Inca Jungle Trek to Machu Picchu (Guided)

Pick up from your hotel at 7:00 am and drive 1 hour to Cruzpata, where you will start a 3.5 to 4 hour mountain bike ride through potato and wheat fields, enjoying breathtaking views of the Andes, visiting the village of Maras and exploring the Salineras as you descend into the Sacred Valley. You will then take our transport for a 2-hour drive to the village of Santa Maria for lunch.

After lunch, you will have a safety briefing and start the 1.5 hour rafting trip on the Urubamba River. The rapids are class III and IV; the guides for the river rafting are different as we use specialised professional guides who know the waters of the region. After rafting, you will have a 30 minute walk to the rest area. Dinner and overnight in a rustic lodge.

Wake up to the beautiful sounds of tropical birds in the Peruvian jungle. After breakfast and fresh homemade coffee, explore the local coffee, coca leaf, banana, and pineapple plantations. Then set off on a stunning and lost original Inca Trail (different from the classic Inca Trail) that connected Machu Picchu to Vilcabamba (the last capital of the Incas). Along the way, you will pass avocado, manioc, orange, mango, cacao, coffee, and coca trees. After about 4 hours of walking, you will arrive in Quellomayu, where you will have lunch in a local restaurant. It's then another 4-hour hike upstream along the Urubamba River to the hot springs of Cocalmayu (pure volcanic water). The water here is said to have medicinal properties for your bones and muscles, relieving stress and headaches. After relaxing in the hot pools, take a bus to the town of Santa Teresa. Spend the night in a simple hotel with hot shower and wifi.