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Day 05 Runcuracay / Chaq'icocha / Wiñay Wayna

Walk approximately 45 minutes up to reach the second pass at 3850 meters above sea level (12,628’), and visit Runcuracay, small circular ruins overlooking the Pacaymayo Valley below. We descend and proceed to the Sayacmarca archaeological site, reached by a stone staircase and surrounded on three sides by sheer cliff walls. With commanding views of surrounding snow-capped peaks, we make our way through an orchid and moss-draped cloud forest to the third pass and arrive at the impressive ruins of Phuyupatamarca (town in the clouds), passing by six Inca ritual baths and through an Inca tunnel. After lunch we head to Wiñay Wayna where we will spend our last night. (B,L,D)

Day 06 Wiñay Wayna / Machu Picchu / Cusco

After an early breakfast, we start on the final leg of the trek to Machu Picchu. We will arrive at Inti Punku, from which we will see the Machu Picchu citadel appear before our eyes. After a short hike down to Machu Picchu, we sign in and start on our 3 hour guided visit of the fascinating ruins complex, with its intricately carved steps, altars, walls, houses, portals and terraces. After experiencing the ruins in all their glory, we take the bus down to Aguas Calientes where we will have some free time before we board the return train to Cusco, transfer to Hotel. Accomodation. (B, L)

Shared Service

Booking

	Single	Double	Triple
Monasterio **** Superior room(cus)	---		---
Libertador Hotel***** (Cus)	---		---
Novotel**** (Cus)	---		---
Picoaga Hotel**** (Cus)	---		---
Sonesta Posada del Inca *** (Cus)	---	Contact Us
Los Casa Andina*** (Cus)	---
Los Apus Hotel*** (cus)	---
Los Andes de America*** (Cus)	---
Cuzco Plaza II *** (Cus)	---
Cuzco Plaza I *** (Cus)

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The prices Included
- 3 nights accommodation in Cusco
- 3 nights at campsites
- Meals : 5 breakfasts, 4 lunchs, 3 dinners
- Vistadome train ticket Aguas Calientes – Cusco
- Entrance tickets : Main archaeological and historic sites in Cusco & Machu Picchu
- All services basis shared services with English speaking guide
- A licensed, well-trained, English-speaking guide, who visits the clients the evening - before departure to explain the trek and answer any questions.
- Camping Equipment: spacious tents, dining tent, toilet tent, tables and chairs, oxygen bottle and cooking equipment. Trekkers need only bring a sleeping bags and sleeping pads!
- Chef and Assistant Chef preparing healthy, hearty meals cooked with fresh, local ingredients.
- Well-paid and well-treated porters. We supply the appropriate duffel for you to pack and them to carry. You carry only a light daypack.
- Transportation from Cusco to the start of the trail for Inca Trail Classic
- Entrance tickets for the Inca Trail and for the Machu Picchu archaeological sanctuary.

What's Not
Domestic flights, meals not noted in itinerary, optional tipping to guides and local staff; airport taxes; and items of a personal nature (sodas, alcoholic beverages, laundry, etc.)

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More about Machu Picchu
Perched high above a sinuous bend in the Urubamba River, Machu Picchu has lured explorers, poets and pilgrims to its mist-wreathed ridge top ever since its discovery by the American explorer Hiram Bingham in July, 1911

No one lived here before the Incas. Those mighty empire builders from Cusco discovered this extraordinary place, finding it rich in natural features sacred to their religion. Both inspired and humbled by its dramatic natural beauty, their answer was to create on a vast scale one of the planet's most sensitive and harmonious works of art. The aesthetic genius of its layout and architecture coupled with the durability of its brilliant planning and engineering have given us today this finest of jewels among the UNESCO world heritage sites
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Scholars still argue about the meaning of Machu Picchu: why it was built and what purpose it served, who lived there and when they departed. Most agree that its main intent was spiritual and ceremonial.