Additional Inca trail information

THE PRICE INCLUDES:

– Pick up and transfer from Lima airport to your Hotel

– Flight Cusco/Lima/Lima

– Hotel in Lima

– Hotel in Cusco

– Tour into the sacred valley on the Incas

– Transfer Cuzco Hotel / Km. 82

– Permit to the Inka Trail

– Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu

– Bus ticket Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes

– Train ticket Aguas Calientes ““ Cusco

– Transfer train station / Hotel

– Porters (carry tents and cooking equipment) and cooks

– Guided visit to Machu Picchu and the ruins along the trail.

– Bilingual professional guide during all Inca Trail circuit.

– All meals along the excursion.

– Camping equipment including tents, kitchen tent, mattresses, etc.

– Equipment of the kitchen all quirurgits

– Vegetarian food available on request with no extra charge.

– Transfer station ““ Hotel in Cusco

THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

– Personal Equipment of trekking

– Additional Taxi

– Lunch and Dinner on the last day

– Visit to the Hot Springs in Aguas Calientes

– Tips

WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU BRING:

– A backpack with a change of clothes for the whole period of the trek

– Rain jacket or Poncho (Plastic rain Ponchos can be purchased in Cusco or on the way to the trail starting point)

– Strong footwear, ideally trekking boots you have broken in

– Warm clothes, including Fleece layers and warm jacket or down jacket

– Sleeping bag ““ 10c graded sleeping bag

– Mattress (by us but to be carried by you)

– Head torch and spare batteries

– Camera, film, SD Card and batteries

– Sun hat or cap to protect your face from the sun/cold

– Sun block 35

– Insect repellent

– Toilet paper

– Snacks: biscuits, energy bars, chocolate, etc

– Water bottle and sterilizing tablets

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

Porters can be hired to help carry your personal items such as clothes, sleeping bag etc. The services of a third of a porter (maximum 18kg or 20lb per person) can be hired for US$180. If you hire the services of a third of a porter (you will need to supply the small padlock). However, even with this service you will still need to take a daypack to carry
your essential items such as rain poncho, warm fleece, camera and water bottle.

Please note that due to new government regulations the maximum number of porters that we can use in each group has now been capped. This is why we have had to limit the maximum amount of personal equipment that you can give to a porter to carry for you to 10kg or 20lb per person. (The maximum amount that each porter can carry on the Inca Trail has also been limited to 18kg or 20lb per porter). Approximately 40% of our clients hire the services of an extra third porter.

EQUIPMENT RENT

– Sleeping bags $20 for 4 days.

– Extra porter USD$ 180 (one porter could carry up to 18 kg)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR INCA TRAIL MACHU PICCHU

The authorities allow only 500 people per day on the Inca Trail. This number includes trekkers, guides, porters and cooks. So to trek the Inca Trail is essential to book months in advance. The availability of quotas for the Inca Trail is the same for all agencies.

We will buy your Inca Trail trek permit using the names & passport numbers that you send us with your trek booking application. You must bring these same passports with you to Cuscoand take them on the Inca Trail. If the name or number in your passport is different from the name and number on the trek permit, the government authorities will not allow you to start the trek and you will not be entitled to a refund. If you plan to renew your passport between making the trek booking and actually starting the trek you will must bring both passports (New and Old).

If you make a trek booking at the student price you must send us a copy of your ISIC card at the time you pay the trek deposit. If you fail to bring your ISIC card on the trek the government authorities will not allow you to start the trek. You will not be given the opportunity to pay the extra difference in Price.

On the other hand, you must have the following information to reserve as in your passport and from each participant in your group:

– Trek departure date

– Prior arrival date in Cusco

– Name (as in your passport)

– Middle Name

– Surname

– Passport Number

– Citizenship

– Birth date

– Special Food Requirement

– Height

– Gender: Male / Female

– Student with ISIC card: No / Yes

– Accommodation in Cusco(Address and Phone Number)

Important: Kindly note that once your spot is reserve and confirmed it is non refundable and does not allow making any modifications like names or passport numbers.