4-day inca amazon trail to machu picchu

This trip takes you on 3 days of mountain-biking and trekking through Amazonian cloud forest on your way to the ancient lost city of Machu Picchu. This recently discovered and less-travelled route is no less historic than the famous Inca Trail, it was in fact the most important trade route with Amazon tribes during the Inca era.

You'll spend 1 day biking and 2 days trekking through Andean jungle, camping beneath the stars, encountering the Inca ruins of Huamanmarca and local communities along your way, before finally arriving at the most incredible site on the continent, Machu Picchu. The whole way you'll be accompanied by an expert guide to share the history of everything you find.

There's no more rewarding way of seeing Machu Picchu than by trekking there just like the Incas once did, get ready for one of the most special experiences Peru has to offer.

Itinerary:

Day 1

7am pick-up in Cusco

Transport to Ollantaytambo

Breakfast in Ollantaytambo

Transport to Abra Malaga

Downhill bike ride into cloud forest

Visit to Inca site of Huamanmarca

Lunch in the town of Huamanmarca

Bike ride deeper into jungle

Camping in cloud forest

Day 2

Campsite breakfast

Trek into jungle to plantation to try local fruit

Trek through jungle valley to home of local family for lunch

Trek along colonial trail to Colcamayo

Dinner and relaxing in thermal baths of Colcamayo

Camping in jungle

Day 3

Campsite breakfast and return to thermal baths

1 hour bus to Lucmabamba

Trek along Inca Jungle Trail

Visit to archaeological site of Lactapata with view of Machu Picchu

Trek to Hidroelectrica for lunch

Trek to Aguas Calientes

Food and sleep in family-run Aguas Calientes hostel

Day 4

Morning trek to Machu Picchu

3 hour tour of Machu Picchu

Optional hike up Huayna Picchu ($20 per person)

Optional 3 hour trek to Inti Punku ($20 per person)

Bus to Aguas Calientes

2.30pm train to Ollantaytambo

Transport to Cusco

Food and accommodation included