HAPPY IN Machu Picchu
DURATION
6 NIGHTS / 7 DAYS
DEPOSIT $500
Per Person
Shared room : From $1400
or $1700 Private Room
Featuring one day Inca Trail hike, Machu Picchu tour, Cusco city tour, Sacred Valley and Highland School donation.
THE EXPERIENCE
The second day features all the best of the picturesque Sacred Valley. We will visit Saqsayhuaman, Tambomachay, Pisaq and Ollantaytambo.
On the third day we visit a traditional Andean community where locals teach us their traditions and costumes.
On the fourth day we will embark on an unforgettable 7-9 hour hike on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. This is a level two 8 mile hike and we will have four experienced local guides leading our group. This is one of the highlights of the trip, and you can walk the trail at your own pace. If you suffer from knee pain, back pain or vertigo you may want to reconsider hiking the Inca Trail.
Those of you who wish to donate to the highland village school we will visit on the sixth day will receive a list of items the school needs. This is an active trip for fun minded people. If you enjoy laughing, dancing, exploring and adventure, then this trip is for you. Absolutely no drama allowed! Bring a family member or friend, but make sure they are fun!
Machu Picchu
What’s Included:
- All transfers airport – hotel – airport.
- Walking tour Cusco (Guides and all entrance tickets)
- Tour Cusco ruins and sacred valley (transportation, guides, and all entrance tickets).
- Inca trail tour 2D/1N ((bus, guides, entrance tickets, train tickets)
- Food on the Inca trail 1 lunch (1st day inca trail), 1 dinner (1st day inca trail), 1 breakfast (2nd day inca trail)
- Porters and cook in charge of food preparation.
- All breakfast at the hotels.
- Hotel in Cusco – 2 nights
- Hotel in Ollantaytambo – 2 nights
- Hotel Aguas Calientes – 2 nights
- Vivencial tour at Willoq or Patacancha (Transportation, tour guide, lunch and activities with local people).
What’s Not Included:
• Food lunches and dinners (except food in the Inca trail).
• Flight tickets Lima – Cusco – Lima.
• Huaynapicchu mountain (extra $ 75 USD per person)
End of the services.
Meals not mentioned in the itinerary are not included. Personal Drinks, any additional activities or transfers, gratuities, medical expenses or additional entrance fees to theatres, parks, museums/visitor centres not outlined in this itinerary, additional travel expenses or waiting time. Travel insurance are travelers responsibility.
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Trip Overview
Day 1 :
RECEPTION IN CUSCO – WALKING TOUR IN THE CITY
AM or PM reception at the airport in Cusco and transfer to the hotel.
• 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM walking tour in the city.
• We will visit Koricancha, Plaza de Armas and main streets of Cusco.
• Overnight in Cusco Xima Hotel https://www.ximahotels.com/language/en/our-hotels-in-cusco
Day 2 :
CUSCO – SACRED VALLEY TOUR – OLLANTAYTAMBO
Breakfast at the hotel.
• 9:00 AM we leave from Cusco to Sacred Valley.
• Places to visit Saqsayhuamana, Pisaq market and ruins and Ollantaytambo market and ruins.
• Overnight in Ollantaytambo http://sol-natura.hotelvallesagrado.com/en/
Day 3 :
Vivencial tour with Andean communities at the hight lands of Willoq and Patacancha close to Ollantaytambo town
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• After breakfast 9:00 AM, we will take our car and travel for about 30 minutes,
where the local people of Willoq and Patacancha give us a warm welcome with music, dances, and their typical costumes, and then receive the typical costumes, and dress like the inhabitants.
After that we will have some activities with them.
Activity 1: “Tissue Demonstration”
Activity 2: “Demonstration of agriculture work”
Activity 3: “pay of the land”: We will know the mystical side of Patacancha, the payment to the Pachamama or Mother earth,
Activity 4: Typical and delicious lunch prepared by the community.
