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Cusco

Cusco Region

Peru

Join this 4-day adventure tour and follow in the footsteps of the Inca Empire. This unique tour takes you beyond the popular Inca Trail and allows you to reach the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu by foot, bike, raft, and zip line. With all meals, accommodation, and transport included, you'll have the freedom to enjoy the best of Peru's great outdoors without worrying about the logistics.

Day 1

The guide will pick you up from your hostel in Cusco at 5:30 am , after a stop in Ollantaytambo we will travel by bus to the highest place of the trip «ABRA MALAGA 4350 meters» over the sea level, the edge of the andians mountains, next to the snow mountain VERONICA and from there we will do downhill in bikes to SANTA MARIA 1800 meters over the sea level, finishing this activity we are ready to have a delicious typical lunch. After a break, we are ready to continue the adventure doing rafting ina river level tree, not too dangerous but not too boring, perfect to have fun and finish the day in a comfortable EcoLodge.

Santa Maria

Day 2

After breakfast the guide will show you the diversity of the jungle plants of the area, then the group will go to Inka Trail where walking starts, it will takes approximately 4 hours through the high forest among the abundance of flora and fauna. In this area is possible to see many types of plants, orchids, birds and other wild animals, a paradise of biodiversity in the Inka jungle. We will continue our walk through the Inka road and by the way we will have lunch made by a local community with fruits and tubers native from the area. Hot springs of Cocalmayo will be the trophy at the end of the path, here we will relax our muscle before to go to the lodge.

Banos Termales de Cocalmayo

Day 3

At morning, after a good breakfast, we will head toward the nearby zip lining location. Here, we will experience different zip lining routes, cross a suspension bridge, and do some light rock climbing. After this activity, the bus will take us to Hidroélectrica where we will enjoy the lunch. We can relax there for a while, then continue onto the route toward Aguas Calientes. We will walk for about 3 hours and along the way you will encounter beautiful waterfalls, different wildlife, next to the beautiful Urubamba river. Upon arrival in Aguas Calientes, we will get together in a local restaurant to enjoy a great dinner and have a briefing about our next excursion to Machu Picchu. After dinner, you have free time to explore the city of Aguas Calientes.

Aguas Calientes

Day 4

The group will wake up early at 4:00am to go up to Machu Picchu, following an ascending route through the high forest, we could have the chance to see the sunrise in the riuns because the purpose is reac machupicchu at 6:00am. The guide will show us the sanctuary for 2 hrs. aprox. then the group will have free time to enjoy Machu Picchu by themselves until 11:30am (6.5 hours in machupicchu). We return by walking (3.5 hours) to Hydroelectric where the car is waiting for us and it will leaves at 3:00pm to return to Cusco city, arriving around 10:00pm. Note: it is possibility to spend one more night in Machu Picchu town paying $30 extra, and return next day(if you want to climb huaynapicchu or Mountain Machu Picchu or stay longer in machupicchu) it is a good idea, or you can add the train back to Cusco instead of the bus and you can stay in machupicchu as long as you can until 5:00pm, the train is faster and more confortable than the bus ride, it just takes 1 hour and 40 min from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo and then our car takes you back to cusco and it takes 1 hour and a half.

Inka Jungle trek to Machupicchu 4 days

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Itinerary

Cusco Hiking & Trekking Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do

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Santa Maria