on the tour’s first day. We can also provide all types of diets (vegetarian, vegan, etc), at no additional cost, upon request during the reservation.
- Bus Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes. On the first day, we arrive at the surroundings of the archaeological complex to enjoy the amazing scenery. Then a bus takes us to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu village).
- Hotel in Aguas Calientes. For the first day’s night, we include a standard hotel (3 stars), in this beautiful village.
- Dinner on the first day. Dinner that night is included in your package.
- Bus Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu. In the morning of second day, we go up by bus to the citadel for the guided tour.
- Private Tour in Machu Picchu. With professional guide, approximate duration of 2 and a half hours.
- Bus Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes. At the end of the tour of the historic sanctuary, this bus takes you back to the hotel in Aguas Calientes.
- Lunch on the second day. It’s a standard one, in a partner restaurant in Aguas Calientes.
- Afternoon in Aguas Calientes. After lunch, you will have a free afternoon for activities in this village, such as shopping at the typical market, visit the Chávez Ballón Museum of Machu Picchu history or the Butterfly Institute, among others.
- Train Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo. At dusk of the second day, a relaxing trip will take you from this beautiful town to the railway station in Ollantaytambo.
- Transfer Ollantaytambo – Cusco. In private transportation, we will take you back to the hotel in Cusco City.
- Final transfer. With prior coordination, we take you to the airport for the departure flight.
- Included but you must request it:
- Walking poles. We can lend them to our clients.
- Waterproof poncho. For your protection in case of drizzle or rain, we lend to our customers.
Price excludes
- Flights. Neither national nor international.
- Ticket for the Huayna Picchu mountain. Permits for this hike must be reserved additionally and well in advance.
- Ticket for Machu Picchu mountain. It is actually next to the citadel, it’s different from the archaeological complex. Must also be reserved separately and in advance.
- Canteen. Use of disposable plastics in the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu is banned, so you may want to buy a 500 ml canteen with us.
- Second’s day dinner. You can talk in advance to our staff to reserve one of our partner restaurants.
- Travel insurance. It is essential that you have it, for example, in the case of a medical emergency, the expenses will be much lower.
- Entrance to the thermal baths. They are in Aguas Calientes and are very popular with tourists from all over the world.
- Extra expenses. All those who are not mentioned in this itinerary, for example, purchases of handicrafts, typical clothing, alcoholic beverages, etc.
- Tips. It is customary in this tour, as a thank you to the guide and the driver.
Itinerary
Day 1: of the Short Inca Trail – Km 104 to Machu Picchu
Day 2: of the Short Inca Trail – Aguas Calientes to Machu Picch