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The routes we run year after year, from a single day at the citadel to a fortnight across Peru. Every one can be adjusted — extra nights in Cusco, a different trek, a private departure.
The whole of southern Peru in ten days — Lima, Cusco and the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain, the floating islands of Lake Titicaca, and the condors at Colca Canyon. One booking, nine hotel nights and somebody meeting you at every stage.
Three Perus in a week — the Pacific coast at Paracas and the Ballestas Islands, the desert at Huacachina and the Nazca Lines from the air, then the flight up to Cusco for the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. The Lima to Cusco flight is in the price.
Forty-five kilometres over four days on the original Inca road, over Dead Woman's Pass at 4,215 m, camping three nights and walking into Machu Picchu through the Sun Gate at dawn. Our own permits, our own porters.
Forty-two kilometres of the original Inca road over four days, with your own guide, your own chef and your own porters. You set the pace, you linger where you want, and the Sun Gate on the last morning belongs to your group alone.
The classic four-day trek walked properly — Patallacta, Dead Woman's Pass at 4,215 m, Phuyupatamarca, Wiñay Wayna and the Sun Gate — with a private crew who move your camp ahead of you. Walk-in tents with real cots, hot showers, a massage every night and a chef plating dinner in your own dining tent.
The same trail as the four-day trek with a fifth day folded in — shorter stages, one pass per day, a night camped at Phuyupatamarca above the clouds, and Machu Picchu twice over. Once through the Sun Gate in the afternoon light, then again the next morning after a hotel bed.
Most groups cross the river at Km 82 and turn left. This one turns right, onto the quiet bank, past Salapunku, Machu Q'ente and Wayna Q'ente — more than a dozen Inca sites in five days — before joining the classic trail, crossing both passes in a single day and reaching the Sun Gate.
The classic trail walked over five days instead of four, starting from Km 88 past the quiet Inca sites, with luxury glamping camps, hot showers, massage and a four-star hotel in Aguas Calientes before the final guided visit. The most comfortable way there is to walk to Machu Picchu.
The last twelve kilometres of the Inca Trail in a single day, through Wiñay Wayna to the Sun Gate, then a hotel bed in Aguas Calientes and the citadel with a guide the next morning. No camping, no 4,000 m pass.
The final stretch of the Inca Trail from Km 104, through Chachabamba and Wiñay Wayna to the Sun Gate and into the citadel in the late afternoon. Then a night camped by the Urubamba and a second visit on a different circuit the next morning.
Thirteen kilometres of original Inca road from Km 104 with a guide who is yours alone, picnic meals cooked by a chef on the trail, the Sun Gate in the late afternoon, a four-star hotel in Aguas Calientes, lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge and the Vistadome Observatory train home.
Thirteen kilometres on the original Inca road — Chachabamba, Wiñay Wayna and the Sun Gate — walked in a single very long day from Cusco, with picnic meals cooked on the trail. You arrive at Machu Picchu on foot from above, which no train ticket can buy.
A full day in the Sacred Valley — Pisac, Moray, the Maras salt pans and Ollantaytambo — then the Short Inca Trail from Km 104 to the Sun Gate, and a guided morning inside the citadel. Two hotel nights, no camping, and the citadel twice.
Two days on the old road from Cusco down into the Sacred Valley, over high grassland past lakes and llamas to the Inca site of Huchuy Qosqo, with one night camped at Pukamarca. Then the Short Inca Trail from Km 104 to the Sun Gate and a guided morning at the citadel.
Seventy kilometres joining Peru's two great routes. Two days on the wild Salkantay side over the Frozen Inca Pass at 5,100 m, then four on the Classic Inca Trail over Dead Woman's Pass and through Runkurakay, Sayacmarca and Wiñay Wayna to the Sun Gate.
The whole Cusco region in one booking. A city tour on arrival day, the full Sacred Valley circuit on day two, then the four-day Classic Inca Trail from Km 82 to the Sun Gate, with hotels, airport transfers and the Vistadome train all arranged.
Everything the Cusco region has, in one booking. A city tour, the full Sacred Valley, the four-day Classic Inca Trail to the Sun Gate, and then Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley on day seven — the highest point of the trip, after you have been walking for a week.
Five days from the glaciers to the jungle — Humantay Lake, the Salkantay pass at 4,630 m, a coffee farm in the Lucmabamba valley, the view of Machu Picchu from Llactapata, and the citadel itself. No permit lottery, and you sleep in glass domes rather than tents.
Humantay Lake, the Salkantay pass at 4,630 m, the coffee farm at Lucmabamba, the view of Machu Picchu from Llactapata and the citadel itself — the full route, compressed into four days and two nights in glass domes.
Sixty kilometres of downhill riding from Abra Málaga, class III rafting on the Urubamba, a day on an original stretch of Inca road, a coffee farm, five ziplines over the Salkantay river, and Machu Picchu at the end of it. The least conventional way to reach the citadel.
Sixty kilometres of downhill riding from Abra Málaga, class III rafting, the Cocalmayo hot springs and a night in a glass dome on day one. Then coffee, five ziplines and the railway walk into Machu Picchu Pueblo, and the citadel on day three.
