Inca Trail with Kids 4 days

Inca Trail with Kids 4 days

The Inca Trail offers a rich educational experience, allowing children to learn about ancient civilizations, history, geography, and cultural diversity. If your family goes on regular walks,

hikes, and camping trips, your kids should be able to hike Inca Trail to Machupicchu. If your family appreciate archaeological sites, stunning landscapes, and challenging hikes, trekking the Inca Trail could be a lifetime family adventure for you!

Itinerary

 Day 1: Cusco – Piscacucho km 82 – Llactapata – Hatunchaca
We will pick you up very early from your hotel and transport you to the start of the trail (km 82). There, you will begin the journey, warming up on the relatively flat part of the trail. After 2 hours, you will reach the first archaeological center of Llactapata, where you will appreciate the impressive landscapes, flora and fauna. This site and others will show the importance of this valley in the context of Incan history. After lunch, we will continue ascending to a semi-tropical valley for two hours until arriving at our camp, Hatunchaca, where we will spend the night.

Day 2: Hatunchaca – Dead Woman's Pass – Pacaymayo
After breakfast, we will start hiking early in the morning of the second day, passing through different climatic and ecological zones. We will ascend to Warmiwañusca. Private inca trail 5 daysWe will walk among abundant vegetation with various types of trees. This pass is known by many as the world’s highest cloud forest. After the toughest part of the journey, an ascent of nearly 5 hours, we will arrive at the highest point, known to some as Dead Woman’s Pass. From there, we will take a well-deserved break and observe the beauty of the deep valleys. If we’re lucky, we will see the flight of the condors flying among the thick clouds in the sky. After this break, we will descend towards our second camp at Pacaymayo.

Day 3: Pacaymayo – Sayacmarca – Phuyupatamarka
We will climb steeply up the opposite side of the valley wall, towards the second pass. About halfway up lies a small, round, roofless stone building. This Incan ruin is known as Runkuracay, a building thought to have been an astrological site . After a short tour, we will continue to ascend towards the second pass, the Abra de Runkuracay. On the far side of the pass, the trail descends towards a valley and a shallow lake. The trail after the pass leads to a second, larger Inca site, Sayacmarca (“Town in a Steep Place”). This Incan ruin was built on a rock overlooking the trail and is accessible only via a single narrow stone staircase. This site is roofless and slightly overgrown, but the walls still stand strong and the shape of the fortress can easily be seen. We will also see a stone aqueduct, which carried water to the farmlands. After touring Sayacmarca, we will descend to the valley floor. We will stop at this valley to enjoy lunch. After lunch, you will begin to climb again. At this point, you will pass through interesting Incan structures, including a Inca tunnel that is eight meters long and just wide enough to allow humans and animals to pass through. After this tunnel, we will reach the third pass and enjoy the third Incan site, Phuyupatamarca (“Cloud-level Town”). We will learn about the ritual functions that the Incas used this site for. Here we will see baths that Incas bathed in before they reached Machu Picchu. Third night campsite is at Phuyupatamarka.

Day 4: Phuyupatamarka – Wiñay Wayna – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes
After breakfast we will descend for approximately 2 ½ hours and arrive to the Incan site known as Intipata, a huge farming terrace, where you will have a gorgeous view of the valley. Then, we will descend to the fascinating Wiñay Wayna at 8,700 feet (2,650 meters). We will stop at this site that means “eternally young”, and have lunch before continuing to the Sungate. After an hour of walking, we will arrive to the Sungate where we will have our first view of Machu Picchu. After a short break, we will descend towards Machu Picchu where we will take pictures and rest before taking the bus to the Aguas Calientes for sleep in the hotel.

Day 5: Aguas Calientes – Machu Pichhu – Cusco
We will wake up very early to take the first bus to the city of Machu Picchu, where we will be the first visitors of the day to enjoy the magic and mystery of one of the wonders of the world. The tour with your guide will take about 2-3 hours. After that you will have free time to explore the entire city on your own. In the afternoon, we will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes to board the train to Cusco.

 

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