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Cachicata Trek to Machu Picchu, is one of the newest trekking routes to Machu Picchu. “The biggest quarry from Incas time and the most beautiful waterfall in the Sacred valley of Incas”.
Cachicata Trek offers jaw dropping views at every turn. Cachicata is the Quechua term for the Inca Quarry Trail to Machu Picchu. It takes you through beautiful waterfalls, panoramic views and Inca ruins to the most beautiful city of the Incas; Machu Picchu.
Inca Quarry Trail to Machu Picchu is for trekkers who like hiking without crowds as well as adventurers who enjoy nature. We have designed this specially for all the intellectual travellers wanting to travel with Peruvian organic food. Explore the Andes with us, unique in Cusco with healthy products on treks to Machu Picchu.
The spectacular views of the Sacred Valley of the Incas is only seen on Cachicata Trek to Machu Picchu.
Our 4 Day Inca Quarry or Cachicata Trek to Machu Picchu is an ancient path used by the Incas. On this 4 day trek, you will be enjoying the amazing views of Sacred Valley, Inca Quarry, Sun gate, Ollantaytambo and this unique hike ends in Machu Picchu. You can see Happy Gringo’s reputation on Trip Advisor.
Before you book this four day Cachicata trek to Machu Picchu, we highly recommend you to read this article on Machu Picchu Altitude Sickness . We believe that this article will help you prepare to conquer the Andes Mountains; while you experience the high altitudes of Cusco and Machu Picchu.
Cusco Hotel Transfer
0500 AM
We will be leaving from Cusco quite early in the morning to Socma which serves as the starting point of the trek. Socma is located in the Sacred Valley of Incas. The hike on this day will be mostly up the hill.
We will be reaching a picturesque waterfall. Here, you will get to see the impressive Incan ruins of Inca Raqay. You will also be rewarded with views of snow capped peaks and valleys.
We will be giving you a guided tour of the Inca Raqay archeological site. After touring Inka Raqay, we will continue our hike further up the hill for about an hour.
Once we reach Rayan Village, we will stop here for lunch. We will be spending the night here.
After breakfast, we will be looking forward to a long day. We will hike up to the highest point of Cachicata Trek at 4440 m – 14,564 ft. From here, we will hike further for three more hours and stop for lunch.
After lunch, we will be hiking further for four hours to reach the second campsite of Inca Quarry Trek. On the way, you will be rewarded with sights of Andean snow capped peaks and the iconic Sacred Valley of Incas.
You will also get to see Andean camelids namely, Llamas and Alpacas grazing on a beautiful setting.
You will be waking up to a nutritious organic breakfast. After breakfast, we will be exploring different sectors of the ancient Inca quarries of Cachicata. The quarries of Cachicata are located right in front of Ollantaytambo ruins.
On this tour, you will see many interesting sites. Cachicata is an intensive quarry that the Incas used to build Ollantaytambo ruins. You will also see many Incan constructions and burial houses (Chullpas).
Our guide will also give you a tour of the cave where Incan mummies are placed till date. We will be visiting the house of the architects who worked in the Inca Quarries and performed ceremonies.
After touring the Cachicata, we will continue our way down the mountain’s original ramps that were used for transporting the carved stones to Ollantaytambo. We will then be reaching the iconic Incan village, Ollantaytambo.
At Ollantaytambo, you will be taking a train to Aguas Calientes town.
Early in the morning, we will be taking a bus to Machu Picchu citadel. It will be a 30 minutes drive up the hill. Our tour guide will assist you in clearing the security control and entering the citadel.
Once inside the citadel, you will be rewarded with a spectacular sight of the citadel while the clouds clearing by and the golden rays of the sun shimmering on the walls of Machu Picchu.
We will be giving you a two hours guided tour of Machu Picchu. After the tour, you will have some free time to explore the citadel on your own. If you have booked to hike Huayna Picchu or hike to Machu Picchu mountains, our guide will be directing you to the trail head.
Alternatively, you can hike to Sun gate or Intipunku. This is a high plateau ruins. It is the entrance to the citadel for those on the Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
After exploring Machu Picchu, you will be taking a bus back to Aguas Calientes. Here we will be serving lunch at a local restaurant. At around 04:00 PM, we will be taking a train to Ollantaytambo.
Our representative will be meeting you on arrival and will be transferring you back to your hotel in Cusco. We will be returning to Cusco by 09:30 PM.
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Our vacation was great to the land of the Incas in Perú with Gringo Tours.
We strongly recommend traveling... read more in Cusco. We had an amazing experience.. Thanks to our guide Juan!
We highly recommend booking the Machu Picchu day tríp from Cusco with Happy Gringo!
Everything else was a dumpster fire that had us waiting for two hours for a guide to show up (he stated he hadn’t been notified from the travel agency even though we went to the physical Happy Gringo location to check in the day before AND provided all requested information in person and again via WhatsApp). If we hadn’t reached out to them on WhatsApp, I’m certain we would have still been standing outside of the train station waiting. The information you get when you get to the Machu Picchu location is also confusing, telling you to go to a Pueblo, but when you look it up on the maps, there are several listed, which further added to the confusion. Very much underperformed our expectations for nearly $800.
Final thought, Machu Picchu is very much worth the visit, but not with this outfit.
My family had difficulty to find a travel agent to book the Machu Picchu tour, however the workers of Gringo Tours were very helpful... read more to assist us with our trip to Machu Picchu.
The pick up was on time, the journey from Cusco to Aguad Calientes town was amazing with fantástic views, and finally the tour guide at Machu picchu was very knowledgeable.
Highly recommended tour operator in Peru!
The communication was great, the pick up was on time, the box lunch was very delicious,... read more the hotel at Aguas Calientes was clean and our tour guide Wilder was very informative.
All the team of Happy Gringo tours were professional. Therefore, we hughly recommend hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu with them and with Wilder!
¡Thanks for everything!
We booked the 2 days tour to Machu Picchu. The service was very well organised from Cusco, the Communication... read more was fsntastic with Ariana, the pick up ass on time and our tour guide Ivan gave us a lot of information of Machupichu site.
Strongly recommend our guide Ivan and thanks Gringo tours!
We noticed the sirious work and profesionalism that we received. Juan is the persona who gave us all his support. Therefore, we share our experience that Happy Gringo is the only company in Cusco that got our dream reop to Machu Picchu.
Thanks all the team of Gringo tours for your help and we highly recommend the travelers who want to ise this tour operator in Cusco.
Mind blowing experience with Marko as my guide. This was second to none. A very nice and professional tour company with exceptional service.
Second to none, Marko and his team very very amazing and helpful. The organic food they offered on the trek was very nutritious and healthy. Totally recommended!