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6 nights / 7 days at $2600 per person double occupancy (2 persons in a room) and $3100 per person for private accommodations.  BOOK BEFORE MAY 1ST AND GET $500 OFF USING PROMO CODE PCFADVENTURE at checkout. Many people take in Machu Picchu by train but our Pro Core Fitness troops will embark on the epic 3 night/4 day Inca Trail. The Peruvian government limits the number of people hiking this scenic trail so this is a big deal. The first day will be spent in Cusco, a UNESCO World Heritage city, where we will enjoy a 3 hour city tour.  The second day features all the best of the picturesque Sacred Valley. We will visit Saqsayhuaman, Tambomachay, Pisaq and Ollantaytambo. On day 3 we will set our sights on the trail. The Inca Trail 4 day Trek to Machu Picchu is a truly amazing, educational, challenging and must have experience in your life time. Our 4 day trek on the traditional Inca trail covers 33.7 miles over 4 days. We cross over 3 passes with the highest at 4,215m/ 13,828 feet. Cusco sits at 3,400m/ 11,152 feet and the city of Machu Picchu sits at 2,430m/ 7,972 feet on the edge of the Amazon. The positioning of Machu Picchu and the incredible way the Inca’s re enforced the mountain below the city from possible earthquakes, hand carved each structure, managed to cultivate crops, redirect water and positioned the city out of reach of invaders in truly remarkable. The journey to Machu Picchu will leave you inspired with true admiration for the incredible Incan people who ran these trials over 500 years ago. While in Cusco 3 we will be staying at the 4 star Aranwa Boutique Hotel. Please review our Pro Core Fitness daily schedule in the itinerary section. Please note that if the Peruvian Government closes the Inca Trail down due to Covid reasons we will do the 4 day Lares trek. Our group will still visit Machu Picchu. We don't expect this to happen, but we need to have a back up just in case. DFW based You Can't Steal My Happy tours and Pro Core Fitness are excited to partner up and offer you this dream trip to Peru. 

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DAY 01: CUSCO - EXCURSION (CITY TOUR)
Arriving to Cusco to the airport we wait and transfer you to your hotel in Cusco, once at the hotel you will have chances to try an aromatic coca-leaf tea for the height of the city , and then you can relax and have lunch before the tour of the city.1:30 PM City Tour: we will meet you at your hotel lobby to begin our tour, we will visit the Temple of the Sun or Koricancha, the Plaza de Armas, the main streets, the San Pedro Market, we will also visit the 02 ruins near thecity, the Fortress of Sacsayhuaman and finally "Kenko", at 6:00 pm transferto the hotel.
Night hotel in Cusco.
https://aranwahotels.com/en/hotels/aranwa-cusco-boutique-hotel/

DAY 02: CUSCO - SACRED VALLEY OF THE INCAS
The tour start in Cusco at 7:30 AM, your guide will pick you up from your hotel lobby in Cusco, then we will travel by our private car to the sacred valley of the inkas for around 45 minutes, on the way we will stop in strategical view points, we will be able to see the Sacred Valley and get into the Inca history, once we arrive to Pisaq we will visit the famous typical craft market then, we will drive towards the ruins of Pisac, where we will see impressive agriculture terraces on the mountain and beautifull inka temples, after exploring we head to the town of Urubamba (one hour drive) we will meet for lunch at a local Andean restaurant. This meal is not included in the tour, they usually offer buffet lunch (it cost $ 20 USD per person). After lunch, will drive next to the Urubamba River towards to Ollantaytambo. Once we reach this village we will visit the Inka City, and the important area of Incan construction, built during the Inca’s heydays, Ollantaytambo Fortress that constituted a strategic military, agricultural and religious center to administer and control the Sacred Valley of the Incas; this is deduced by the constructions that presumably were for agricultural deposits and for military use like walls and watchtowers (probably to protect themselves from the jungle ethnic groups). This archaeological sitecomprises a series of overlapping terraces, showing the impressive and large stone blocks finely carved and located on the upper terrace, where descendants of the Incas are still living in the inkas houses. On the way back to Cusco, we'll visit the picturesque village of Chinchero where there are the remains of the "Royal Hacienda of Tupac Inca Yupanqui". You will admire its well preserved Inca Wall in the Main Square and visit the beautiful colonial temple with interesting frescoes on theportico, this temple was built on the foundations of an Inca building.Here we can also visit its artisan market and enjoy the demonstration of the natural dyeing of wool and tissues.
The tour of the Sacred Valley ends in Cusco 6:00 PM approximately.
Upon our arrival in Cusco
https://aranwahotels.com/en/hotels/aranwa-cusco-boutique-hotel/

