This is the most amazing and exciting jungle trip to Machupicchu with bikes and trek which have 4 to 5 hours dawn hill approx.
On the second day we will discover more adventures among the mountains, valleys, rivers and crossing small villages, coca plantations, coffee and a lot of kind of fruits and walking on the old real Inka trail which connect to the city of the Incas.
In the afternoon we will take a relaxing in the hot spring which is good for rheumatism, stress, and also you going to recover the energy that you lost after the trek. In our third day is the waterfall and climb up the steep ladders to Putucusi Mountain (happy skull) all of this will be a dare for every one of us.
Hotel pick-up at 7:00am. We leave the city, seeing beautiful natural surroundings with rolling hills until we reach the town of Chinchero overlooking the Sacred Valley at about 2700 masl.
After descending these mountains we arrive to a brief stop at Ollantaytambo where we start the 46 km. uphill to the ABRA MALAGA (Mountain Pass at 4350 masl) approx. at midday, the starting point again to our downhill, just in case the weather be not good for riding bikes due to haze, raining or snow, we'll go further down with the bus for about 30 minutes to the next place being the village of Carrizales where we'll rest a bit and have lunch, after that we descend to the hot valleys of the cloud forest towards QUILLABAMBA, this downhill will last about 5 hours, passing by little rustic villages, ravines and streams. We arrive to the first major town of Santa Maria. (dinner and overnight camping or in a familiar guest house).
*All schedules are subject to slight variations due to weather or availability. (L, D)
We get up very early this time at 5 am. And get a good healthy breakfast to start walking over a flat area by the Urubamba riverside for about 1½ hours. Then we continue to go up the route for 1 more hour taking the ancient Inka jungle trail, a rustic and rough road full of rocks and stones (with some steps on it), crossing the river using old Oroyas (Cable car bridges) and footbridges... we can observe various wild animals of the region like birds (parrots, hummingbirds, hawks, guans, etc), fruit & medicine plants like bananas, avocados, yuca, mangos, pineapples, oranges, pacay, tangerines, cacao, coffee and coca crops, etc... Then arriving to the village of Q´ellumayu, where we get some rest and have lunch…After that we go on with our trek walking by the river for about 2 hours to arrive to the hot springs of Santa Teresa.
We relax and soak for about 1 hour and continue walking for 45 minute more to arrive to the second major town of Santa Teresa. (We rest, dinner & overnight here). (B, L, D)
*All schedules are subject to slight variations due to weather or availability.
We get up at 7:00 am. And have breakfast, and then we continue our trek to the Hydroelectric Power Plant for about 2 ½ hours. This part of the trek is called “the waterfall day” where we´ll pass many cascades and specially one falling from 45 m above being the smallest. The option is to get a shower in one of these. Once we reach the Power Plant we can visit a small archeological site nearby including an Intiwatana (Sundial) after this, we have some rest and get lunch, we continue after that for about 2 ½ hours more as we reach to our final destination today...Aguas Calientes (B,L,D)
*All schedules subject to change due to avaibility.
We get up early at 4:30 am to have enough time to climb up the steep path to the MACHU PICCHU Sanctuary in about 1:30 h. and watch the sunrise, then you get private tour with your guide for 2hours, after that you can wander freely until noon to relax, take snapshots, walk and also climb up to the Wayna Picchu summit or just stroll to the Intipunku or the Inka Drawbridge.
We return down to Aguas Calientes town at 1:30 pm, just to be on time to each the train back to Ollantaytambo at 3 pm. (train leaves at 4.20 or 4:45 pm). (B)
NOTE: We can offer a US$15 discount to students with a valid International Student Identity Card ISIC and children under the age of 12 years old.
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