Hiking Peru Cuzco, Peru

Introduction

This trip will take you across the Andes mountain-range and directly into the center of the Inca-culture. You will visit the impressive archeological sites, enjoy the flora and fauna of the Peruvian jungle. We will also go wild river rafting and race down the fast descendings of the Vilcanota-river.

Itinerary

The itinerary describes the programme day-by-day.

Day 1

Lima - Cusco
Arrival at Lima, the capital of Peru. You'll be picked up at the airport and be transported to your hotel. This is a day off and you'll have an overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 2	Cusco We will pick you up at your hotel and bring you to the airport for your flight to Cusco. This will be a day to acclimatize to the altitude and you'll visit a first visit to the ruins of Saqsaywaman, Qenq'o, Pucapucara and Tambomachay. You'll spend your night at your hotel in Cusco.
Day 3 to 6	Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. After we are acclimatized, we head up for the KM.82 point, from where we start the Inca-Trail to Machu Picchu. During the trip we encounter mountains whose peaks are more than 5.000 meters high, deep valleys where a semi-tropical flora grows and we'll meet countless archeological sites, like Llactapata, the typical Andean village of Huayllabamba. We'll cross a pass on altitude of more than 4,500 meters and after that we will continue to visit the ruins of Runcuracay, Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca and Wiñayhuayna. Before entering the ruins of Machu Picchu, we have to pass the Sungate, or Intipunku, from where we'll have a beautiful view of the ancient Inca-city. With a guided tour along the religious parts, the living areas and the agricultural zones, we finally end up for a lunch at the village of Aguas Calientes. After that we take the train to Cusco and bring you to your hostal.
Day	The Sacred Valley of the Inca's
	The impressing architecture is visited a lot national and international tourists. We are going to visit the famous ruins of Pisac and its typical Peruvian market, the ruins of Ollantaytambo and the colonial church in Chinchero. After that we'll return to Cusco
Day 8	River-rafting Vilcanota We will pick you up to take you for a ride to the wild waters of the Vilcanota river where we are going to descend the river. The difficulty is on the international scale of class 2 until 4. For this activity is it not necessary to have experience.
Day 9 to 12	Jungle-Tour You'll be transported to the airport for your flight to Puerto Maldonado, the center of biological diversity of Peru. We start with a tour through the city with our ecological bus. We visit the "Isla Monkey", the Lost Basin and via the Briolo-Gamitana-river we will enter the jungle where we pay a visit to the Amazonico-viewpoint. This post is constructed high the trees. We will return to the ground to watch the turtles, Caymans butterflies and lots of other animals. After the night, which we will spend in bungalows, you´ll be transported to the airport for your flight to Lima from where you return to your own country.