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SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS / LONELY PLANET / FROMMERS / NYTIMES / TRIP ADVISOR / CUSTOMER REAL VIDEO COMMENTS 2009-10. DESCUENTOS ESPECIALES 2011 (para Rutas que van a sólo a Machupicchu (Quechuas Expediciones) • MIEMBROS de SAE: US$ 20.00 descuento en el precio del programa completo (válido para el club de Exploradores de Sudamerica La tarjeta de socio es necesaria). Este descuento puede no ser aplicable en el caso de un precio promocional que ofrece Quechuas Expediciones • ESTUDIANTES: US $ 20,00 (estudiantes deben tener Carnet internacional de identidad carnet verde (ISIC) (haga clic aquí para obtener tu tarjeta ISIC) y debe estar por debajo de los 26 años de edad, por favor ten en cuenta que las tarjetas de Viajes de la Juventud no son válidos YOUTH TRAVEL). Si los viajes van a Machu Picchu solamente. • ADOLECENTES: US$ 20,00 (hasta 15 años de edad copia del pasaporte, necesario para todas las reservas). • NIÑOS: US$ 45,00 (hasta 10 años de edad copia del pasaporte, necesario para todas las reservas).   1.-LOS GRUPOS DE SERVICIO COMPARTIDO: (TAMAÑO DEL GRUPO 08 PERSONAS MÁXIMO) nuestros viajes más populares y ofrece a los visitantes el método más económico para el Camino Inca y caminos alternos a Machu Picchu. usted se unirá a un grupo de Caminates .como usted viene del extranjero, una gran oportunidad para divertirse y hacer nuevos amigos. 2.-SERVICIO PRIVADO: (tamaño del grupo A PEDIDO) para familias, Recién casados y parejas. programa especial de viaje para usted, y usted puede salir cualquier día que usted desee y elegir el tamaño del grupo, no añadimos ningúna otra persona, se organiza para usted. Todos los grupos privados incluyen servicios adicionales, tales como porteadores extras y caballos para cabalgar y llevar su equipo personal, entre otros. Escríbanos a: privateservice@quechuasexpeditions.com 3.-GRANDES GRUPOS CON DESCUENTOS ESPECIALES: (TAMAÑO DEL GRUPO 16 PERSONAS MÁXIMO) Si usted es un grupo de más de 04 personas por favor contactese con nosotros a: info@quechuasexpeditions.com MUY IMPORTANTE:! Si usted está usando un filtro de SPAM, nuestros e-mails se pudrian haber quedado en el filtro. Por favor, revise su filtro si usted no recibe el e-mail dentro de los 5 minutes. Algunos de nuestros pasajeros nos enviaron E-mails diciendo que nuestros correos electrónicos de confirmación se encuentran en su carpeta de spam en lugar de su bandeja de entrada. Se recomienda modificar los filtros para basura para recibir nuestros e-mails de Quechuas Expediciones: info@quechuasexpeditions.com, reservations@quechuasexpeditions.com, quechuasexpeditions@hotmail.com. en la bandeja de entrada correcta. También puede agregar esta dirección de correo electrónico a tu lista de contactos conocidos. Esto evitará que nuestras respuestas se filtren en su carpeta de correo basura o spam. SEE WHAT OUR HAPPY CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT US ( REAL TESTIMONIES ) | Fixed Departures 2011-12  |  Terms & Conditions  |  Methods of Payments | | Quechuas Expeditions Food | Accomodation in Aguas Calientes| | Camping, Cycling Equipment | Hot Springs | Backpacker-Vistadome Train | Inca Treks Maps to download  |  Booking File 2011

   VERY IMPORTANT !!!
•PRICES PER PERSON DEPEND ON THE GROUP SIZE, THE LARGER THE GROUP THE LOWEST THE PRICE PER PERSON.
•We are committed to departing with 02 of you on this trek - we will never pass you onto another operator! We are the sole operators of all our treks!
• INCA TRAIL Permits are subject to availability - book at least 5 months in advance for peak season (May to September) departure dates.Up to date permit availability can be viewed at : ( INCA TRAIL AVAILABILITY 2010) and for those who have missed the Classic Inca Trail ( We have some Alternative Inca Treks to Machupicchu. SALKANTAY TREK  /  INCA JUNGLE  /  LARES MACHUPICCHU  /  CHOQUEQUIRAO TO MACHUPICCHU  /   CACHICATA INCA QUARRY TREK  /  And OTHERS.

• WE ALSO OFFER MANU NATIONAL PARK ( WILDLIFE JUNGLE ) EXPEDITIONS And SURVIVAL COURSES ( How to get water and food a Real Jungle Experience ) more info By clicking here..
• PLEASE NOTE: that we are not in control of the camping spots we are issued with from the Institute of National Culture (INC). In general your camping spot allocation is dependent on how early you book, or rather, how many permits are left. The first 250 spaces are generally given to Winay Wayna (3rd camping spot that affords you sunrise over Machupicchu 2 hours walking to Machupicchu) otherwise we could get Phuyupatamarca as your 3rd camping spot.(6 hours walking to Machupichu. so BOOK IN ADVANCE !!! Trains are subject to availability - book early to get the best schedules.
• If you want to stay 1 night in Aguas Calientes, Let us know and we can arrange your hotel and return train for the required dates.
• We can start the Inca Trail from the Sacred Valley if you are staying there.( Let us Know to Pick you from there)
• Extra porters (Porters carry a maximum load of 15kg): Please note that if you want to hire an extra porter you need to tell us this at the time of making your reservation as our Porters also require permits to enter the Inca Trail and we cannot add on more porters after we have obtained your permits!
• Note: All itineraries are subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control including, weather, road or trail conditions and flight schedules. Departure and arrival times are approximated.Campsites are subject to change according to our guide’s criteria and the group progress

Trekking to Machupicchu by Inca Trail
avoid disappointment - book your Inca Trail holiday in time

Over the last few years, the Peruvian government has imposed increasing restrictions on tourism on the Inca Trail in order to protect it from overuse. The aim is to minimize ecological impact and erosion, mainly by having limited access and improving the quality of the operators. There are now only a very limited number of trekking permits available - 500 per day (around 200 for travellers and the rest for staff) - and they are being issued on a first-come-first-served basis. In order to avoid disappointment we recommend booking well in advance (up to a minimum of 3 months in peak season), unless you are extremely flexible over your travel dates.

Passport Information for Inca Trail Permits: In order to secure your Inca Trail trekking permit, you must provide us with your updated passport information including your name as it appears on the passport, passport number, expiration date and country of citizenship. This information should be provided immediately, but no later than five months before your departure. It is important to note that we cannot guarantee your trekking permit until your current passport information is provided (expired passport numbers are not acceptable). Please contact us immediately if you anticipate any difficulties in obtaining the aforementioned information within the required timeline.

