4-Day Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu with Camping

• Get picked up from your accommodation in Cusco early in the morning and begin your journey to Km 82, where the Inca Trail begins.

• Stop in Ollantaytambo for breakfast (not included) before continuing to Chilca at Km 82.

• Meet the porters and cooks who will accompany you on the trail and begin the trek.

• Stop for lunch along the way and continue to the campsite at Huayllabamba.

• Enjoy a hot meal and spend the night at the campsite.

• Have breakfast and start hiking, ascending to the highest point on the trail at over 4,200 meters above sea level. This place is called Dead Woman's Pass (Warmiwanusca).

• Climb approximately 7 kilometres to Warmiwanusca.

• Take beautiful pictures and relish the scenic landscapes.

• Enjoy a delicious lunch and descend to Pacaymayo, where you will camp overnight.

• Head towards Runkurakay after breakfast.

• Visit the archaeological site of Runkurakay, a former resting lodge for ancient pilgrims.

• Cross the second pass at 3,800 m above sea level and descend to Sayacmarca, another important archaeological site where you will have lunch.

• Enter the high Andean cloud forest and enjoy nature.

• Descend to the campsite at Wiñay Wayna, passing an important archaeological site and a temple where offerings are made to the sacred mountain spirits.

• Reach your campsite and spend the final night on the trail.

Hot showers available.

• Walk to the Sun Gate (Inti Punku), the ancient entrance to the city of Machu Picchu.

• See the ruins in all their glory and enjoy a guided tour of the citadel.

• Descend to the village of Aguas Calientes by bus. From there, return to Ollantaytambo by train and then travel by bus back to your hotel in Cusco.

Train departure: between 8.00 pm and 9.00 pm.