Cheap Inca Trail Tour or Backpacking is designed for those trekkers, who prefer to get to budget travel such as the Classic Inca Trail. This hike to Machu Picchu is one of the most famous and popular treks in Peru. Getting to Inca Trail is the highlight of many trekkers experience. Explore one of Machu Picchu's most important route and experience an Andean journey to the lost city of the Incas at a good price with our Cheap Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Tour. Hike through Warmi wañusca high pass (4200 m), highland meadows and tropical cloud forests to enter this Inca Sanctuary through the famous Sun's Gate ("Intipunku" in Quechua). Be one of the many adventurers from around the world to successfully hike this moderate to difficult trip.
Enjoy the many archeological ruins such as Llactapata, Runkuraqay, Sayacmarca, Puyupatamarca and Wiñaywayna along the way and journey alongside route of Capac Ñan revealing to you her surrounding snow-peaked mountains, the amazing diversity of flora and fauna.
Day 1: The start of the Inca trail - Cusco to Wayllabamba
Day 2: Hiking to the Inca Trail, Wayllabamba - Chaquicocha
Day 3: Continue the hike the Inca trail - Chaquicocha to Wiñay wayna
Day 4: Finish the Inca trail - Wiñay wayna to Machu Picchu
During the hike you will see the Inca sites, Inca Path, mountains and beautiful natural landscapes.
Necessary camping equipment: Double tent and systetic mattress
Our guide and cook will accompanying during the hike to Machu Picchu
The trekker will be responsible to carry their personal beloging, sleeping bag, mattress or any extra equipment rents
Some high-altitude hikes or more strenuous activities, but accessible to most healthy travellers.
Small group experience
All travellers under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Tierras Vivas is specialist to operate since 2007
If you are a vegetarian, please advise us in advance. A vegetarian meal option is for NO extra cost!
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Our journey to Machu Picchu through the classical Inca trail begins at your hotel, from where you will be picked up after the breakfast (optional) around 6.00 – 6.30. From your hotel you will have a transfer 2 – 2.5 hours with your guide to our starting point which is called km 82. At the starting point you need to show your Inca Trail permission card, your original passport, and your ISIC card if you have one.Here the Inca Trail begins and we will start hiking for 2 hours to Miskayl, where we are going to enjoy a nice lunch. The hike to Miskayl is a flat and a beautiful walk, where we can enjoy the incredible flora of the landscape around us.
After the lunch we are going to have another two hours hike to Wayllabamba (3.000 m.) which will be our camping spot. We will arrive there at 5. Pm in the afternoon, and we will enjoy a nice dinner from our personal professional chef at 6.30 pm. After the dinner we will settle down for the night.
At the second day the guides wakes us up at 5.30 with warm tee, so we can get a good start of the day at the Inca trail and we will eat breakfast at 6.00. Our first hike of this day begins at 6.30 and it will take around 5 hours (7 km) to get from our camp to the high spot which is called dead woman pass (4.600 m), where you can experience the female spirit, a woman that lives on the side of the mountain.
From this place we have a 2 hour hike down to our second camping spot (Pacamayu 3,600 m), where we finally will have our lunch after 7 hours of hiking in total on the Inca trail. At the camp we will rest and around 6.30 we will have dinner. Later we will get comfortable under our blankets, so we can stay warm for the cold night.
We get up at 6.00 am and breakfast will be served by the chef at 6.30. At 7.00 we will start hiking. This day is a very special and beautiful day where we will pass 3 Inca ruins along the Inca trail. To get to the first Inca ruin Runkqurakay (3.800 m.), we have to hike one hour up; thereafter we have another hour of walking to the second high spot, Runku Pass (4.00 m.). After the second Inca ruin it will get easier, from there we will walk down for 45 m. to Sayacrmarka (3580 m.).
After the visit we will have 25 min. to chakicoccha (3.600 m) where we will enjoy our lunch in natural surroundings and incredible landscape. After the lunch we have a one hour hiking to Phuyupatamarka (3.60 m), which is the last hike on the Inca trail of this day. On this place we can find the last Inca construction for today.
From this point we will have an easy two hour walk down to Wiñnahuayna (2.600 m), where we will settle our camp and our chef will make a nice buffet to everyone so we can say goodbye to the chefs and the porters in a very nice way at 6.30. If you still have energy left after the hike, you can visit the archaeological site of wiñahuayna, only 5 minutes from our camp spot, a really delightful site on the Inbca trail with a lot of terraces and ruins.
Begin hike overlooking the Urubamba River to the sun Gate or INTIPUNKU to see the sunrise on Machu Picchu. We enter the site early in the morning for the best photo opportunities and then spend the rest of the morning visiting and exploring the Ruins, free time in Machu Picchu. Meeting for those interested in visiting Aguas Calientes for lunch or to visit the hot springs otherwise, in the afternoon return to Cusco by tourist train from Aguas Calientes (actual town of Machu Picchu) to Cusco
Our guide will visit your a day before the trek and He/ She will give you a briefing and more information about your Inca Trail. It very important, let us know, where you will be staying in Cusco, our guide will visit your hotel 2 or 1 day before the trek for your briefing.
