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The Inca citadel at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) above the Urubamba River, 3.5 hours from Cusco by road and train, visited on a timed ticket with a guide.
29 packages include itExplore Machu PicchuThe Inca capital at 3,400 m (11,150 ft), 1 hour 20 minutes by air from Lima, where every Machu Picchu trip and every trek starts.
24 packages include itExplore CuscoThe Urubamba River valley between Pisac and Ollantaytambo, about 2,870 m (9,416 ft), one hour north of Cusco and on the train line to Machu Picchu.
25 packages include itExplore Sacred ValleyThe lake on the Peru and Bolivia border at 3,812 m (12,507 ft): the Uros reed islands, Taquile and the Aymara shore, reached from Puno.
15 packages include itExplore Lake Titicaca and PunoVinicunca, a striped mineral ridge at 5,036 m (16,522 ft) south of Cusco, reached by a 3-hour drive and a 90-minute to 2-hour uphill walk.
3 packages include itExplore Rainbow MountainA turquoise glacier lake at 4,200 m (13,780 ft) under the Humantay peak, three hours from Cusco by road plus a 90-minute uphill walk from Soraypampa.
3 packages include itExplore Humantay LakeThe Inca stone road into Machu Picchu: 43 km (26 mi) in 4 days from km 82, over Dead Woman's Pass at 4,215 m (13,829 ft), on a permit limited to 500 people a day.
1 package includes itExplore Inca TrailPeru's capital at sea level, where every trip lands, plus the desert coast to the south: Pachacamac, Paracas, Huacachina and the Nazca Lines.
13 packages include itExplore Lima and the coastThe Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca (Copacabana, Isla del Sol), La Paz and the Uyuni salt flats, reached by road from Puno in our Peru and Bolivia tours.
7 packages include itExplore BoliviaPhotos: Chuck Moravec, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (source); Dmitry Brant, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (source); Mx._Granger, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (source); Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (source); Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (source); Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (source); Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (source)
Book the Classic Inca Trail if you are fit enough for one hard climb, you have two or three days in Cusco before the start, and you can commit to a date months ahead. If you only have two days, or you want a hotel bed instead of a tent, our Short Inca Trail 2 days walks the last stretch from KM 104. If the permits for your dates are gone, look at Salkantay or Inca Trail before you give up on hiking in.
The draw is simple. Five Inca sites sit on this road and nowhere else: Llactapata, Runkurakay, Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca and Wiñay Wayna. No road reaches them. You walk past them in order, and on the fourth morning you step through the Sun Gate (Intipunku) with Machu Picchu below. The honest trade-off is the stairs. Days two and three are thousands of uneven stone steps, and they are harder on knees than any dirt trail.
Day 1 is a warm-up, about 7.5 miles (12 km) with roughly 1,300 ft (400 m) of gain to camp at Wayllabamba. Day 2 is the one people talk about: about 3,990 ft (1,215 m) of climbing to Dead Woman's Pass (Warmiwañusca) at 13,830 ft (4,215 m), then a knee-heavy descent to Pacaymayo. Day 3 is the longest and the prettiest, around 10 miles (16 km) past three Inca sites to Wiñay Wayna. Day 4 is a pre-dawn hour to the Sun Gate and a guided visit.
Only licensed agencies can buy Inca Trail permits, and each one is printed with your name and passport number. For this trek the permit is bought by our partner operator, authorized by SERNANP and holder of the trail licenses, and Sacred Lake Titikaka organizes the rest of your trip around it. The trail takes about 500 people a day, porters and guides included, and the whole network closes every February. Read Inca Trail permits by month before you settle on a date.
One service level, priced per person on shared service: Full trekking service from US$797. The price is the same for everyone in the group because permits, porter wages and campsite fees are fixed by the rules, not by us. Single travelers and quotes for your own group go through the free quote form.
Pick the day you start walking at KM 82. The trail runs every month except February, and each date depends on permits being left.
Send the free quote form with your start date, a backup date and every hiker's name and passport number exactly as printed. We check permits and confirm before you pay. Once a permit is bought it cannot be renamed or refunded, so check your passport data twice.
Open a day to see the hours, the altitude and where you sleep. Times are the ones our guides actually keep.
Camp at Wayllabamba, high point about 9,840 ft (3,000 m)
Pickup between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m. Leave your suitcase at the hotel. You take a daypack and the duffel the porters will carry. The drive down to KM 82 through the Sacred Valley takes about three hours with a stop.
Rangers check every permit against the original passport, then you cross the Urubamba on the footbridge. Have the passport you booked with in your hand, not in the duffel.
An easy, dusty path with small climbs, at about 8,530 ft (2,600 m). Your guide stops above Llactapata, a terraced Inca settlement where the Cusichaca River meets the Urubamba.
The last stretch climbs gently up the Cusichaca valley to Wayllabamba, around 9,840 ft (3,000 m). The tents are up when you arrive. Eat well and sleep early, because day 2 starts climbing right after breakfast.
Camp at Pacaymayo, about 11,810 ft (3,600 m), high point 13,830 ft (4,215 m)
The crew wakes you with hot tea at the tent. The zipper is cold at that hour. Fill two liters of water before you leave camp.
