Inca Trail Comfort Service (4 days, 3 nights)

 Daily departures with quality service!

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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 AKA 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 (briefing) 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:

Click here to see our confirmed Departure Dates in 2010

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

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Includes:

• Professional, bilingual Tour Guide
• Assistant Tour Guide (for groups of 9 or more people)
• Pick up time 05:00 Tour starts and finishes in the Regocijo Square (next to the main Square)
• Transportation;bus to kilometre 82 and train* and bus to Cusco.
• 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
• 4-man tent is provided for 2 people only.
• Sleeping mattress (it is carried by the tourists if no extra porter is hired).
• 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 and it is carried by the tourists if no extra porter is hired).
• 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)

* Train included in all tours is the Cerrojo backpacker (to/from Ollanta) Train times will only be confirmed close to the time of the trek, if you join a group late in the day we can't guarantee you will travel on the same trains as the rest of the group.

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.

**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)

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The maximum allowed group size is 16 persons with 22 porters. Our average group size is about 12 people but there are times when we leave with even 2, 3 or 4 people (2 poeple is the minimum number required to run any adventure trip). Read more F.A.Q

** 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.

·        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).

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.

Inca Trail Terms and Conditions (Must read)

Before Booking: make sure your preferred departure date and back up date are available.

Real Time Inca Trail permits availability 2010-January 2011 (click to see)

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