Classic Inca Trail 4 days to Machu Picchu

Recommended by 95% of travelers

Cusco, Peru

4 days (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

The Inca Trail is widely considered the best way to reach UNESCO–listed Machu Picchu on foot, but organizing accommodation, meals, and transportation to explore independently takes time. On this tour, enjoy round-trip transport from your Cusco hotel, and follow the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu with the key logistics covered. With your guide to lead the way, follow rugged hiking trails and arrive at Machu Picchu for sunrise.

Take the famous Inca Trail to UNESCO–listed Machu Picchu
Key logistics like accommodation, meals, and transportation are covered
Your guide leads the way through the dense jungle
Hassle-free round-trip transport from your Cusco hotel

What's Included

Pick up from Hotel and Transfer from Cusco to km 82 (Trailhead)
Professional Tour Guide
Camping equipment, Tents, air mats, cooking tents and portable chairs and tables
Meals: 4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 3 dinners Vegetarian option with no extra cost.
Inca Trail and Machupicchu Permits and Tickets
Porters to carry all camping equipment as well as food
Train Expedition back from aguas calientes to Ollantaytambo and bus back to cusco

Breakfast day 1 and lunch day 4

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

all passenger have to give the name of the hotels

Operating hours

11/21/2025 - 01/31/2027
Monday - Sunday : 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

What To Expect

Quechuas Expeditions

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
1 poly/fleece (wind stopper) jacket
1 poly/fleece light weight sweater
1 lightweight long sleeved shirt (optional)
2-3 T-shirts
1 rain poncho (preferable) or rain jacket
Infant seats available
1 pair wind/rain pants (Gore-tex or similar)
1 pair lightweight cotton pants (loose jeans/khakis)
1 lightweight fleece pants
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Foot & hand wear
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
2 pairs wool or synthetic socks
1 pair of (used) trekking boots
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
1 pair of wool or fleece gloves
1 wool or fleece hat
1 sunhat

Travelers should have a strong physical fitness level
1 pair sun glasses that provide good UV protection
1 sleeping bag (rated to -11 C / 12 F)
1 good (day) backpack
2 walking poles
1 headlamp (preferable) or torch
1 water bottle
Water sterilizing tablets (Micropur)
Sun block
1 lip balm (spf 16)
Insect repellent
Towel and soap
Toiletry kit
Toilet paper
Personal medicines
Camera and extra memory cards
Spare battery for your camera
Binoculars
Sleeping bag
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Reviews

4.8

based on 66 reviews

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The guide, cook, and porters were excellent, but Quechuas Expeditions was subpar

Jeff_J, May 2025

Our guide, Freddy, was excellent and had great knowledge of Quechuan history and culture. The cook, Armando, was also excellent and prepared meals, worthy of a fine restaurant using camp cooking equipment. Finally, our porters were extremely capable, helpful, and kind. On the other hand, the company, Quechuas Expeditions, was disorganized and did not seem very interested in our trip. For example, unlike other companies, whose clients were hiking around us, they did not provide a clean portable toilet, but instead left us to use the atrocious bathroom facilities along the Inca Trail. Also, the guide was not scheduled to accompany us all the way from Machu Picchu to our hotel. Rather, we learned on the third day that he was scheduled to leave us at Machu Picchu and that we would need to get our bus ticket on our own to Machu Picchu Pueblo and find our equipment left by the porters in that town and then find our own way to the train. Thankfully, our guide agreed to stay with us through the process of getting on the train. Otherwise, we would have had a great deal of difficulty trying to negotiate that process. Finally, they did not provide any treated water or filtered water for us. Rather, we had to use our own water filter, which thankfully we had brought along just in case. Even though we paid a top price for this trip, we clearly did not get the same sort of treatment and direction that other hikers received using other companies. I would not recommend using Quechuas Expeditions.