DAY 3: INCA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU (DAY 01:
CUSCO - KM 82 - WAYLLABAMBA.)
Pick-up from the hotel early in the morning at 06:00 a.m, transfer by bus to Km. 82 starting point of our walk, we'll pass through the villages of Chinchero, Urubamba and Ollantaytambo. The first section of this circuit will be held along the Urubamba River with an excellent view of the snow-capped mountain of Veronica (5,900 masl), continue to the archaeological site of Llactapata by Cusi Chaca River Valley, we'll arrive near the town of Wayllabamba (3,000 masl) where we'll camp.
• Estimated time to walk: 4 to 5 hours.
• Total distance: 10 km
• Altitude of our camp: 3,000 masl.

DAY 4: INCA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU (DAY 02:
WAYLLABAMBA - WARMIWAÑUSKA - PACAYMAYU)
After breakfast, we'll start our walk, slowly we're going ascend to Warmiwañusca pass (4,200 masl) through a beautiful forest of Queñua. We will have great views of the Andean landscape, we will reach
Llulluchapampa (3,750 masl) at the foot of typical Abra pampas. After arriving at Warmiwañusca pass, we'll descend to Pacaymayo Valley (3,620 masl) where we'll camp. Here we could enjoy the extraordinary construction of the Inca Trail. In the afternoon of this day we will be able to explore the
area a bit and we will have a lot of time to rest and relax.
• Estimated time to walk: 7 to 8 hours.
• Total distance: 11 km
• Altitude of our camp: 3,620 masl.

DAY 5: INCA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU (DAY 03:
PACAYMAYO - CHAQICOCHA - WIÑAYWAYNA)
After breakfast, we'll start our trek, this is one of the most beautiful days of the Inca trail. We'll visit the archaeological site of Runkurakay from which a spectacular view of the area, remount the passage of the same name(3,800 masl), we'll continue towards the archaeological sites of Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca and Wiñaywayna, which are joined together by a wonderful path with original Inca white granite, among the lush vegetation of the forest. We'll observe the remarkable balance achieved by the Incas and their environment. Our camp is located near the archaeological site of Wiñaywayna (2,700 masl).
• Estimated time to walk: 9 to 10 hours.
• Total distance: 16 km
• Altitude of our camp: 2,700 masl.

DAY 6: INCA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU (DAY 04:
WIÑAYWAYNA - MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO)
This day, we'll get up early at 04:00 a.m. We'll take breakfast and start walking at 05:00 a.m. We'll say good bye to the porters because they'll return to Cusco with all the camping equipment. We will make our walk through a typical dense rainforest vegetation towards the "Puerta del Sol/Sungate" or Inti Punku, where we will have a tremendous panoramic view of the Inca citadel. At Machu Picchu, we'll get
there at about 07:00 a.m, Once here, we will have a guided tour of 2 hours to visit the most important places of Machu Picchu. Then, we'll have free time to visit Machu Picchu on our own.At opportune time we will go down in bus to the town of Aguas Calientes, where they will be able to take lunch in one of the varied restaurants that exist in this place. In the afternoon 4:12 PM we will board the return train to Ollantaytambo and from there by car to Cusco, the next hour of arrival to Cusco will be 8:00 PM, the tour ends with the transfer to their respective hotels.
• Estimated time to walk: 3 hours.
• Total distance: 6 km
• Altitude of Machu Picchu: 2,430 meters above sea level.
Hotel night in Cusco.
https://aranwahotels.com/en/hotels/aranwa-cusco-boutique-hotel/

DAY 7: CUSCO - LIMA
At the appropriate time, pick-up from the hotel and transfer to the airport to
take our flight back to Lima.
End of our service

Trip includes 

  Transfers airport - hotel airport.
• Excursion: City Tour (transport, tour guide and tickets).
• Excursion: sacred valley (transport, tour guide and entrances).
• Excursion: Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
• Pick up from the hotel in Cusco.
• Transfer to KM 82, starting point of the tour.
• Professional tour guide Spanish and English.
• Entrance ticket to the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu.
• Porters to carry all the equipment, tents, food, kitchen equipment,
restaurants and tents.
• 3 breakfasts, 3 appetizers, 3 lunches, and 3 dinners. All these meals
are prepared by our chef and his assistant.
• Boiled water after breakfast, to refill your water bottles (1 liter per
person).

