Inca Trail Comfort Service (4 days, 3 nights)

Buy booking with us you are making sure our porters treatmet will continue to be the best on the trail!

We have Daily departures with quality service

See what other travellers think/say about us:  http://www.llamapath.com/happytourists.htm

Our groups are designed to be comfortable and we ensure you have the best Inca Trail experience! Our new camping equipment, efficient chefs, amazing food and professional bilingual guides will make this Inca pilgrimage the crowning experience of your south american trip!
In this Inca Trail service very well (best) treated porters (ninja porters, red army, etc as our tourists often describe them ) carry cooking and camping equipment while tourists (unless a extra porter is hired) carry personal belongings, including sleeping bag, sleeping mattress and clothes. Please see 'The Inca Trail' page for itinerary.

The night before your trek there will be a pre-trek talk (brieffing) in our office at either 6 or 7pm (exact time will be confirmed).

Please Note: Dificulty level (see below) depends very much on your fitness and aclimatization.

Trek Dificulty level:

Piece of cake

Easy

Difficult  *

Very Difficult

Impossible... is nothing!

 

Please Note: Difficulty level depends very much on your fitness and aclimatization.

Click here for Trekking Tips

Includes:

• Professional, bilingual Tour Guide
• Assistant Guide (for groups of 9 or more people)
• Collection from hotel.
• Return transportation;bus to kilometre 82 and train back (Backpacker cerrojo service to Ollanta) and bus to Cusco.
• Collection from train station (on day 4th).
• Water (only for first 4 hours of trek, then we will provide you with drinking -previously boiled- water).
• Entrance fee to Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
• 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 afternoon snacks, 3 dinners and various snacks to be eaten throughout the day (breakfast on day 1 + lunch in Aguas Calientes are not included)
• Dining tent with tables and chairs
• Cook
• 2-man tent
• Sleeping mattress
• Porters (they carry cooking and camping equipment)
• Bus trip from Machu Picchu down to Aguas Calientes
• Oxygen bottle
• First Aid kit.

Vegetarian food on request at  no extra cost!

What you need to take:

• Original passport (and *International Student card (ISIC) if applicable)
• Travel Insurance is essential
• Sleeping bag (not included but can be hired from us)
• Walking boots
• Waterproof jacket/rain poncho
• Warm jacket
• Hat and gloves
• T-shirts
• Comfortable trousers
• Sun hat
• Sun protection cream (factor 35 recommended)
• Insect repellent
• Water (only until lunch time on day 1)
• Toiletries and hand sanitizer.
• Personal medication
• Camera and films
• Torch with spare batteries (headlamps are useful)

*To qualify as a student, it is necessary to have a valid ISIC card scanned and e-mailed to us.

Optional items to take:

• Shorts
• Walking stick (with rubber tip)
• Plasters and bandages
• Sandals
• Extra money
• Bathing suit (for hot springs in Aguas Calientes)

Optional services Not included.

• Hire of sleeping bag - 5 seasons ($20) (can be hired from us)
• Walking stick -single- ($8). (can be hired from us)
• Inflateable mattress ($15)
• 1 porter $100 (can be shared between 2 people).
• Half porter up to 7 kilos***  ($50)
• If you require an extra porter or a half porter, please advise us when filling in booking form.
• Single tent suplement $25

***NOTE: 7 kilos total including sleeping bag and pads  (aprox. 3.0 kilos)

Prices are based on $1=3.15 peruvian soles exchange rate.

2009 Inca Trail  prices:

For tours running from 1st march 2009 to 31 January 2010

$475***(adults) and

     $440***(students); scan and e-mail us your ISIC card at the time of booking.

IMPORTANT: One of the reasons that our price may be higher than that of other agencies is that we ALWAYS book the maximum number of porters possible (according to Inca Trail regualations) so that our porters are not overloaded. Beware of this when booking they might be cheaper because of this!

2 people (minimum group size) should have a maximum of 5 porters and 16 people (max group size) should have 22 porters.

** Tips (optional) for porters, cooks or guides are NOT included in price.

For further information see here :

http://www.llamapath.com/incatrail-departure-2009.htm

Expected Weather in Cusco and on the Inca Trail

In Cusco dry season starts in April to October, the days are usually sunny and hot but temperatures drop abruptly after 4-5 pm until 7-8 am.

Weather is very changeable from November to March and heavy rains are expected being the wettest month December to March although is not as cold as it is in the dry season.

Month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

>Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Max ºC

19º

19º

19º

20º

20º

20º

19º

20º

20º

21º

21º

21º

Min º C

7º

7º

6º

5º

3º

-0º

-0º

+2º

4º

6º

7º

8º

Rainy days

14

16

15

8

3

1

1

2

5

7

12

16

·        Please note: Temperatures for your reference were taken at  3400 meters and  change depending on the altitude (higher altitude = colder) Also note that it could be  wet on the 3rd and 4 day of the Inca Trail (cloud/wet forest regions).

Available Departure Dates:FGrom the 1st  the December de 2008  We strongly recommend that you make your trek booking as soon as possible. So far we have been able to obtain trek permits for ALL of our clients and have not had to cancel any trek bookings.

 

Train included in all tours is the Cerrojo backpacker (to Ollanta) Train times will only be confirmed once full amount of tour is paid. The earliest train you could take is the  13:37pm and  being the 9:20pm the last train (high season June to september). Llama Path will organize the transport back to Cusco (by taxi or by bus).

Please Note: train times are subject to change depending on Peru rail timestable and availability.If organized in advance, the train can be upgraded to Vistadome (larger windows than the backpaker cerrojo train) for an increased price.

The availability of trek permits can be checked on the web page

 

Inca Trail official availability (click here)

 

Useful Phone Numbers:

0051 84 240822     Cusco Main Office.

0051 84 984336138 Mobile (out of Office)

105*3279     Nextel

0051 1981053279 Mobile Out of Office