Inka Jungle Biking Trekking To Machu Picchu, KANTU EXPEDITIONS

Duration: 4 days / 3 nights
Type: ecological, cultural, archaeological, hiking
Start point. Cusco
End point: Cusco
Difficult: Moderate

ITINERARY
DAY1: CUSCO- ABRA MALAGA-SANTA MARIA

Pick up from your hostel between 6-6.15am and transported for 1 ½ hours to Ollantaytambo where we will have a break for 15 minutes. In this journey we have the chance to appreciate some attractive and picturesque towns such as Chincheros in the Sacred Valley. We will then continue for 1 ½ hours more until we reach Abra Malaga (4350 m) where we first stop to take in some fresh air and take photos. Our expert guide will then give a safety talk before starting our descent and 5 hour tour descending to the edge of the jungle passing small rustic towns, rivers amongst others. We will then arrive at the arqueological ruins of Huamanmarca and have a guided tour. We will then continue on to Santa Maria where we will arrive approx 2pm and have a rest for 30 minutes before getting ready for our rafting expedition. This will last approx. 2 hours and pass by Santa Maria and Challhuay. (Class of rapids 2-4) We will finally return to our camp site where we will spend the night. (L/D)

DAY 2 : SANTA MARIA – QELLOMAYO – SANTA TERESA
You will wake up at around 6.30am, shake off your weary limbs and enjoy the finest indigenous coffee prepared by your landlady for a 6.30am breakfast. Under dawn skies you will begin your walk, which gets progressively steeper, until arriving at a welcoming family restaurant in Santa Maria where you can relax in hammocks, admiring the coca plantations and receive refreshments whilst being entertained by the family monkey. After a short walk you will reach a traditional Inca Trail, which winds around precipitous slopes and sheer drops for approximately half a mile. The descent continues for just over two hours until you reach Qellomayo, a small town, where you will have lunch.

From Qellomayo it is a short walk beside the Rio Vilcanota until reaching the famous hot springs of Colcamayo. Here you can rejuvenate in the hot waters and relax in these natural settings. After relaxing in the hot springs you will carry on to Santa Teresa where you will spend the night (Hostel Machu Picchu).

DAY 2: SANTA TERESA - HIDRO – AGUAS CALIENTES

We wake up at 5.30am in order to have breakfast before head off at 6am. We will then begin our hike via the banks of the river Vilcanota crossing streams and enjoying the amazing views. During this journey we will also discover an original Inca trail of the jungle as well as visiting coffee and coca plantations. We will see exotic fruits such as the mango, pineapple, oranges and avocadoes, as well as medicinal plants and native birds of the jungle. We then arrive into the town of Kellomayo where we will have lunch before continuing our hike towards to hot springs of Colcamayo where we have the opportunity to have a relaxing soak before meeting our private car which will take us to our campsite in Santa Teresa where we will have dinner and rest.

You will wake up and have breakfast at around 7am. After breakfast you will walk to Colpani taking in the views until you reach the
restaurant where you will have lunch at the Hidroelectrica. From here it is only about a two and a half hour flat walk to Aguas Calientes, the base town for Machu Picchu.
(B/L/D)

Optional additional activities

Canopy (company “Cola de Mono”) South America`s highest Zip Lines. approximately 15 minutes from Santa Teresa. Duration roughly 2 hours. Price $ 70
pp

DAY 4: AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHUPICCHU - CUSCO
Around 4am we will get ready to hike up to the ruins of Machu Picchu via a route through the jungle having the opportunity to catch sunrise by arriving at the gates of the park at approx 6. 20am where we can appreciate the arrival of the sun if we are lucky. We will then continue our visit of the park with a guided tour of the ruins by our tour guide (approx 2 hours). After the tour we will have free time to ourselves to enjoy the ruins before descending back down to Aguas Calientes to take our return train back to Ollantaytambo . We will be met by our transfer where we will then catch the tourist bus back to Cusco.(B/L)

Included

Professional Speaking English guide
Mountain bike Equipment(Bicycles, Helmet and Gloves)
Entrance fees Machupicchu (Machu Picchu)
Train ticket Aguas Calientes, back to Cusco (Cuzco)
All meals
Basic accommodations the 1st and 2nd night
Hotel In Aguas Calientes(Doubles Occupancy Rooms)
Private Transportation
Professional English speaking guides, paramedics qualified for Class V rafting
Full Rafting equipment (helmet, life jacket, raincoat, paddle, wetsuit, Hyside Self Bailer Boats)

Not Included: