DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN LIMA

• At your arrival to Lima our representative from Inca soul, will pick you up from the Airport. We will transfer you to a nice restaurant to enjoy a dinner.
• Today, you’ll go on a short walking around the downtown of Lima. You’ll visit the main plaza an d a few of lima.
• Indulge in the flavors and taste in a Peruvian meal dinner.
• Your Inca Soul Advisor will be glad to share personalized restaurant recommendations and tips for how to spend your free time.

Overnight in Lima.

Meals: –

DAY 2: LIMA – AREQUIPA.

• You are picked up at your accommodation in Lima after getting your breakfast,

You will begin the city tour in the city visiting places of interest. San Francisco and the Catacombs, Huacapucllana and much more.

• Later you will have transported to the Airport for your flight to Arequipa. Once you get to Arequipa, a representative will pick you up and drive you to the Hotel.
• In the afternoon you will be guided to the amazing museum with Juanita the Inca princess. Late afternoon at your leisure.

Overnight in Arequipa.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 3: COLCA CANYON HIKE.

• Pick up from Arequipa city around 4am – 4.30am, arriving in Chivay at 7am. We continue to the Condor viewpoint, where you can appreciate the depth of the Colca Canyon and the spectacular condors soaring above you.
• We then continue to the start of our trek, at Pampa San Miguel. During the descent we enjoy an interesting route, experiencing a variety of microclimates, spectacular scenery and natural flora and fauna until we arrive at San Juan de Chucchos, where we will lunch and have a small rest.
• We continue our trek to Cosñirhua and Malata, before the Valley of Sangalle and a small oasis where we arrive at our lodge for the evening. We stay in small cabins, and are able to enjoy a refreshing swim in the pool.

Overnight in Arequipa.

Meals: Breakfast 

DAY 4: CABANACONDE – PUNO.

An early start today as we need to climb out of the Canyon! A 3am start followed by around 3-4 hours climbing gets you to Cabanaconde.

Once in Cabanaconde you will have breakfast and transfer to Chivay, stopping at a viewpoint and 2 towns en route. After lunch you have the opportunity to visit the thermal baths of Calera, before a transfer back to Puno, arriving around 19:00.

At your arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.

Overnight in Puno.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 5: TITICACA LAKE.

• On this day tour in Titicaca we will begin the tour by collecting you from your hotel at 6.30 am, we will by boat from the port for 25minutes to the floating islands of Uros, where we will be for approximately 45 minutes.
• after we will head by boat towards Taquile island (two hours) where we will walk for 1 hour trekking up from 3800m to 3980m to the main square of Taquile, visiting the island and appreciating its famous textiles and traditional clothing. Lunch.
• Finally, we will begin our return to the port (45 minutes of trekking down) and we will continue to Puno 2 hours by boat, where we will arrive at approximately 5.30 pm, transfer to your hotel.
• In the afternoon we have time to explore and walk around the city of Puno.

Overnight in Puno.

Meals: Breakfast 

DAY 6: RAINBOW MOUNTAIN HIKE

• To make sure we use our time properly on the Rainbow Mountain Trek, our day will start before dawn. Picking up our people from Puno hotel at 3:45 to 4:00am, we go on a 2.5-hours’ drive through the north of Puno to the trail head at Llacta (4,630 m/ 15,190 ft.). We provide blankets for those who want to take a little more sleep while driving. Upon reaching the Cusipata town (3,300m/10,826ft), we provide light breakfast, perfect fuel for the hiking morning.
• Our Rainbow Mountain beings along a meandering path in the foothills of the magnificent Andes. As dawn continues to break around us, the surrounding herds of Alpacas and Llamas will be waking too and our paths often cross along the way.
• After making a challenging ascent for around 1.5 hours we reach the magnificent Rainbow Mountain of Wininkunka (5,020 m / 16,466 ft.) This awesome display of color is 100% natural, and completely breathtaking.
• The guide will let you know when it is time to go back, and we hike downhill the way we came for around 1 hour. In a sense though this is an altogether different hike as we take in the views that were behind us on our ascent.
• Reaching the head trail we drive 40 minutes to a small local restaurant close to Cusipata town, where we get our lunch.Finally, it’s just a 1hour drive to Cusco. We drop you off at your hotel around 5pm.

Overnight in Cusco.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch 

DAY 7: HUCHUYQOSQO TREK

• Our trekking guide will go to your hotel to pick you up at 6 am. then we drive in our private transportation to the village of Patabamba (3,800m/12,467ft), only 1 hour from Cusco. Once we arrive, we put our backpacks on and get ready to start a gentle hike uphill for the next 3 hours to get to the highest point of the trek (4,200m/13,779ft). From there, we have fantastic views of the surrounding snowcapped mountains and valleys. We descend towards the village of Pukamarka and spend time at the Inca ruins there.  From there, we follow the original Inca trail into the Inca city of Huchuy Qosqo. There, we have time to explore the city and then we head to our camp or homestay. Here, our guide will introduce you to the local family.
• You will see all the amazing views of the surrounding areas and the Inca city. late afternoon, you will have time for a tea, and later have dinner. Overnight at the Inca site.

Overnight in Sacred Valley – Huchuyqosqo.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch.

DAY 8: OLLANTAYTAMBO – SACRED VALLEY

• After a delicious breakfast at Huchuy Qosqo, we have a guided tour of the Huchuy Qosqo Inca City, we will walk on the Inca buildings, plazas, sacred temples, terraces for farming, storehouses, water channels and other areas.  time to explore, finally we go downhill to Lamay for 2 hours. Our private van will take you to Urubamba to get our lunch.
• Afterwards, we head to the archaeological site of Ollantaytambo where we will explore the stunning Inca City and we will have time to climb up to Pinkuylluna a great lookout point of Ollantaytambo.  At this point we will walk into the storehouses located on the cliff of the mountain, spend the night in a hotel and dinner at the end of the day.

Overnight in Ollantaytambo.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 9: INCA TRAIL HIKE

• Early morning, we have our breakfast, we will walk to the train station. the train goes through the stunning landscapes of the Sacred Valley to the special stop at KM 104. We begin the original Inca trail through the beautiful cloud forest and Andean mountains.
• The first Inca site you will encounter is Chachabamba, a small archaeological complex believed to have once been a guard house to Machu Picchu and a small offering spot before getting into Machupicchu citadel. From this point, the trail ascends at a gradual incline for about 3hours until you reach 8,690 feet (2,650 meters). On the way you will walk by a beautiful waterfall, keep going up you will visit the site of Wiñay Wayna, which means “forever young” in the Indigenous Quechua language.
• Wiñay Wayna is consider the most beautiful and the best well preserved Incan place on the Inca Trail. It was discovered only 70 years ago.
• After touring Wiñaywayna and lunching, you will continue on a flat terrain for about 1.5 hours to the “Sun Gate,” from where you can see Machu Picchu in all its majesty and grandeur. From sun gate view point, you will go downhill for roughly 40 minutes toward the citadel’s principal constructions, taking in magnificent panoramic views along the paved Classic Inca trail. finally, we take a bus down to Aguas Calientes, where you will have dinner and spend the night in a comfortable Machu Picchu hotel.

Overnight in Aguas Calientes.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 10: MACHUPICCHU

• An early morning will reward you with another momentous day of exploring the “The Lost City of the Incas”. Your tour guide will take you through the iconic ruins of Machu Picchu, discussing the mystery and skill of its construction as you absorb the magical landscape that surrounds this important Sanctuary.
• We have about 3 hours or more to explore this magical Inca site, visit all the places of interest, as the temples and Sacred Plazas.
• Take in the final views of the Sacred Valley while you travel back. Your driver will be waiting at the station of Ollantaytmabo to take you back to your hotel in Cusco for some much-deserved rest.
• *Upgrade options: Climb Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain for bird’s-eye views of the Inca site or you can add an extra day in Machu Picchu.

Overnight in Cusco.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 11: LIMA – BACK HOME

Flight back home after your breakfast at your hotel, show up at the airport at least 3 hours ahead in an international flight.

Note: This itinerary is subject to change without prior notice according to weather conditions, strikes, roadblocks, or other events which are beyond our control. At Inca Trail Soul we will always do our best to follow the itinerary as closely as possible.

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