The comfortable end
Private guides, handpicked hotels, the Hiram Bingham train and glamping camps with real beds and hot showers. The same mountains, arranged so that nothing is uncomfortable but the climbing.
6 tripsfrom £765 per person
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tell us your dates and how much walking you want to do, and we will tell you which of these fits — including when the honest answer is one of the cheaper ones.