Steady climbing on stone steps through a forest of polylepis and moss. The trees thin out at the meadow of Llulluchapampa, and from there you see the pass for the first time.
The last switchbacks to 13,830 ft (4,215 m) are where most people stop every twenty steps. That pace is fine. Our guides walk at the back with the slowest hiker, and nobody gets left alone.
About 2,020 ft (615 m) of steep stone steps down to camp. This descent hurts knees more than the climb hurts lungs, so use your poles. Afternoon tea and dinner at camp.
Camp at Wiñay Wayna, about 8,690 ft (2,650 m), high point about 12,960 ft (3,950 m)
A shorter climb, about 1,150 ft (350 m), past the round stone walls of Runkurakay to the second pass at roughly 12,960 ft (3,950 m). On a clear day you see the Vilcabamba range ahead.
A walled Inca site on a rock spur, reached by a narrow staircase. The trail then runs on original paving through cloud forest, with an Inca tunnel cut into the rock.
Ritual baths still running with spring water, and the first view down toward the Machu Picchu side of the mountain. From here it is a long staircase down, more than 4,000 ft (about 1,300 m) of descent in total for the day.
Camp is a short walk from the Wiñay Wayna terraces, which curve down the slope above the river. Visit them before dark. The last night with the crew is when most groups thank the porters and cook.
Back in Cusco at night (hotel not included), Sun Gate at about 8,920 ft (2,720 m)
The porters pack the camp and leave early for their train. You wait in line at the last checkpoint until it opens at dawn. Bring a headlamp and a warm layer for the wait.
About 1.5 hours and 3 miles (5 km) of contouring trail, then a short, steep flight of steps to the gate. Machu Picchu appears below with Huayna Picchu behind it. If cloud covers it, wait, it often lifts within the hour.
Two to three hours with your guide through the temples, the terraces and the main plaza. Trekkers enter on the route assigned to the trail permit.
Consettur bus down to town for lunch on your own. Shoes off, beer or coffee, and the first real toilet in three days.
About 1 hour 40 minutes on the train, then about two hours by road. You reach Cusco in the evening.
The route follows the Inca road from the railway at KM 82 over two high passes and through the cloud forest to the Sun Gate above Machu Picchu.
Sacred Lake Titikaka is new; these are public Tripadvisor reviews of Viajes Cusco Perú, the family agency that operates every package on this site.
Reviews shown: Viajes Cusco Perú travelers (sample of public Tripadvisor reviews, read Sep 30, 2026).
"Incredible experience!! Beautiful landscape and beautiful people. We were lucky to be guided by Vladimir, who with his lovely personality and amazing knowledge made this trip a great learning experience."
"All the tours I did (Machu, Humantay Lake, Rainbow Mountain, Sacred Valley) were spectacular!!! From picking me up at the hotel (always punctual and attentive, notifying about everything!) to the guides I had who were also excellent."
"I came to this agency by recommendation and, after traveling with them on two occasions, I can say that it was an excellent decision. I must highlight the professionalism of the guides, who made every tour very interesting and safe."
Everything we get asked about this package before people book.
Hard on one day, moderate on the rest. Day 2 climbs about 3,990 ft (1,215 m) to Dead Woman's Pass at 13,830 ft (4,215 m), and the stone steps down are tough on knees. Hikers in their sixties finish it every season when they acclimatize first and walk at their own pace.
The classic route is about 26 miles (43 km) from KM 82 to Machu Picchu, walked over four days. The daily stretches run about 12, 12, 16 and 5 km, with walking times from 5 to 8 hours. Day 4 is short, about 1.5 hours to the Sun Gate.
Yes, by law. The Inca Trail can only be hiked with a licensed agency and an official guide. Independent hiking is not allowed, and the rangers at KM 82 check every permit against the passport. Sacred Lake Titikaka organizes your trip, and the trek itself is run by a partner operator authorized by SERNANP, which holds the trail licenses and supplies the guide, the cook and the porters.
Permits are sold only to licensed agencies, not to travelers. Each one carries the hiker's name and passport number and cannot be changed. Daily capacity is 500 people with porters and guides counted, which leaves roughly 200 hikers. Send us your date and passport data and we check availability before taking any payment.
Yes. The network shuts for the whole month for maintenance and cleaning. Machu Picchu itself stays open. If February is your only month, take a train to Machu Picchu or hike the Salkantay or Lares route, which need no trail permit.
The tents, the kitchen, the food and gas, and a duffel of your own clothes and sleeping bag, 5 to 7 kg per hiker. Peruvian law caps a porter's load at 20 kg (44 lb) for men and 15 kg (33 lb) for women. You carry only your daypack.
For May to August, as soon as permits for your year go on sale, and those dates go within days. For March, April, October and November, two to four months usually works. There is no waiting list, so send your preferred date and a backup date.
Pick the Inca Trail for the ruins along the way and the arrival through the Sun Gate. Pick Salkantay if permits are sold out, if stone steps worry your knees, or if you want a higher pass and glacier views. Salkantay ends at Machu Picchu too, but by train or a lower road.
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