• Oxygen if needed and first aid kit.
• Vegetarian food and special diets at the request of the client.
• Bus descending from Machu Picchu to the town of Aguas Calientes.
• Train to return to Ollantaytambo and then by car to Cusco.
• Transfer to the hotel at the end of the tour.
• Hotel 03 nights in Cusco.

Not Included

• Food lunches and dinners (except those of the Inca Trail).
• Sleeping bag can be rented at our office for the 4 day walk.
• International flights / domestic air flights Lima - Cusco - Lima
• Trip Insurance

Recommendations to bring

• Bring original passport "With expiration date not less than 7 months'

• Student card with current date.
• Carry a sleeping bag (can be rented at the agency).
• Carry hiking boots and sandals (very important).
• Carry trekking poles (can be rented at the agency).
• Coats: layers of varying temperatures, especially at night. Thermal /
gloves / scarves: woolen socks / woolen hat for cold nights, shirts for
the whole trek.
• Carry a headlamp (very important).
• Carry a camera and extra batteries.
• Carry sunscreen, hat and sunglasses.
• Carry personal medical kit.
• insect repellent.
• Rain gear: a good raincoat and rain pants and a plastic rain poncho.
• Carry toilet paper.
• Carry a small towel.
• Extra money for drinks and gratuities, souvenirs, etc. (soles or
dollars).
• Carry bathing suit for the hot springs.
• Carry a water bottle (recommended 1 liter)

Pricing:

This package is priced at $2600 per person shared room or $3100 per person private room. A $1000 Non Refundable Deposit must be paid at the time of booking to secure your trail permit. You can receive $500 off the package price if you enter the promo code PCFADVENTURE  when you secure the deposit. The balance of your trip must be paid 60 days before departure date which is July 2nd 2021. This is a land based package only, so r/t airfare to Lima and Lima to Cusco is not included. You are responsible for all tips and gratuities.

Getting There:

Nonstop flights to Lima operate daily from New York, Newark, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Houston, and Los Angeles. There are hourly flights from Lima (LIM) to Cusco(CUZ) on Peruvian Airlines, Lan Chile, Star Peru, Viva Air and Avianca . 

Peru Entry Requirements 

Government's around the world continue to adjust their entry requirements during this pandemic. I will update you of any changes as we get closer. At this time you can enter into Peru without quarantine. Currently, Peru requires inbound international passengers on commercial flights have either a negative real-time COVID-19 molecular (RT-PCR), negative antigen test result, or a medical certificate of epidemiological discharge that is no more than 72 hours old after being issued and before boarding the plane. Children under the age of 12 can present a certificate of health issued by a medical doctor in lieu of a negative test. All passengers must also complete an affidavit of health (found here: https://e-notificacion.migraciones.gob.pe/dj-salud/).

Terms and Conditions

Both the  deposit and final balance paid within 60 days are NON REFUNDABLE. If you do cancel and I can find another person to take your spot I will refund you your monies paid minus the $500 Inca Trail permit which is non transferable. Pre payments are required months in advance to secure hotel rooms and tours. You Can't Steal My Happy is not responsible for trip cancelations due to miss airline connections, weather or medical. Everyone who attends a You Can't Steal My Happy Trip is required to sign an electronic liability release form. In the event the Peruvian Government closes the Inca Trail for hikers we will do the 4 day Lares Hike.

 You Can’t Steal My Happy recommends that you purchase a travel protection plan to help protect you and your travel investment against the unexpected. For your convenience, we offer travel protection through Travelex Insurance Services. For more information on the available plans or to enroll, click on the link below or contact Travelex Insurance Services at 800-228-9792 and reference location number 43-0656    “Travel Insurance is underwritten by, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, NAIC #22276. 55Y”

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