Testimonials
Excellent trip! well organised - sun gate tours were reliable, trustworthy, thoughtful (eg going through menu prior to departure: proper alternatives for the vegetarian in our group) and reasonably priced. guide maria (contact above) fun, friendly, knowledgeable, sensitive to the needs of the group and spoke excellent english. terrain varied - challenging but not too strenuous, interesting local communities. thoroughly enjoyable!. I would recommend both her and the trek highly.
Duration of the trek: 4 Days / 3 Nights
Distance of the trek: Km
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Season: From January to December.
The maximum height: 4200 m.a.s.l
DAY 1: Cusco/ Santa Maria (bus trip) Hotel pick-up at 7:00 am leaving Cusco by bus this day we will enjoy nice views because we will cross through sacred Valley arring to Malaga pass (4200m.a.s.l) where we will feel nearly of Veronica snow mountain afterward we continue driving to the jungle untill santa Maria warm village 1900 m.a.s.l where we spend the night in a rustic hostel.
05 hours trip aprox.
DAY 2: Santa Maria/ Santa Tresa (Hiking) After breakfast we buy some water begining to wak up around tropical vegetration where we will find coffe plants, coca plants and lot kind of tropical fruits after to walk 2 hours we take the Inca's Trail until the top where we get amazing views of the all valley afterward we go down following the river getting the ghot spring where we take a relaxed bath. afterwar we walk 40 minutes more to get Santa Teresa village.
07 hours walking aprox.
DAY 3: Santa Teresa/ Aguas Calientes (hiking) Early wake up to take 30 minutes transport until Lucmabamba. Once there we start to walk over inca's Trail until to arive to patallaqta ruins where we get the first view of Machupicchu. Our goverment is working over there rediscovering and cleaning the forest of this Inca's trail after to walk 05 hours we arrive to Hidroelctrica train station where we have the lunch. After to rest there we continue for 02 hours more until Aguas Calientes town where we spend the trid night. Once there you can visit again a new hot spring.
Day 4: Aguas Calientes/ Machupicchu/ CuscoAmazing day, we hope to have a sunny day!! so we start to walk early at around 5:30 am to reach Machupicchu citadel at 6:30 am it to see the sunrise there. Afterward we we will have 02 hours in a guided tour to getn then free time to explore by yourself the ruins you could even climb up until Huaynapicchu. Finally after to have 06 or 07 hours into Machupicchu we return by bus to aguas Calientes where we take the train with direction to Cusco city where we end the service.
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Price : US$ 270. US$ 10 Discount for student with INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CARD (ISIC)
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