Vilcabamba Trek to Machu Picchu

BRIEFING

The night before your trek, we will go to your hotel at a coordinated Time with you for your briefing. We will provide you a duffel bag that will stay with your porters while you hike, this duffel bag should not exceed 7kg or 14 pounds does need to include your sleeping bag and air mattress.

PERMITS

As soon we receive your details and deposit, we will purchase your permits depending on availability, these permits are for a specific date and in your name. They cannot be changed once are confirmed. Only your passport number is allowed to be updated. The permit includes an entrance to Machu Picchu.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE TOUR GUIDE

All of our guide who is part of Machu Picchu trails Peru, they have a degree in tourism they studied at Cusco National University. They are passionate about sharing our Peruvian History, culture, gastronomy, and others, they are fluent English speaking and many of them speak our local language (Quechua) they will make sure your safety and lifelong memories.

PORTERS AND HORSEMEN

We include a personal porter who is responsible for carrying your duffel bag, you will not have access to your duffel bag until your campsite. In this trek, we don’t use porters as an in the Inca trail Trek we use horses and horse drivers to carry our camping gears as well as emergency horses. there is no extra fee for this.

TRANSPORTATION

You will have transportation include in this trek, from Cusco hotel or sacred valley to Km. 82 starting point and return to your hotel from the train station could be from Ollanta or Poroy.

We include expedition train from Aguas Calientes, you may want to upgrade to the Vistadome train service has extra 75$ per person.

We include the bust ticket from Machu Picchu citadel to Aguas Calientes town.

EQUIPMENT

We provide you a very nice four-season EUREKA TENTS. That is shared for two people you will also have a dining and cooking tents.

FOOD

We provide you an experienced chef who is an expert in cooking in the mountains respecting the food restriction of our clients. Let us know in advance or in your briefing before your departure.  The first-day breakfast and the last-day lunch are not included. Other than that, we provide you breakfast, lunch, and diner as well as snacks for the hike.

We provide you an experienced chef who is an expert in cooking in the mountains respecting the food restriction of our clients. Let us know in advance or in your briefing before your departure.  The first-day breakfast and the last-day lunch are not included. Other than that, we provide you breakfast, lunch, and dine as well snacks for the hike.

WATER

Very important and is required to bring your own water bottle for the trek, we will provide you from the first lunch filtered, boiled cool down water to refill your water bottle at every campsite or Lunch spots.

FIRST AID

Every tour guide who is part of Machu Picchu trails Peru received training in first aid from the high mountain specialists we do every February, your tour guide will have a first aid kit for basic medical situations. Also, in all of our treks we provide oxygen for emergency situations in the worse cases, our staff will get you off the trail and we will assist you to get to the clinic if is needed.

TAXES AND FEES

All taxes and permits fees associated with this trek are included in the listed price.

CLIMATE AND WEATHER

Cusco Region mainly presents two seasons, the rainy season, from November to April the heaviest rainfalls occurring usually between January, February, and March, and the dry season from May to October. The dry season is colder so temperatures can drop to below 0 degrees at night

Along the Inca Trail, temperature ranges from 15-20°c during the day if it’s sunny, to 10 – 28 °c during the day if not sunny, or 05-15°c at night in the first 2 campsites. At Wiñay Wayna and Machu Picchu, at a lower altitude, temperatures are usually warmer though warm clothes are still recommended at night.

There are benefits to visiting Cusco and Machu Picchu during each season as well you can have some drawbacks. The dry season is usually crowded in all the sites and specially in the Inca Trail you need to ensure your permit at least six months in advance.

The rainy season can be a very pleasant time for you looking to do cultural tours or for you who Will design your holiday with no trekking, including visiting Cusco and Machu Picchu with less crowd.

ALTITUDE:  of Cusco city. 3400 meters 10,800 fits

POPULATION: of the Cusco region 1,300,000.

MACHU PICCHU TICKETS

With the new regulations of the Peruvian government now the Machu Picchu entrance ticket goes on sale from 6.00 am. to 3.00 pm.

WAYNA PICCHU TICKETS

With the new regulations from the Peruvian government now the Wayna Picchu tickets go on sale from 7.00 am. Until 10:00 to 11:000 am. The hike Will take 45 minutes up and 30 minutes down all the way step not recommendable for the people who have vertigo.  Note. Very important to book in advance to ensure your entrance tickets to the sites.

