2-Day from $ USD 520.00
"Experience the Legendary Short Inca Trail to Machu Picchu"
Visit Machupicchu by The 2-Day Short Inca Trail Hike. A spectacular 10.5 km/ 6.5 miles trek, this legendary Inca trail, rich in History, Culture and Nature, will transport you through time and reveal many secrets and Inca empire’s wonders.
A unique opportunity to experience and appreciate the greatness of Tahuantinsuyo, an ancient culture.
Would you like this adventure to Machupicchu on the Short Inca Trail trek to be part of your experience?
With 2-day Machu Picchu Trek Tour. Experience the thrill of trekking along the legendary Short Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu, the wonder of the world and the Peru’s and Latin America’s iconic tourist destination. As you hike through a breathtaking trail with stone steps, discover beautiful and enigmatic Inca archaeological sites strategically located with stunning views of the Urubamba River Valley, Machupicchu Inca city and surrounding snow-capped mountains. Also admire the exuberant biodiversity.
Would you like to experience this adventure? You only need 2 days and you don’t need much physical preparation. It is recommended for couples and families traveling with children. Doing The Inca Trail 2 Days to Machu Picchu, undoubtedly, for many who have already done it is a unique experience.
Immerse yourself in The 2 Day Short Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu, discover the lost city of the Incas in a way different from the crowd and live a challenging but rewarding experience.
*B = Breakfast. L = Lunch. D = Dinner.
Km-104, starting point of the 2-day Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu.
Scenic beauty of the snow-capped Veronica from the 2-day Inca Trail.
Begin your unforgettable adventure on the legendary Short Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu.
You will be picked up from your Cusco hotel at 3:45 a.m., or other pre-arranged time. We will then transfer you in a tourist van to the Ollantaytambo train station. Board your train and begin an epic journey to Km-104, the 2-Day Inca Trail hike checkpoint.
Pass the checkpoint escorted by a professional Guide authorized to lead 2 day Machu Picchu Hiking Tours. Start enjoying your trek by visiting the mysterious Chachabamba archaeological site, then continue on an ascending stone path until you reach Wiñaywayna, a stunning archaeological center strategically located with beautiful panoramic views. Here, takes a short break to delight your lunch and then continue hiking through the rainforest enjoying the abundance of biodiversity (flora and fauna) until you reach the Short Inca Trail Highest Point, The Sun Gate (2,720 meters / 8,922 feet).
From the Sun Gate, marvel at the breathtaking Machu Picchu panoramic views in perfect harmony with the scenic beauty. Then descend to the guardian’s house or also known as the lookout point and capture the Machu Picchu classic and postcard photos. After the photographic session, take the bus to Aguas Calientes, at 6:30 p.m., together with your tour guide visit the best restaurant and enjoy your delicious dinner and finally spend the night in Machu Picchu town.
1L & 1D
2, Moderate
10.5 Km/6.5 miles
6-7 hours
3350 masl / 10990 ft Cusco
2050 masl/6,726ft, Aguas Calientes
2720 masl / 8,922, Sun Gate
2 Day Short Inca Trail hike to Machu Picchu, Sun agte.
Wonderfull 2 Day hort Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu.
Rediscover Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas and Peru’s greatest tourist icon.
After breakfast, together with an excellent professional trekking tour guide, take the bus to Machu Picchu (25 minutes), the Wonder of the World. Passing the checkpoint, stroll through the urban area and visit the sun’s temple, the Inca’s house, water mirrors and other highlights. After your tour, bid farewell to the “Lost City of the Incas”, board a bus to Aguas Calientes town and have lunch on your own. Later (14:55, 15:20, or 18:20 hours), board your return train to Ollantaytambo, upon arrival be greeted by our staff, and continue your trip back in a tourist minibus to Cusco city.
Note: If you have booked the ticket to climb Huaynapicchu Mountain or Machu Picchu Mountain, go up after visiting Machu Picchu Citadel, it will take you 3 to 4-hour up and down.
“It is better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times”.
