Itinerary
Day 1.- Cusco – Ollantaytambo – Km 104 Chachabamba – Aguas Calientes (Machupicchu Town)
This day starts picking you up from your respective hotel, we normally start at 4:00 in the morning, our private transport is in charge to drive you until Ollantaytambo, a small town where the train station is located, we catch one of the first train on the way to Aguas Calientes but our stop has to be at Chachabamba – Km 104 of the railway, there is where we start the hike, 9 miles is the total distance that we cover during this day, the end of the Inca Trail is Machupichu but a previous view at the Sun Gate makes to stay there for a while, enjoying the amazing landscape of Machupicchu and surroundings.
The visit at Machupicchu Inca Site is not for a long time, since the day 2 is organized for that, after taking some pictures of the citadel, we catch one of the bus which goes to Aguas Calientes, it take 30 minutes driving, a very nice and warm hotel awaits for our staying there.
The first day ends having a peruvian dinner where stories and laughs are shared meanwhile.
Day 2: Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Cusco
Our tour guide organizes the schedule for this day, we have to catch one of the buses to Machupicchu followed by the tour which normally takes like 2 hours and half, the most important places of the citadel are properly explined by our tour guide, once the tour finishes, the bus transport to Aguas Calientes is the following step to complete this tour, you will have enough time to have lunch wherever you decide at the town of Machupicchu, our the train to Ollantaytambo departs in the afternoon and a private transport awaits for us at the train station, it wil drive us back to Cusco.