Inca Jungle Trek to Machu Picchu - 4 Day (Biking-Rafting-Zipline)

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Cusco – Biking – Rafting – Santa Maria
1 stop
1
Sacred Valley
Pick up from the hotel at 6:30 am passing through beautiful towns at the Sacred Valley, and after an hour and a half drive we’ll take a break near at the historic Inca village of “Ollantaytambo,” where you can have breakfast or simply take a break. After we keep going to “Abra Malaga” Pass (4,350 m.a.s.l.). There, you’ll get ready and receive a biking tutorial, then it begins your thrilling 45-kilometers downhill ride with a stunning vista of the snow-capped “Veronica Peak.” Once we arrive at Incan site of Huamanmarca we will enjoy a short break, then we will take our private transportation that will take us to our lodge in Santa Maria to eat a great meal. In the afternoon, we offer rafting on the Vilcanota River where our guide will offer safety equipment such as helmets, windbreakers life jackets. You can enjoy this rafting adventure for about 2 hours. also participants must be able to swin. In the evening, we return to “Santa Maria” for our dinner and stay the first night.
9 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Santa María – Santa Teresa – Cocalmayo Hot Spring
2 stops
2
After breakfast we will take a walk of approximately 5 hours, where we will have the opportunity to be in contact with the tropical jungle, flora, fauna, medicinal plants that locals use to cure a variety of diseases. Also we will have the opportunity to walk a short section of the original Inca trail (1,758 m.a.s.l.), which belonged to the Antisuyo (Amazon route to Machu Picchu) After, we will enjoy a local lunch with one of the families in the area, who will kindly prepare our local lunch. After a short rest, we will continue our hike, and upon completing the route, we will take local transportation to Santa Teresa, near the hot springs (Entrance Not Included) where we will spend approximately two hours relaxing and swimming, a highly recommended activity after several hours of walking, as well as to relieve some joint and muscle pain thanks to the medicinal properties of the waters. After we will take local transportation to our lodge and enjoy dinner in the town of Santa Teresa.
10 hours • Admission ticket free
3
The thermal medicinal baths of Santa Teresa are located in the middle of a beautiful sub-tropical jungle landscape, with an average annual temperature of 21°. The rainy season, as in the entire department of Cusco, begins between the months of November and December, usually ending in April, and is characterized by torrential rains that can in some cases cause landslides and roadblocks. During the summer season -or winter- with a dry climate. It is between the months of May and October, these being the best months to travel. It consists of three large pools with crystalline and transparent waters coming from the subsoil, the temperature of the water varies between 38° and 45° Celsius. The complex has changing rooms for both men and women. These medicinal waters are attributed healing properties for skin problems, rheumatism or joint pain, being at the same time a natural source of hydromassage and relaxation. Entering at night is also an unforgettable experience.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 3
Santa Teresa – Zip Line– Hidroelectrica Train Station - Aguas Calientes
1 stop
4
This day will be also one of the most unforgettable experience! This day, after breakfast, we will enjoy a full-adrenaline activity: “Zipline + Tibetan Bridge.” For this experience, we will glide along 4 different cables of varying lengths: 2 cables of 440 meters each and 2 cables of 900 meters each, totaling nearly 2,880 meters in length. In addition, we will have the thrill of crossing a 250-meter-long Tibetan bridge. Afterwards, we will travel to the train station at Hidroeléctrica for lunch and then continue with a 10-kilometer (approximately 3-hour) hike, where we will enjoy beautiful landscapes, flora, and fauna before arriving at the town of Aguas Calientes. You will also admire beautiful Inca agricultural terraces, seemingly suspended on the edge of the mountain’s cliff, which today form part of the archaeological complex of Machu Picchu. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
10 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Machu Picchu – Cusco
2 stops
5
Machu Picchu
We get up very early at 4:30 am to have breakfast and then we will prepare for an ascent to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu of approximately one and a half hour, or in a optional way you can also take a bus to go up to Machu Picchu instead of to walk. Then we enter Machu Picchu in the morming, after you will have a guided tour of approximately two and a half hours where we will visit very important places of Machu Picchu, such as the urban area, the main square, the temple of the sun, the agricultural terraces, the temple of the three windows, among other important places. At the end of the visit, almost 3 hours to connect the return path to Hidroeléctrica from Machu Picchu to be able to take our transportation to get back to the city of Cusco, arriving approx. 20:00 p.m. (Main Square) Remenber as well, as a optional way you can also take the train to go back to Cusco from Machu Picchu instead of to walk again to Hidroelectrica to board our transportation and so come back to Cusco.
12 hours • Admission ticket included
6
Machu Picchu
At the top of the mountain, large and impressive blocks of stone joined together without any amalgamation make up one of the most important religious, political and cultural centers of the Inca empire: Machu Picchu. Discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, the Inca City is divided into two large sectors: the agricultural, with a vast network of platforms or artificial terraces, and the urban, with beautiful buildings such as the Temple of the Sun. Machu Picchu is today a World Heritage Site and the pride of Peru. Located in the heart of the Peruvian Andes, built around 1450 and discovered in 1911 Due to its strategic location on top of a high mountain, there are various theories about what it could mean for the Incas. Some maintain that it was built as a great mausoleum for the Inca Pachacútec, while others affirm that it was an important administrative and agricultural center whose cultivation areas served to support its inhabitants.
3 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Prior to confirming your reservation, kindly ensure you send photographs of passports or IDs with valid expiration dates for the purchase of Machu Picchu tickets. Should your passport be expired, please notify us at the time of booking and initiate the renewal process accordingly.

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