The Inca Trail system - inca Trail path to machu picchu - Pilgrimage Inca Trail.
Inca trail was constructed in pre-Columbian South America, the Inca Trail system, or Qhapaq Ñan. was the most extensive. The network was based on two north-south Inca Trail roads. The eastern Inca Trail route ran high in Puna and mountain valleys from Quito, Ecuador to Mendoza, Argentina. The western Inca Trail route followed the coastal plain except in coastal deserts where it hugged the foothills. More than twenty Inca Trail routes ran over the western mountains, while others traversed the eastern cordillera in the montana and lowlands. Some of these Inca Trail roads reach heights of over 5,000 m ( 16,500 ft ) above sea level. The Inca trails connected the regions of the Inca empire from the northern provincial capital in Quito, Ecuador past the modern city of Santiago, Chile in the south. The Inca Trail road system linked together about 40,000 km of roadway and provided access to over three million km² of territory.the Inca Trail roads provided routes for rapid communication, personnel movement, and logistical support. The prime users were soldiers, porters and llama caravans, along with the nobility and individuals on official duty. Permission was required before others could walk along the roads, and tolls were charged at some bridges.Althought the Inca roads varied greatly in scale, construction and appearance, for the most part they varied between about one and four meters in width.
Because the Incas did not make use of the wheel for transportation, and did not have horses until the arrival of the Spanish in Peru in the 16th century, the Inca trails were used almost exclusively by people walking, sometimes accompanied by pack animals, usually the llama.
Relay messengers, or chasqui, stationed at intervals of 6 to 9 km , carried both messages and objects such as fresh marine fish for the rulers in the sierra. Messages consisted of knotted-cord records known as quipu along with a spoken message. Chaskis could cover an estimated 240 km on The Inca Trail per day.
There were approximately 2,000 inns, or tambos, placed at even intervals along the Inca Trails. The inns provided food, shelter and military supplies to the tens of thousands who traveled the roads. There were corrals for llamas and stored provisions such as corn, lima beans, dried potatoes, and llama jerky. Along the Inca Trail roads, local villagers would plant fruit trees that were watered by irrigation ditches. This enabled chasqui runners and other travelers to be refreshed while on their journeys. Inca rope bridges provided access across valleys.
The most important Inca trail road was the Camino Real, as it is known in Spanish, with a length of 5,200 km ( 3,230 mi ). It began in Quito, Ecuador, passed through Cusco, and ended in what is now Tucumán, Argentina. The Inca Trail or Camino Real traversed the mountain ranges of the Andes, with peak altitudes of more than 5,000 m . Inca Trail or Camino de la Costa , the coastal Inca Trail, with a length of 4,000 km ( 2,420 mi ), ran parallel to the sea and was linked with the Inca Trail or Camino Real by many smaller routes.
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is actually three routes, which all meet up near Inti-Pata, the 'Sun Gate' and entrance to Machu Picchu. The three Inca Trails are known as the Mollepata, Classic Inca Trail and One Day Inca Trail, with Mollepata being the longest of the three. Located in the Andes mountain range, the Inca Trail passes through several types of Andean environments including cloud forest and alpine tundra. Settlements, tunnels, and many Incan ruins are located along the Inca Trail before ending the terminus at the Sun Gate on Machu Picchu mountain. The two longer routes require an ascent to beyond 12,000 ft ( 3,660 m ) above sea level, which can result in altitude sickness.
Concern about overuse leading to erosion has led the Peruvian government to place a limit on the number of people who may hike this Inca Trail per season, and to sharply limit the companies that can provide guides. As a result, advance booking is mandatory. A maximum of 500 people, including guides and porters, are permitted to begin the Inca Trail every day. As a result, the high season books out very quickly.

WHY YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE REST WHEN YOU HAVE THE BEST !!! COMPARE AND SAVE WITH US.

For those who have missed out on permits for the Classic Inca Trail since most dates have already run out..there are great alternatives in the Inka Jungle, Cachicata Trek, Lares Trek and Salkantay trek which also spend their last day of Tour in Machu Picchu.

Virtual IncaTrail map - Inca Trail Available 2010 - Inca Trail Comments

CLASSIC INCA TRAIL TREKKING TO MACHUPICCHU 3DAYS AND 2 NIGHTS
DAY BY DAY INCA TRAIL ITINERARY

FIRST DAY: CUSCO - PISKACUCHO KM 82- LLULLUCHAPAMPA We will come to pick you up in your hotel at 5:00 am. and travel throught sacred valley of the incas and after stoping at ollantatambo we keep going to Piskacucho( trailhead), where we will start hiking. we  will see Llactapata (first and biggest quechuan site of the inca trail), and then we keep going on to our first camping spot at Llulluchapampa( 3800m.as.l) 1ST DAY:Total distance: 18 km (aprox.) Estimated walking time: 6-7 hours Maximum altitude point: 3,650 m (aprox.) Campsite altitude: 3,650 m (aprox.)
	SECOND DAY: LLULLUCHAPAMPA - PHUYUPATAMARCA- WIÑAYWAYNA early morning we start hiking up to the highest point of the Trail at 4,200 meters/13,780 feet above sea level. and we will explore many  incan sites as Runkurakay, Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca, and Finally  Wiñayhuayna.We will finish the day by hiking down to the Wiñaywayna (2600m.a.s.l) archeological site, where we will camp 2 hours close to Machupicchu. 2ND DAY:Total distance: 19 km (aprox.) Estimated walking time: 8 - 9  hours Maximum altitude point: 4,200 m (aprox.) Campsite altitude: 2,650 m (aprox.)
THIRD DAY: WIÑAYWAYNA - MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO we wake up early to have breakfast and the we go to the last control point where we registeradn then we startt walking 2 hours to get machuicchu.We will arrive at the Inca city of Machu Picchu by sungate , and  you will enjoy a 2.hours guided tour. After a 2 hours tour of Machu Picchu you will have free time to explore by yourself and then you must down to aguas calientes to take the train back to ollantaytambo and then bus back to cusco 3RD DAY:Total distance: 7 km (aprox.) Estimated walking time: 3 - 4 hours Maximum altitude point: 2,700 m (aprox.)

Note: All itineraries are subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control including, weather, road or trail conditions and flight schedules. we recommend to book your INCA TRAIL in advance in order to get Wiñayhuayna as your last camping spot ( 02 hours walk far from Wiñayhuayna to Machupicchu)

CLASSIC INCA TRAIL INCLUDES:
• Pre-departure inca trail briefing at Hotel or Office *Give us details of the place you are going to stay in cusco please.
• Professional Quechua Spanish and English speaking inca trail tour guide
• Collection from your hotel (we pick you up where you are staying from) from 4:30 to 5:00 am
• Private Transportation Van to KM 82 Piscacucho( trailhead of the Inca Trail)
• Tourist train (cerrojo-backpacker ) back from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo (2 hours aprox.) and then bus back to Cusco(1 and half hours aprox. )
• Entrance fee to the Inca Trail and Machu picchu
•  Inca Trail Food is The best : *2 breakfasts,2 lunches, 2 afternoon snacks (hot drinks, biscuits and popcorn) and 2 dinners (click here to see a sample of quechuas expeditions food)
• 4 season HIGH QUALITY PROPER MOUNTAIN TENT (Best Mountain Hardwear & kayla Doite Tents )(We use only the finest quality aluminum tent poles) 4 man tent for 2-people so there will be plenty of space to set up your backpacks (click here to see details of quechuas expeditions Camping Equipment)
• Camping equipment (tent for the Inca Trail staff, cooking and eating tents. portables chairs and tables )
• THERM-A-REST self-inflating air Sleeping mattresses ( a whole new way to sleep in comfort.) (click here to see details of quechuas expeditions Camping Equipment)
• Inca Trail Cook ,who is in charge of making the food,
• Porters (they carry cooking stuff and camping equipment )
• Health Insurance for our porters, cooks,guides, field crew and Quechuas Expeditions staff
• Wake up coca tea each morning in your tent for a gentle start
• Quechuas Expeditions Free duffel bag for your personal stuff . Sleeping bag (not included) it can be hired from us and it must be carried by passengers.Sleeping pad (included). we include THERM-A-REST self-inflating air Sleeping mattresses ( a whole new way to sleep in comfort.) and it must be carried by passengers as well. ( you can hire an extra porter US$100 (15kg Max) or half porter US$50 (7kg Max) for the entire trek ).
• Oxygen balloon for any emergency
• Others: hot water every morning and evening for washing purposes 
• Boiled water to fill in your water bottle every morning and night, and at lunch time if requested with enough time ahead
• Two-hours guided tour upon your arrival in Machu Picchu( to explore every important temple of the Santuary).
• Single Tents and vegetarian meals available upon request with no extra cost
• Free "I survived " T-shirt and certificate (only for PEOPLE who successfully complete the trek!!)
• Transfer train or bus station-hotel in Cusco
• First Aid kit for Emergencies.
• Free Luggage storage. When you go on the trek it is best to leave any luggage that you are not going to need behind in Cusco.
Nearly all the hotels in Cusco provide a secure luggage deposit. Put any valuables in their safe. Very rarely do hotels charge for this service especially if you are returning to the same hotel after the trek. If there are any problems with your hotel we can arrange to store your luggage at our Quechuas Expeditions office.
• FREE Local Market Tour ( SAN PEDRO ) see detailed page by clicking here