1B
1, Easy
2-hour Tour
2050 masl/6,726ft, Aguas Calientes
2450 masl / 8.038 ft, Machu Picchu
Doing The 2-Day Short Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu requires a lot of flexibility, patience, open-mindedness, good humor, and the understanding that changes can be made without prior notice due to force majeure circumstances that “Machupicchu Andes Tours – Matours” cannot control. These are incidents such as wars, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist activities, labor conflicts, illness, adverse natural disasters, fires, or similar events. Also, cancellations or rescheduling by airlines and railway companies.
In this case, “Machupicchu Andes Tours – Matours” reserves the right to offer the best alternative, modify the original itinerary, postpone or even resort to our last option, the cancellation of the tour. This decision is to safeguard our clients and if any extra expense is generated, it will be covered in its totality by the client.
The 2-Day Short Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu tickets, once purchased, do not have the option to change names, dates, and refunds. Please note that if you cancel your trip, you will automatically lose 100% of the cost of your ticket. if you wish to resume or change the date of your Short Inca Trail Hike ticket, you will have to purchase a new ticket.
Packing lists to do Short Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu.
To do the 2 day Short Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu, we recommend the following:
The price is expressed in US dollars (US$), per person and in double or triple room. If you want a single room, you will have to add a supplement or you may prefer to stay in 4 or 5-star hotels. Please contact our travel advisors.
2 Day Short Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu Group Tour. Join our already formed small groups and together with your new friends experience the 2-Day Inca Trail Trek and visit Machu Picchu in a different way.
We have daily departures and 11 months a year, except February. We open groups with a minimum of 2 people.
| Pax number | Price per person | |
| 2 or more people | $ USD 520.00 |
2 Day Short Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu Private Tour. This option is exclusive for you who prefer to do the Inca Trail hike to Machu Picchu with your couple, family, children or friends and do not want to meet strangers. You can start the hike any day of the year. The price varies according to the number of people booking together.
| Pax number | Price per person | |
| 1 Persons | $ USD 790.00 | |
| 2-3 Persons | $ USD 620.00 | |
| 4-5 Persons | $ USD 570.00 | |
| 6 or + Persons | $ USD 520.00 |
These services are not included in the 2 day Inca Trail Hike package price; you can add them if you wish.
Packing lists to do Short Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu.
Inca Trail (The Qhapaq Ñan or Great Inca Trail). The Incas built more than 45 thousand kilometers of roads that articulated and facilitated the better administration of the Inca empire’s territory. This great royal road was built with stones and mud mortars, tunnels, vegetable fiber bridges (Qeswachaca), resting places (Wayranas and tambos) and others. It crossed almost the entire South American continent joining the current countries of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. The starting point was the great temple of the sun (Qorikancha = Golden enclosure) located in the Cusco city center, the Inca empire capital.
Most of this trail is still in use today. The royal road that linked Cusco, the capital of the empire with Machu Picchu, today has become very popular all over the world for trekking enthusiasts. Every year, thousands of trekking enthusiasts hike the 2-day Short Inca Trail hike to Machu Picchu.
Hiking time during the 2-day short Inca Trail trek will depend a lot on how your group progresses. But normally, it is between 6 and 7 hours of hiking to Machupicchu. You will only hike the first day and on the second day you will visit the Inca city of Machu Picchu.
The 2-Day Machu Picchu Hike Tour is a total of 10.5 km/ 6.5 miles. Most of the route is flat and quiet, with slight ascents and descents composed of stone steps.
You can book the 2-day Inka Trail Hike through travel and tourism companies authorized to operate the Inca Trail by Peruvian governmental entities such as Mincetur, Sernanp and the Ministry of Culture. Company name: Machupicchu Andes Tours E.I.R.L.; trade name: Matours E.I.R.L. is a local travel and tourism agency in Cusco, authorized to organize tours on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
Due to the environmental protections of the Peruvian State. The 2-Day Short Inca Trail hike to Machu Picchu has a limit of 250 people. These spaces are per day and allocated for tourists and support staff such as guides, cooks and porters. This is the reason why the available spaces are sold out quickly.
