Great Inca Trail to Vitcos

HIGHLIGHTS

• Visit enigmatic Inca sites that have been half-consumed by the jungle and traverse remote Andean landscapes that only a handful of Westerners have had the privilege to witness.
• Take a tour of mythical Vitcos, a place that has been immortalised as the penultimate stronghold of the rebel Inca state that continued to thrive for decades after the Spanish conquest.
• Ascend (and descend!) the thousands of hand-hewn stone stairs that make up the dazzling Choquetecarpo Pass.
• Visit the imposing ancient Incan temples of Sacsayhuaman and Koricancha in Cusco, to discover the history and might of the lost empire.
• Take a tour of Cusco’s Cathedral where you’ll learn about the fascinating Cusco school of colonial art.
• A tour of key sites of the Sacred Valley, including the agricultural terraces of Moray, the salt mines at Maras, and the ruins and village of Ollantaytambo.
• A guided tour of the Machu Picchu, the “lost city of the Incas”. You’ll see breath-taking views and learn how the temples were built.
• Hike on a masterfully constructed ancient road through some of the world’s most rugged and pristine landscapes, while carrying only a daypack.
• Camp in ultimate comfort and warmth, with quality sleeping bags and Therm-a-Rest sleeping mats in your spacious two-man tent.
• While on trail, enjoy four wholesome meals every day and make use of a private tented bathroom.