NOTE: Train included in all tours is the Cerrojo-backpacker (Aguas calientes to Ollantaytambo) Train times will only be confirmed once full amount of tour is paid. The earliest train you could take is the 14:00 and being the 9:00 pm the last train. quechuas expeditions will organize the transport back to Cusco (by taxi or by bus).

Please Note: train times are subject to change depending on Peru rail click here to see timestable and availability.If organized in advance, the train can be upgraded to Vistadome (larger windows than the backpaker cerrojo train to ollantaytambo ) for an increased price.of US$ 40 let us know please.

(click Below to see Train details)
| Backpacker Train | Vistadome Train | Hiram Bigham Train |

INCA TRAIL DOESN'T INCLUDE:
• Breakfast on the first morning (ask at the hotel)
• Entrance to the hot spring in Aguas Calientes 10 soles (click here to see hot springs)
• Sleeping bag (goose down) -15ºC-extreme. it can be hired from us US$20 for all trek mummy form and include a sleeping liner. They are cleaned after every use and have a maximum usage of 25 trips.
• Last Lunch aguas calientes town
• Bus down tickets from Machupicchu to Aguas Calientes town US$8 one way
• Travel and health insurance.(bring copies with you please):Quechuas Expeditions highly recommend to get an insurance of trip cancellation/interruption insurance to protect your travel investment. Included with your pre-departure package, bring your travel insurance to cover trip cancellation, interruption, baggage loss and delay, emergency medical evacuation insurance and emergency medical expense insurance.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING ON THE INCA TRAIL:
• Original passport and copies (and Student card (ISIC) green card if you are student ). Note ( you have to bring your student card to machu picchu because you are going to be required to show at the Machupicchu control point of the Inca Trail
Note .- If for any reason you organize a new passport after we have purchased your permits.… you MUST bring with you, the old passport or 2 very clear copies of the old passport along with your new passport on the trail.
• Travel Insurance card is essential
• Sleeping bag (not included) it can be hired from us and it must be carried by passengers.Sleeping pad (included). we include THERM-A-REST self-inflating air Sleeping mattresses ( a whole new way to sleep in comfort.) and it must be carried by passengers as well. ( you can hire an extra porter US$100 (15kg Max) or half porter US$50 (7kg Max) for the entire trek ).
• hiking water proof boots (with ankle protectors )
• Waterproof jacket or rain poncho
• Warm jacket
• Sun hat and gloves
• T-shirts / shirts
• Comfortable hiking zip off trousers
• Rain pants
• Bathing suit (for hot springs in Aguas Calientes)
• Sun protection cream ( factor 35 recommended ) sun is strong
• Insect Repellent ( for mosquitos )15 % of deet at least
• Water bottle.
• Water purifying tablets (Micropur recommended)
• Toilet paper and wet wipes
• Personal medication
• Camera and films
• Torch with spare batteries (flashlight) we recommend headlights
• Extra contribution suggested in soles money for tipping porters, cook and guide. and for any emergency.
Tips: please note that our agency staff is well paid so please feel free to tip or not as you wish

OPTIONAL ITEMS TO BRING ON THE INCA TRAIL:
• Short pants , Plaster and bandages
• Walking poles (with rubber tips) they can also be hired from us (they can be used on the Inca Trail if they have rubber tips)
NOTE walking poles are not allowed into machu picchu city.  

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