Today will wake up having hot drinks at 4:30 am after 1 hours packing our belonging in our duffel will have our breakfast to start the challenging day, we will start on the original Inca trail and reach the highest altitude of our hike. We will begin at 6:00 am and walk for approximately 4 hours along the hike will see different varieties of vegetations and microclimates and enjoying of how high of elevation we ascending little by little until reach DEAD WOMANS PASS, which is 4,215 meters or 13,828 feet above sea level these is the high pass in our journey of this hike. From here we will walk downward for about 2 hours this part can be challenging too since there are a lot steep steps original pilgrimage inka trail afterward we will have a break for lunch cooked by our chef, PACAYMAYU 3,600 meter / 11,811 ft. After lunch, we will journey for 45 mins inclined steep steps until RUNQURAQAY another archeological site guided by your tour guide then we have the last uphill steps to the second pass which is call RUNQURAQAY PASS 4,000 meters or 13,123 feet above sea level. From here we will see the big change of two amazing ecosystems the end of the Andes and we go down to explore the biggening of the jungle another which these fists’ part can be challenging steep steps for 1 hour until our last Inka archeological sites here will explore the religious sites one wonderful place with a lot of energy and peacefully place once we end this will continue hiking our last gentle trail to our camp site about 45 min. We will spend the night in CHAQUICOCHA, which is about 3,600 meters or 11,811 feet above sea level. approx. time to arrive to the camp site 5:00 pm once the hike is over, joined us to have our happy hour and them to enjoy our dinner around 7 pm.

• Distance: 16 km / 9, 94 miles.
• Highest altitude: 4,215 meters / 13,828 feet.
• Lowest altitude: 3,250 meters / 10, 6622 feet.
• Considered: a hard day.

This will be the easiest day of our hike with a short hours of hike as every morning the wake up will be with hot drinks around 5:30 am then will begin at 7:00 am and walk for about 2 hours through beginning of the jungle and you will notice that the trail will incline gradually as we go on. As we walk, we will enjoy beautiful views of snowy mountain ranges in the distance, such as SALKANTAY and green valley’s then will walk until we arrive to the third pass PHUYUPATAMARCA 3,680 meter / 12,073 ft (the town above the cloud) here your guide will show you the archeological site and you will also be able to enjoy the views of the Machupicchu mountain range and see again the sacred valley. From here we will begin our descent challenging steep step day to the campsite (about a 3-hour walk). We will pass through the archeological site of INTIPATA (The Platform of the Sun) around 2 pm will eat our last lunch at the camp site WIÑAYHUAYNA (forever young). Here after lunch your guide will give you a short tour of this impressive archeological site. Then you will have time to rest at the camp site until the evening when we will have the last dinner and our last ceremony in order to say good bye to our porter then we go to bed early in preparation for the following day.

• Distance: 10 km / 6,21 miles.
• Highest altitude: 3,680 meters / 12,073 feet.
• Lowest altitude: 2,680 meters / 8,792 feet.
• Considered: an easy day .

finally the last day is where most people ask why do we have to wake up early and since many years the porters take the early train from aguas calientes and one of the reasons that we have to wake up early is for them. We are leaving early from the camp site 3:30 am in order to wait at the checkpoint from the last camp site and around 5:30 am the checkpoint will be open and we are starting to walk gradually between 1 hour until sun gate here will find the last famous gringo killer or known as the monkey steps the last uphill 52 steps will reach at sun gate around 6:30 am where will see the first amazing view of MACHUPICCHU will take photos there’s de then we continue facing Machupicchu for about 45 min walking to Machupicchu.
Once we arrive in MACHUPICCHU we will take an official group photo before heading to the checkpoint where you will need to show your passports to enter the citadel of the sanctuary of Machupicchu. Here we will have a 2-hour guided walking tour of MACHUPICCHU and after the walking tour we will take a bus back to Aguas Calientes where you will have enough time for lunch before taking the 2.55 pm train back to Ollantaytambo. There will be a bus waiting here to take you back to Cusco around 6:30pm to your hotel.

• Distance: 5 km / 3,10 miles.
• Machupicchu elevation: 2,400 meters / 7,874 feet.
• Considered: a short moderate day.