Ziplines and hot springs on day one, then twenty-four kilometres on an original Inca path to the Llactapata ruins and their view of Machu Picchu across the valley. The highest point is 2,700 m — seven hundred metres below Cusco.
The Cusco ruins, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu across three days, entirely private. Your own vehicle and guide, two nights in 3-star hotels, the Vistadome Observatory train both ways, and three hours inside the citadel with a Machu Picchu specialist.
The whole Cusco region in four days with nothing left to arrange — airport transfers, a guided city tour, the full Sacred Valley circuit, the train to Aguas Calientes and Machu Picchu with a guide. Two nights in Cusco, one at the foot of the citadel.
Four days entirely private — your own guide and vehicle, a sunset city tour of Cusco, the upper Sacred Valley through Chinchero, Moray and the Maras salt pans with a chef-prepared picnic lunch, and Machu Picchu with a private guide before the Vistadome Observatory train home.
Chinchero, Moray and the Maras salt pans on day one, then Machu Picchu at your own pace on day two. No trekking.
Two days run entirely privately — the upper Sacred Valley through Chinchero, Moray and the Maras salt pans with a chef-prepared picnic lunch, a four-star hotel at the foot of the citadel, and Machu Picchu the next morning with your own guide before the Vistadome Observatory train.
A mid-morning departure, an afternoon to yourself in Aguas Calientes, then the citadel first thing with a guide. The gentlest way to see Machu Picchu, and the one we recommend to anyone who has just flown in.
A pre-dawn start, the train down the Urubamba gorge, two and a half hours inside the citadel with a guide, and back in Cusco for dinner. No trekking, no overnight bag.
Machu Picchu in a single day on the Belmond Hiram Bingham — restored 1920s Pullman carriages, a bar car, live music and gourmet dining both ways, a guided visit to the citadel in between, and afternoon tea at the Sanctuary Lodge beside the gate.
The cheapest honest way to reach the citadel. You cross the Andes at 4,316 m by road, drop into the jungle at Hidroeléctrica, walk three hours along the railway to Aguas Calientes, and are at the gate when it opens the next morning.
A full Sacred Valley day, a night in Ollantaytambo, then the overland route to Hidroeléctrica with a long soak at the Cocalmayo hot springs, the flat riverside walk into Aguas Calientes, and Machu Picchu with a guide before the train home.
Five days from the airport and back. A guided city tour, the full Sacred Valley, the train to Machu Picchu with a guide, and then Rainbow Mountain on day four — by which point you have had four nights at altitude and can actually enjoy it.
The most complete week in the Cusco region without a multi-day trek. City tour, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, then Humantay Lake and Rainbow Mountain as separate day hikes once you have acclimatised — with the Red Valley added when conditions allow.
Peru's two halves in one week. Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, then Rainbow Mountain, then a flight over the Andes to the Madre de Dios and two nights at a rainforest lodge — Lake Sandoval, a canopy walkway and the forest after dark.
Five hours on the Inca foundations of Cusco — the Plaza de Armas, the Temple of the Sun at Qorikancha, then Sacsayhuamán, Q'enqo, Puka Pukara and Tambomachay in the hills above the city. Morning or afternoon, with a guide.
Twelve hours down the valley and back — the weaving town of Chinchero, the circular terraces at Moray, the salt pans at Maras, the fortress at Ollantaytambo and the hilltop ruins of Pisaq, with a buffet lunch in Urubamba.
The glacial lagoon below the Humantay ice, reached from Cusco in a single very long day. Two and a half hours of road, an hour and three quarters of steep climbing, an hour at the lake, and breakfast and lunch on the way.
The striped mineral ridge of Vinicunca, reached on a steady hour-and-a-half climb from 4,700 m to over 5,200 m, with the option of carrying on into the Red Valley. Buffet breakfast and lunch on the route, and medical oxygen with the guide.
The quiet alternative to Vinicunca — three coloured mountains instead of one, a natural stone forest, views across to Ausangate, and a gentle walk of under an hour instead of a steep climb. Same colours, a fraction of the crowd.
Seven turquoise, emerald and deep blue lagoons strung below the Ausangate glacier, walked as a three-to-four hour circuit at 4,600 m, with thermal baths at Pacchanta afterwards and both meals included.
The newest and least visited of Cusco's coloured mountains, 190 km south near the Langui-Layo lagoon, where stripes of iron oxide, copper and quartz trace the geometric pattern of an Andean poncho. A long drive, a short climb, and a ridge to yourself.
It's the question we're asked more than any other. Cusco sits at 3,400 m — higher than any mountain in the Alps you're likely to have walked. The Inca Trail goes higher still.
So we build acclimatisation into every itinerary: two nights in the Sacred Valley at 2,800 m before Cusco, never the other way round. Here's what the trek actually asks of you.
The things people ask us most. Written by the team in Cusco, not bought in.
Month-by-month weather, crowds and booking windows for Machu Picchu — written for people flying from the UK, whose holiday dates rarely line up with Peru's best months.
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