Activity 5: Social work and presents delivery to Patacancha school,
2:30 pm Return to Ollantaytambo and free afternoon at the town to walk by their own.
• Overnight in Ollantaytambo http://sol-natura.hotelvallesagrado.com/en/
Day 4 :
OLLANTANTA – INCA TRAIL KM 104 – MACHU PICCHU – Aguas Calientes
6:00 AM Breakfast at the hotel.
• 7:45 AM we take train to Km 104 (1 hour and 10 minutes).
• Around 8:30 AM we start walking Km 104 – Chachabamba – wiñayhuayna (around 4 hours).
For those not wishing to hike, they will stay on the train and continue onto Aguas Calientes for an afternoon free to explore or relax on their own.
• Lunch in Wiñayhuayna
• After lunch walking wiñayhuayna – sun gate – Machu Picchu (around 3 hours).
• 4:00 PM we take bus Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes (30 minutes).
• Overnight in Aguas Calientes https://www.intipunku.pe
Day 5 :
MACHU PICCHU FULL DAY
• AM Breakfast at the hotel.
• 8:00 am (bus Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu)
• Guided tour in Machu Picchu 2 hours (9:00 AM to 11:00 AM).
• Free afternoon in the town of Aguas Calientes (optional visit the hot spring).
• Overnight in Aguas Calientes https://www.intipunku.pe
• Dinner in the restaurant Apu Salkantay
Day 6 :
AGUAS CALIENTES – CUSCO
• AM breakfast at the hotel.
• 8:30 AM train Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo
• 10:30 AM bus Ollantaytambo to Cusco.
• 12:00 PM we will be arriving to Cusco.
• Free afternoon in Cusco.
• Overnight in Cusco Xima https://www.ximahotels.com/language/en/our-hotels-in-cusco
Day 7 :
CUSCO – LIMA
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• At appropriate time, pick up from hotel and transfer to airport for your flight back to Lima.
End of the services.
Terms and Conditions
Group Trip Cancellations.
If YCSMH has to cancel a group trip because a country has closed its borders, everyone will have a choice of receiving a refund or being rolled over to another group trip. The decision to cancel a group trip will be determined by myself and our local guides.
DEPOSITS PAID- CANCEL WITH NO REPLACEMENT
If you cancel a booking and cannot find a replacement the FULL deposit amount will be lost from the original person making the reservation.
DEPOSITS PAID- CANCEL WITH A REPLACEMENT – $100 Penalty
If YOU cancel and find your own replacement that “helps” but it doesn’t alleviate the time and effort I must spend to get your replacement up to speed (answer questions and send previous emails). A $100 fee will be charged if you cancel and find your own replacement.
FULL PAYMENTS PAID- CANCEL WITH NO REPLACEMENT- 90 DAYS BEFORE TRIP DEPARTURE
Full payments for all Happy trips are due 90 days before departure. If you cancel the trip you will not be eligible to receive a refund. You will need to file a claim with your insurance provider. As a rule most tour vendors, charter companies and hotels require full payment 90 days before arrival. Once we have made reservations MOST resorts, Charter companies, rental shops, etc hold YCSMH financially responsible (i.e. we have to pay them, hence we expect YOU to pay us).
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FULL PAYMENTS PAID- CANCEL WITH A REPLACEMENT- 90 DAYS BEFORE TRIP DEPARTURE
In the event of a cancellation, YCSMH will gladly help find a replacement but the responsibility to find the replacement is that of the person canceling. If you find a replacement to fill your spot you will be eligible for a full refund minus a $100 fee.
If YCSMH finds you a replacement you will receive a refund minus the trip deposit. As I mentioned there is a considerable amount of time and effort spent to send out emails to your replacement to get them up to speed.
I hope this helps clarify our terms as we all navigate through this post pandemic world. For those of us who are passionate travelers the small inconveniences of testing, insurance and entry requirements are well worth it.
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