MACHU PICCHU MOUNTAIN TICKETS

The hike Will take you 1.45 hs.  And 1:00 hs down. The ticket goes in sale in two windows of time from 6 to 7 and the second group is from 8 to 9 am.  Takes longer but it’s more beautiful.

STRIKES

Is the biggest problem in South America not just in Peru it can affect us in our tour treks roads are often blocked as well as trains stop their operations. Usually, the advice is two weeks in advance to prevent do not affect too much any of this country’s problems in our tours in the worst-case Private Machu Picchu Will let you know to cancel the tours or treks. Your health and safety are our top priorities.

ARRIVAL AT CUSCO

Cusco has an airport mostly for domestic flights from inside the country. Our international airport is Jorge Chavez Lima.

LATAM Airlines is the biggest company that operates in Peru and has connections all over the world. Is the only airline that doesn’t have too many cancellations in the weather conditions here in Cusco. The time flight from Lima to Cusco is one hour.  Always you can connect your flights to Puno, Arequipa, Puerto Maldonado Jungle, Iquitos, or the north of Peru. In our extension tours.

Always there is a bus option from lima to Cusco the time Will take you 22 hours.

FOOD

Peruvian cuisine is recognized for its biodiversity of products and continues conquering the whole world. Peruvian food is being awarded internationally for owning the most delicious food in the world.

Cusco Region has unique gastronomy for the use of local products like potatoes, quinoa, corn, a variety of vegetables, and its exotic fruits plus guinea pig, and alpaca meat. Your travel expert will recommend you restaurants you can wonder here in Peru and Cusco.

On our treks, we provide you with delicious food you just need to make sure to let us your dietary restrictions before departure our treks as well as our chefs are very experienced in cooking in the mountains.

WHAT WE RECOMEND TO BRING

* Backpack with a change of clothes for the whole period of the trek.

* Strong footwear, waterproof trekking boots recommended.

* Sandals or jogging shoes for a higher comfort while at camp.

* Warm clothes, including jacket, fleeces. Thermal clothing is also recommended, especially for sleeping.

* Cámara and batteries (batteries consume more quickly under cold conditions)

* Sun block or sun cream.

* Hydrating cream for face and body.

* Insect repellent – minimum recommended 20% deet – no malaria risk has been reported

* Toilet paper and tissues

* Snacks: biscuits, energy bars, chocolate, dried fruits, etc. Please note that we do provide a snack and our meal service is very complete and well supplied. This recommendation applies for all clients being used to a specific snack, as it may happen that it’s not included in our selection.

* Water container and water for the first morning. Important notice: plastic water bottles are no longer allowed into the Inca trail. Plastic water containers or comelback or metal ones are recommended.

* Optionally water sterilizing tablets in case you pick up water from streams or rivers along the route otherwise, we provide filtered boiled water, which is safe to drink and has not reported any health problem so far.

* Small towel

* Swimsuit (if you a extra day in Aguas Calientes town you can go to the hot springs)

* Cash in soles or in Dollars.

* Original Passport, travel insurance, any important health document you may have to follow any restrictions.

* Original international student identity card (in case you have applied for a student discount)

* Optional, walking sticks or hiking poles (rubber covers required in order not to damage inca trail) if not we have here for rent.

OPTIONAL SERVICES TO BE HIRED

An extra hotel night in Aguas Calientes can be booked for you at an additional cost depending on the Hotel you choose. Please note that if you wish to visit Machu Picchu again the following day, the additional cost of the entrance fee is not included.

Massage sessions: us$50 per 1-hour session our massage therapists have the highest recognition in Cusco.

RECOMENDED PACKING LIST FOR TREKS

Passport

Valid student card in case if you booked as a student

immigration stamp

25lts or 30 lts daypack

Water battle or comeback at list with 2 lts of storage.

Footwear waterproof hiking boots.

4 or 5 hiking t-shirts, three hiking pants considering one nice outfit for Machu Picchu, 5 sets of undergarments, 4 pers of socks, one fleece and down jacket for cold nights, set for rain gears jacket and pants, sun hat, wool hat, headlamp, warm waterproof gloves, shoes for camp, quickdry small towel.

Battery charger. There is no place to plug in while trekking.

Sunscreen, face moisturizer, insect repellent, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, toothbrush and paste, toilet paper, personal medication, band aids, moleskin, and others.

Camara, pone, music player.