Llactapata Trek to Inca Trail
Description
Llactapata Trek to Inca Trail is a new hiking to Machu Picchu. This hike involve 2 important Inca Path. Llactapata and Inca Trail.
On first day you will take the small van to Lucmabamba. Where you will start the hike to Llactapata archaeological site. The Quechua word “Llactapata” means "High City". Llactapata shows us her incredible condition. This archaeological site is in the Inca Trail. This citadel have revealed an extensive complex of structures and features related to and connected with Machu Picchu by a continuation of the Inca Trail leading onward into the Vilcabamba. Llaqtapata may have been a member of the network of interrelated administrative and ceremonial sites which supported at Machu Picchu. It probably played an important astronomical function during the solstices and equinoxes. Guided tour in Llactapata and walk down to Hydrolect. Lunch included. Then we continue the hike to Puente Ruinas, where you will spend a night in the camping.
On second day you will wake early and you will go to Inca Trail checking point and start hiking through lush vegetation of a cloud forest while greeeted by local exotic birds such as Andean guan, grey-breasted mountain tucan, etc. and since we can see various wild orchids and bromelias along the path too. Our Tour Guide explains us about the Chachabamba ruins. Lunch. Our next stop is in Wiñay Wayna, an Inca complex neighboring to Machu Picchu.
Last day, you wake early and guided tour to Machu Picchu. In the afternoon you will take the train to Ollantaytambo and bus to Cusco. Our driver will drop off in your hotel.
The Llactapata and Short Inca Trail is the second important Inca route apart of the Classic Inca Trail.
What to Expect
Llactapata Inca Trail overview
Service Level: Comfortable tourist-class accommodations with character, tourist train and private transport.
Physical Rating: 3 - Moderate/ Diffult - Some low-altitude hikes, but accessible to most healthy travellers
Age requirement: 4+ / All travellers under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Inca Trail Permits: It is included in your hike. In the peak season the trail is booked months in advance
Llactapata to Inca Trail Operator: Tierras Vivas travel
Crew: A profesional Tour Guide, Cook and porters.
Meals: 2x breakfast, 2x lunch, 2x dinner, 2x Snack
Transportation: Transportation by private van, 1x train (Expedition train).
Accommodation:Campsite (1 camping) Hotel (1 night). These following hotels are used to accommodate you during your 3 day Inca Trail tour: ViAndina Machu Picchu Hotel and Wiracocha Hotel. Once booked, our booking department will confirm your accommodation. If you would like to upgrade your hotel, visit our website ESSENTIAL INFO on the Short Inca Trail page.
Quick itinerary:
Day 01: Wake up early and Hike to Llactapata
Day 02: Short Inca Trail
Day 03: Hiking to Machu Picchu
Highlights of the Llactapata Trek to Inca Trail:
- Visit of a Peruvian cloud forest
- 3 day hike with a professional Tour Guide
- Guided tour of the Incan complex of Llactapata
- Guided tour of the Inca Trail
- Guided tour of Patacancha, Wiñaywayna and Intipata
- Guided tour of Machu Picchu
- Climb to Huayna Picchu (Optional)
Resposinble Travel
Tierras Vivas Porters
Tierras Vivas DOES NOT permit this exploitation!! We guarantee that our porters carry only an amount given by the Peruvian law!! There is still a long way to go when it comes to a reserve of adequate meals, backpacks and warm dry sleeping accommodation. click here
Each Year Tierras Vivas hots a Christmas party in Patacancha. Family porters,
Itinerary Details
Day 03: Hiking to Machu Picchu
A 2 hour hike up to the city of Machu Picchu in the early morning, after breakfast, brings the group to the city early enough to get sunrise pictures of the city and to miss most of the crowds. There is a guided tour of the Incan city, explaining the rich history of the site, after which hikers have the option of hiking to the peak of either Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu, two mountains with incredible views of the city from above, another good photo opportunity. Finally, there is time for individual exploration of the city of Machu Picchu.
At the end of the day, there is a train ride from Aguas Calientes to either Ollantaytambo or Poroy, from where a bus will continue the rest of the way to Cusco.
Machu Picchu is currently one of the most well-known Incan sites in Peru, but was not mentioned in any documents from the Spanish. At this point in time, archeologists can only speculate on the purposes of the city. Centuries before Hiram Bingham was brought to the site – by a local child, while the American explorer was searching for Vilcambamba – the local Quechuans had known about the city. Mr. Bingham exposed the site to the rest of the world, and since then, much effort has gone into restoring and studying the mysterious city. Despite this, there are still many questions about which historians and archeologists are uncertain. What is known for certain, though, is that the city of Machu Picchu, the “Lost City of the Incas”, is a truly magical destination.
