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Inca Trail Availability
Oficial Inca Trail Permits 2023
The Inca Trail is one of the most popular treks in the world and therefore, availability is limited. If you are planning to hike the Inca Trail, it is important that you reserve your ticket well in advance. The availability of the Inca Trail depends on several factors, such as the time of year, the number of people in your group and the number of spaces regulated by the Peruvian government.
Only 500 permits are issued per day for Inca Trail treks in 2023; Inca Trail permits are also required for your travel team, such as porters, cooks and guides; therefore, booking the Inca Trail in advance is essential. There is no set amount of time in advance that you must take into account to book and guarantee an Inca Trail entrance ticket to Machu Picchu.
The best time to hike the Inca Trail is the dry season, which runs from May to September. It is also the busiest time of the year, so it is important to book your trip as far in advance as possible.
On February, the Inca Trail is closed for maintenance work, which guarantees the safety of all our travellers, as well as carrying out restoration work in the different archaeological sites along the trail; you can choose another one where you will find availability..
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Your student card offers you economic benefits when hiking the Inca Trail. With a university card, you are entitled to a discount. The discount only applies to students under 25 years old. This may vary from company to company, but should be a discount of around $25! To get this discount, you must send the agency a copy of your student ID and travel with the card on the road. If you do not bring your card with you, at the checkpoint on the first day you will be forced to pay full price. ISIC cards are no longer valid for the discount. A valid ID card must have an expiration date, photo of the person, full name and name of the university.
Cost of the Inca Trail permit
We pay for a permit for our clients 292 Peruvian soles, and for the porter’s permit 50 soles. Only authorized Inca Trail tour companies can purchase these permits. One of the companies is AB Expeditions. We are the official Inca Trail operator based in the city of Cusco with incredible 5 star reviews on Trip Advisor. We would like to help you organize your Inca Trail trip to Machu Picchu.
Inca Trail Faqs 2023
No! The Inca Trail is closed in February due to maintenance work and constant rains. For the rest of the year, you can certainly reserve permits.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, normal ticket availability on the Inca Trail was 500, this included guides, cooks and porters. Now that Covid-19 stopped tourism and is slowly getting back to normal; only 250 members can enter per day as of September 2021. This is for the 4-day Inca Trail trek.
Now as for the 2-day Inca Trail trek, availability is down to only 120 permits from what was 250 in normal times.
As a very popular trekking route to Machu Picchu; wonder of the world, the 4-day Inca Trail permits sell out quickly. Our advice would be to book at least 06 months in advance or slightly more.
And as for the 2-day Inca Trail trek, it is a bit easier to find permits and could be up to 2 weeks in advance.
Unfortunately, there is no easy way around this; and this can be disappointing for many travelers. Just planning well in advance is the solution. But still, you have some other trekking options such as the Lares to Machu Picchu hike or the Inca Quarry to Machu Picchu hike; while these are not the Inca Trail nor can they compare, but see what other people are saying about it on Trip Advisor you might find interesting.
There is no way to book it on your own. The government has implemented strict control and it is stipulated in the regulations that all visitors must obtain permission through a travel agency. To see more authorized travel companies in Cusco, check here, Authorized Companies to operate Inca Trail.
The issue is that when it is high season for tourism in Cusco, finding permission for the Inca Trail becomes more difficult. High season is usually from May to July, so if you know you are coming to Peru and want to do the Inca Trail, take into consideration what high season means.