INCA TRAIL - SOFT

3 Days / 2 Nights Cusco-Llactapata-KM 104-WiñayWayna-Macchu-Picchu-Cusco

Trip Profile
3 days walking with full porterage; altitude maximum 2700m, (9,000 ft)., average 2400m. (8,000 ft) Grade A. The SOFT INCA TRAIL has been designed around a series of quite easy walks that offers good possibility to explore a route that you feel as if you were in the real jungle.

You go first along the river and then up into the cloud-forested mountainsides to join the main trail and descend into the Lost City on foot. Along the route, it is possible to appreciate good flora and fauna with the touch of Inca boulders, terraces and archaeological sites that are still well preserved with very little affluence of visitors. Is the best option for those who love nature and walking at medium altitude, high enough to make gentle walking uphill, but not high enough to cause severe altitude sickness problems. Underfoot conditions are generally good, and the paths generally well defined. The new route taken on this trip is one that has been reconstructed from a series of old Inca paths; it is a good tip!

GRADE: A
SEASON: APRIL TO NOVEMBER
CODIGO: PRIVAT DEPARTURE T850

DAY 01 CUSCO - CHILLCA - LLACTAPATA
Drive from Cusco to the Sacred Valley of the Incas and continue down-river by road towards Chilca our starting point of our three-day walk. Here we meet our porters and start walking on the new and lesser-used, low-level Inca trail along the Vilcanota valley, which will culminate with our arrival at Machu Picchu on foot.

Our first easy day walking takes us to the Inca site of Llactapata, strategically located at the confluence of the Kusichaca and Urubamba (at this point often called the Vilcanota). Here we camp. (L,D)

DAY 02 LLACTAPATA – KM-104
We leave Llactapata and walk along the Vilcanota valley, our path never far from the riverbank, and as we descend with the river the vegetation becomes more tropical and we may see humming birds and torrent ducks. Our second night under canvas is spent in a forest clearing near the ruins of Cachabamba. Camp. (B,L,D)

DAY 03 KM-104 - MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO
After an early start to avoid the heat, we begin a steady climb towards to ruins of Winay Wayña. The newly reconstructed trail takes us across steep open hillside, and then into wooded gullies, the jungle being thicker in the moist air near the streams. A spectacular waterfall marks our arrival to Winay Wayña (meaning ‘forever young’ in Quechua, the Inca language). After visiting the site, we continue on a higher level trail through cloud forest high above the river to Inti Punku, the Inca Gate of the Sun. From here, we get our sudden first full sight of Machu Picchu itself. Descending to the city, we have an introduction to the site before descending to the river much of the terrain still covered in jungle. Late afternoon we take the train which follows the course of the Urubamba until Ollantaytambo and connect with private bus back to Cusco. (B;BL)

INCLUDED:
Transfer hotel/train station in CUSCO (RT), twin tents, camping equipment, cooking, gear, guide (ENGLISH/SPANISH/GERMAN/FRENCH, If you require another language, please consult), porters, full board (B: breakfast, L: lunch, BL: Box Lunch, D: Dinner) entrance fee to the trail and the citadel of Machu Picchu, train (part of the PeruRail – Orient Express chain) tourist class to Ollantaytambo and private bus Ollantaytambo-Cusco.

QOYLLUR TRAVEL TIP:
- Full board in this programme includes five meals per day. Apart from the three main meals, we serve a snack and teatime.
- Extend your stay with an extra-night in the unique Sanctuary Lodge or the exotic Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel.

NOT INCLUDED:
Personal equipment, backpacks, sleeping bags, all personal expenses, foam mats

S/SUP: additional to be paid if needed a single tent

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