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 DAY
01 CUSCO /KM. 104/ WIÑAY
WAYNA / AGUAS CALIENTES (l / d)
An early morning transfer from the hotel to the railway station
for a three hour ride which has been described as one of the
most spectacular rail journeys in the world. The train climbs
out of Cusco to a high plateau before following the Urubamba
River down the Sacred Valley of the Incas. From here it is
down into the narrow, deep Urubamba gorge, surrounded by sheer
mountains and thick forest. We begin our walk at the 104th
Km. After crossing the raging Vilcanota / Urubamba River we
come across the ruins of Chachabamba about 400 meters upriver.
Here a sacred rock is surrounded by eight rooms with an outer
wall of rectangular stones and a series of ceremonial fountains
once used to worship water. From Chachabamba we begin to climb
away from the river along an Inca highway through luxuriant
vegetation which is home to endemic species of birds and orchids.
Our first view of the ruins of Wiñay Wayna will coincide
with our lunch hour stop,
Continuing our walking journey to Machu Picchu ruins, here
the final stretch of the Royal Highway takes us into the citadel
itself and the Intipunku ( the Sun Gate ) from here we will
have the first view of the ruins. ( 7 hours walking) arriving
to Machu Picchu we will go down to Aguas Calientes town by
the Touristic Bus ( 25 minutes trip ) Overnight at a hostal.
DAY 02
MACHU PICCHU /AGUAS CALIENTES / CUZCO
After Breafast we take the bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu
Picchu to start the visit of the Ruins which has been covered
for four centuries by forest and now laid out before us. The
visit takes about 3 hours, lunch will be at a restaurant at
Aguas Calientes town. In the afternoon we will return by train
and bus to our hotel.
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