No, the 2-day short Inca Trail hike to Machu Picchu is only open 11 months of the year. In February it is closed by order of the Peruvian government for maintenance.
Yes, you can do it. At the moment, there are no minimum age restrictions to do the 2-day short Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Moreover, Machu Picchu 2-day hike tour is the most recommended trek to do with children, even with children under 5 years old.
No, the only way to hike the 2-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is through a travel and tourism agency authorized by the Peruvian government, such as “Machupicchu Andes Tours or Matours E.I.R.L” and you must be accompanied by a professional tour guide.
The main destination of the 2 Day Inca Trail hike Tour is Machu Picchu, the wonder of the world. The entrance to Machu Picchu is already included in the Short Inca Trail ticket.
The 2-day Short Inca Trail Hike difficulty rating is easy to moderate. The first part will be easy and near the highest point (Sun Gate), it will be a bit steep. The trail is wide and the perfectly constructed stone steps help to reduce difficulty rating.
The highest point of the short Inca Trail hike is the Inti punku (Sun Gate), 2720 masl / 8,924 ft.
The entire 2-day short Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is in the tropical rainforest. Therefore, the climate is temperate and also unpredictable. It rains here most of the year, but there are 2 distinct seasons: dry (April-October) and rainy (November-March). The temperature varies throughout the year between 12°C / 54°F and 22°C / 72°F.
No, any age can do the Inca Trail as long as they are able to complete the route. But it is not recommended for children under 5 years old and adults over 65 years old. If you wish to do the trek with your baby, you will have to carry him/her in a baby carrier or hire an extra porter to carry him/her.
Yes, there are. There are restrooms at the checkpoint or Short Inca Trail hike starting point, Wiñaywayna lunch place and the second checkpoint and at Machu Picchu.
On the 2-day short Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu, you will spend the night in Aguas Calientes town’s hotels. On this trek, camping is not allowed on the trail. If you wish to spend the night camping, you can do so in the Aguas Calientes town, there are suitable places.
To do the short 2-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is recommended to carry only a personal backpack, in which you will carry your camera, water, snacks, personal belongings and underwear to change in the hotel. If you prefer to carry more luggage, you will need to hire a porter (maximum 18 kilos).
It is one of the most famous trekking routes in the world. That is why tourists from all over the world book many months in advance. It is the only way to get tickets and that is why availabilities sell out quickly.
The 2-day short Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is the second option of the famous 4-day Inca Trail Trek, when this is sold out, the 2-day short Inca Trail starts to run out.
It is recommended to book the ticket for the Short Inca Trail hike One or two months in advance, and if it is more months in advance it will be better. The last time to make a reservation is 4 days before the tour, subject to availability.
To live this experience, it is not necessary to be an athlete or anything like that. A short practice hike at home before the Machu Picchu 2-day Inca Trail Tour will be enough. Doing this trekking is not a competition, you will go at your own pace and your professional guide will escort you at all times and will make your journey a unique experience.
Normally the classic 4-day Inca Trail is the one that sells out the fastest. When this happens, you have as a second option the 2-day Short Inca Trail, which is the one that always has availability. When both are sold out, you have the following alternative treks to Machupicchu: Salkantay, Lares, Huchuy Qosqo, Choquequirao and Ausangate.
The 2-Day Inca Trail Hike to Machu Picchu is an outdoor activity; therefore, no one is free from any accident. We recommend that you contract your travel insurance with reliable insurance companies in your country, covering hospitalization, medicines, even repatriation to your country, among others.
We recommend that you leave your luggage at the hotel in Cusco. All lodging establishments have luggage storage facilities.
Yes, you can explore more places after the 2-Day Short Inca Trail hike and the Machu Picchu tour. But to climb either of the two mountains, you must book your ticket 2 or 3 months in advance. Especially for Huaynapicchu, it is the one that sells out the fastest and both mountains have limited spaces.
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