All Tierras Vivas trekkers are accompanied by a Tour Guide. The aim of our Tour Guides is to take a hassle out of our customers’ trips and to help them to have the best trip possible. The Tour Guides provide information on places visited, offer suggestions of what to see and to do, recommend a good place to eat and introduce to his/her colleagues. The Guides have a broad general knowledge of each country visited during a tour, including historical, cultural, religious and social aspects. We also use local Tour Guides where we think that more specific knowledge could add more enjoyment to visited places.
Usually our hike is starting from Cusco, but we can pick you up from your hotel outside of Cusco. Please check your trip and location for pick you up.
Trip/ Hiking | Starting point & pick up |
Inca Trail | Cusco, Chinchero, Urubamba, Yanahuara, Ollantaytambo |
Salkantay Trek | Cusco |
Lares Trek | Cusco, Pisac |
Rainbow Mountain | Cusco |
Ausagante Trek | Cusco |
Choquequirao trek | Cusco |
Inca Jungle Trek to Machu Picchu | Cusco, Urubamba, Yanahuara, Ollantaytambo |
Inca Quarry Trail | Cusco, Urubamba, Yanahuara |
Cusco Day tours | Only from Cusco |
This famous Inca Trail has two traditional versions of 4 days and the short version of this, which consists of 2 days, now we will explain the degree of difficulty for both routes, so you are prepared before starting your walk.
Day 1: Cusco- Ollantaytambo - KM 82 to Llulluchapampa Campsite.
Distance: 16km approx
Starting Altitude: 2,650m
Finishing Altitude: 3,700m
Walking Distance: 8 - 9 hrs
Degree of difficulty: easy
Day 2: Lluchapampa Campsite up to Dead Womens Pass.
Distance: 8 km approx.
Starting Altitude: 3,700m
High Pass Altitude: 4,200m (Dead Womens)
Finishing Altitude: 3,950m
Walking Distance: 7 - 8 hrs (walking slowly)
Degree of difficulty: difficult
Day 3: Trek Pacaymayo Valley Campsite up to Runkuraqay - Phuyupatamarka.
Distance: 16km approx.
Starting Altitude: 3,950m
High Pass Altitude: 3,600m (Phuyupatamarca)
Finishing Altitude: 2,700m
Walking Distance: 6 hrs
Degree of difficulty: difficult
Day 4: Trek Winay-Wayna Campsite to Inti Punku (Sun Gate), then to Machu Picchu!
Distance: 5km approx.
Starting Altitude: 2,700m
Finishing Altitude: 2,300
Walking Distance: 4 hrs
Degree of difficulty: moderate
Our tents are of the brand Eureka Timberline Outfitter 4 person designated for 4 seasons. We provide with 4 person capacity tents; however, just 2 trek participants use it! In this way, we provide you more space and comfort. In case of a single traveller, we provide with a 2 person capacity tent.
During the Classic Inca Trail we spend three nights full-service camping, meaning that our camp staff will erect and dismantle the tents, cook, and do all camp chores for you: you need only carry your day pack. There will also be dining and toilet tents and bowls of warm water are provided both morning and evening for washing with.
Single Supplement: If you are traveling on your own, and would prefer to share a tent, we'll pair you with another trekker of the same gender and there will not be an extra cost. If you prefer to have a tent to yourself a surcharge of USD 50 will have to be paid. If you want an upgrade any service to the train or accommodation or do you want to stay extra night in Machu Picchu, contact us directly to info@tierrasvivas.com for this to be done and confirmed to you.
If you want to say that you’ve hiked the famous Machu Picchu, then the Cheap Inca Trail Tour is for you. but usually you will need to book in advance, in case it is fully booked, we recommend the Inca Trail alternative hikes:
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Superior service is the best option hike for you. This hike is all-inclusive camping equipment and extra porter. You don´t have to worry about what do you need to bring or rent on your hike. Our porter will carry your camping equipment and personal belonging. Only you will need to walk with your daypack and water.
The Inca Trail is the most famous and popular hike to Machu Picchu and even one of the most famous and favorite treks in the world. Discover one of the most pristine landscapes of Peru and experience an Andean journey. Through the high mountain passes, highland meadows and tropical cloud forests. BOOK ONLINE the Inca Trail Superior service
The 4 day Salkantay Trek Cheaper has created by Tierras Vivas tour operator. This hike is included the basic equipment such as double tent, sleeping mattress, food (3 B, 3 L, 3D), professional guide, cook and entrance fee to Salkantay and Machu Picchu horses for your camping equipment and train service at 18:20. The other tour operator companies offers this service and the price is expensive.
On this 4 day Salkantay hike you overcome the highest point of the trek, On the first day it is easy hike, you walk between the Challacancha to Soraypampa (3700 meters). On the second is hard day, you will walk up between Soraypampa 3700 meters to Salkantay Mountain.4,550 meters above sea level!, Camping on Chaullay, Third day you will walk 4 hrs from Chaullay to la Playa Sahuallaco, then local bus to Santa Teresa, Hot spring option, the fourth day you will walk from Santa Teresa to Aguas Calientes, spend a night on the hostel, option ZIP Line, and the last day Machu Picchu
Days | 4 |
From per person |
$ 500.00 |
Code | CITT |
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