Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, Cusco and Puno and Lake Titicaca are some of the most beautiful and amazing places to visit in Peru. With rich and exciting culture wrapped around these beautiful natural landscapes and historic ruins, you will not be disappointed. Traveling in the highest quality service and style means luxury travel, where you may have to put a bit more up front but big returns make it all worth it. Five star hotels, private transfers, private tours and high class upgraded trains and plains are guaranteed to make your Peru vacation comfortable, enjoyable and classy.

Your luxury options include a helicopter or flight over the sacred valley and famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. From Cusco or Ollantaytambo, you will be able to take the Hiram Bingham train, offering the highest quality service in train travel through the Andes Mountains to Machu Picchu Mountain. You will have at your disposal top quality hotels such as the Monasterio in Cusco, which is a restored 16th century seminary constructed on the grounds of an ancient Inca palace. In Machu Picchu you can stay at the Sanctuary Lodge which puts the ancient city literally right outside your front door.

Traveling to Puno in first class on the Andean Express offers breathtaking views of the verdant countryside and the famed Andes Mountains. Instead of staying in Puno, you may choose to stay on Isla Suasi, which is the only private island on all of Lake Titicaca. From your own little private island you’ll be free to enjoy night walks to see the sunset over the lake and the peace and calm that nature affords, away from the hustle and bustle of Puno.

An exciting tour of Lake Titicaca, one of the highest navigable lakes in the world, will visit the famous floating reed islands built by an ancient culture that has maintained their way of life despite advancements of societies around them. Lake Titicaca is every bit as beautiful as people make it out to be and being able to experience the mysticism in style and class will ensure that you are able to just relax and enjoy yourself.

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The trip was amazing, the rain was minimal and by far we over packed with rain gear. We met up with 8 others in our group and our tour guides, Ecoinka, at KM82. This trip was a bit different that others as we camped the first night outside of the trail to make sure we were the first ones in. The landscape is amazing, the mountains surreal. The entire trip was just beautiful.

The first day we awoke to clear skies and incredible views of the snow capped mountains surrounding us. The first day is supposedly the easiest. Which it was but don’t let easiest fool you into thinking it was easy. It was still a tough, long grueling day of hiking. We saw some amazing ruins while hiking along the Urubamba river valley. We were delighted to have fresh cooked food for each meal. The porters really made the trip amazing.

The second day is the hardest, and it was. The hike up to Dead Woman’s Pass was absolutely miserably difficult. I believe we gained about 4000 feet in elevation today. And just when you get to the top and think it will be easy from here – I don’t think so. Going back down from the pass was just as hard if not harder than going up. The steep, tall, uneven rocks they call stairs will torture your knees and legs the entire way down. The views on day 2 make it all worth it though.

Day 3 ended up being just as hard as day 2. Our stamina was low and our legs were in pain before we even started. We began hiking around 6:30am today and didn’t finish until almost dusk. Day 3 did provide us with quite a few amazing ruins to explore along the way. The camp after day 3 is at the end of the Inca Trail and the begining of the 3 hour hike down to Machu Picchu. All groups camp here and they even have a little bar. A couple beers sure hit the spot after our last few days.

With our legs shot the next morning was a lot harder than I thought. The route is pretty flat for an hour then you go straight up for 20 minutes and then back down eventually into Machu Pichu. By the time we made it half of our group could barely walk.

All in all it is am amazing trek with Machu Picchu being an incredible reward for your effort at the end. Anyone who enjoys the outdoors in hiking has to give it a shot! We only encountered a few hours of hiking in the rain on our third day. It did rain pretty much every night but that only helped me sleep even better.

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by : brett gordon

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