Itinerary
Day 1: Cusco - Santa Maria (Biking)
we will pick you up between 7:30 to 8.00 am, then we will leave the city by bus seeing beautiful natural surroundings with rolling hills passing the town of Chinchero overlooking the Sacred Valley at about 2700 m.a.s.l.
After descending this mountainside we arrive to a brief stop in Ollantaytambo where we start the 46 km. uphill to the ABRA MALAGA (Mountain Pass at 4350 m.a.s.l.) approx. at 11:00am, the starting point again to our downhill, just in case the weather is not good for riding bikes due to haze, raining or snow, we'll go further down with the bus for about 30 more minutes to the next place being the town of “Carrizales” where we'll rest a bit and get lunch, after that we will descend to the hot valley of the high jungle towards QUILLABAMBA, this downhill will last about 5 hours, passing by little rustic villages, ravines, fruit groves and streams arriving in a small village (Santa Maria) where we will spend our first night.
Day 2: Santa Maria - Santa Teresa (Treeking)
we will get a healthy breakfast to start walking over a flat area by the Urubamba riverside for about 1 hour. Then we continue to walk up the route 3 more hours 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 (Cablecar bridges) and footbridges... we can observe various wild animals of the region like birds, fruits & medicine plants , then arriving to the town of Qellumayu where we will rest and have lunch, After that we will continue with our trek walking by the river two more hours to the hot springs.
We will relax for about 1 hour and continue walking 30 more minutes to arrive in SANTA TERESA town, approx. at 6:00pm and spend another night.
Day 3: Santa Teresa - Machupicchu Pueblo (Treeking)
this morning after breakfast we will continue our trekking to the Hydroelectric (power plant), This part of the trek is called the waterfall day where well pass many cascades and specially one falling from 45 m above being the smallest.
Once we reach the Power Plant and have some rest and get lunch, we will continue our trip two more hours as we reach to our final destination today to Machu Picchu pueblo known as “ Aguas Calientes” town (At the foot to citadel of Machu Picchu) arriving there at about 5.30:00pm. Night in a hostel.
Day 4: Machupicchu - Cusco
We will wake up at 4:30 am to have enough time to climb the steep path to MACHU PICCHU Sanctuary in about 1:30 h. and enjoy the sunrise, then you will get private guide within the citadel of Machupicchu for 2hours approximately, after that you can wander freely until noon to relax, take snapshots, walk and also climb up to Wayna Picchu(optional) or just stroll to the Intipunku or the Inka’s Drawbridge.
You can enjoy your visit to Machupicchu as long as you want. They close Machupicchu at 4PM and whenever you decide take the bus down to Aguas Calientes to wait for the return train: The return train will leave Aguas Calientes at 6:45PM and will take you to Ollantaitambo in two hours.
We will pick you up at train station and bring you back to Cusco by bus. We reach Cusco by 10:30PM.
Includes
- Bus transport from Cusco to biking point
- Biking equipment for a 3 hour down hill biking
- 2 nights basic hostels + 01 night hostel in Aguas Calientes
- 01 lunch,01 dinner, 01 breakfast
- Entrance ticket to Machupicchu
- Guide visit in Machupicchu
- Professional guide
- Return train ticket Machupicchu - Ollataitambo
- Bus transfer from train station to Cusco