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¿WHAT
DO I NEED FOR THE INCA TRAIL?
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To
do the Inca trail you require the services of a travel agency
authorize by the Machupicchu's unit of documentation that
is the entity that administrates and controls the access
to the Inca Trail and gives the permissions to the agencies
that follow the statements of the management of the Inca
Trail.or ask about the services of an oficial guide
with title in tourism which ones must be totally registrated
in the (UGM).
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The
agency in their prices includes the payment for the access for the Inca Trail and it also includes
the access to the historical sanctuary of Machupicchu
that normally costs S/.79.50and students S/.40.00.
¿REQUIREMENTS
FOR STUDENTS?.
The main requirement
is to have an ISIC's
carnet that gives
a 50% dicount in all the tourists tickets.
¿WHY IS NECESSARY TO COUNT WITH
AN AGENCY FOR THE INCA TRAIL?
The
(UGM) that is the entity that administrates the Inca Trail,
establishes in its new rules that is an indispensable requirement
to do the Inca Trail to hire the services of a guide or a
travel agency authorized by the
UGM, this rule was gives with the objective to keep save the
historical patrimony and ecosistem of the Inca Trail.
The
rules of the UGM also says That in the Inca Trail cannot be
for than
500 persons per day and the minimum trekking must be do in two
days.
THE
ENTRANCE COST OF THE INCA TRAIL:
RUTA |
PRICES 2006 |
Adults |
Students |
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RUTA 1 : Km. 82 ( Piscacucho - Huayllabamba - WiñayWuayna) |
*S/. 198.00 |
*S/. 99.00 |
| RUTA 2 : Km. 88 (Qoriwayrachina Huayllabamba-WiñayWuayna- Ciudadela de Machupicchu ) |
*S/. 198.00 |
*S/. 99.00 |
| RUTA 3 : Salkantay Huayllabamba-WiñayWuayna-Ciudadela de Machupicchu. |
*S/. 198.00 |
*S/. 99.00 |
| RUTA 4 : K m. 82 (Piscacucho) Km. 88 (Qoriwayrachina)-Pacaymayo Bajo- Km. 104 (Chachabamba) WiñayWuayna- Ciudadela de Machupicchu. |
*S/. 198.00 |
*S/. 99.00 |
RUTA 5 : K m. 104 (Chachabamba) WiñayWuayna-Ciudadela de Machupicchu |
*S/. 99.00 |
*S/. 59.50 |
RUTA 6: Salkantay – Huayllabamba- Km.88 ( Qoriwuayrachina)
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*S/. 99.00 |
*S/. 59.50 |
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Prices do not include agency and guide services.
* Prices could be changed.
PACKAGES
OFFER BY THE TRAVEL AGENCY:
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PACKAGES OFFERED BY AN AGENCY |
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NUMBER OF DAYS |
PRICES aprox |
four days/ three night |
$290 (normal) |
$260 (students) |
two days/ one night |
$170 (normal) |
$150 (students) |
REGULATION OF THE VISIT:
You
must count with the following points:
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Always
have the visitor ticket.
·
Guide
yourself in the established way.
·
Don't
camp inside of the enclosures.
·
Don't
contaminate the enviroment. ·
Fireplaces
are forbidden. ·
Don't
damage the flora and the fauna.
·
Don't
trow garbage on the way,keep it..
·
Dig
holes is serius crime.
NECESSARY
EQUIPMENT :
Tent, backpack, sleeping bag, pants, t-shirts, sweater, socks,
gloves,hat, sneakers or boots, toilet paper, towels,lights,
matches, candles, pots,plates,cups, food, water, pills for the
highsickness and for the stomachache, coca tea. The
agencies give all the necessary equipment bu not the sleeping
bag.
RECOMENDATIONS:
- The reservations must be do with at lest 3 days before the
service.
- We recommend to buy the package at an agency that includes
the whole service (food,
entrance and make the reserve for the Inca Trail). This prices
are specified in the packages offered by the travel agencies, comparing
these services with an oficial guide these are expensier because
the guide doesn't offer the necessary equipment and the ticket
to enter to the Inca Trail.
TRANSPORTATION FROM AGUAS CALIENTES TO MACHUPICCHU:
To
get to the city of Machupicchu it's required to take a bus
with the following prices:
SERVICES |
PRICES 2006 |
Foreigner adults People (Ascent/ Slope) |
$12.00 |
National adults (Ascent/ Slope) |
$9.00 |
Foreigner Children (Ascent/ Slope) |
$6.00 |
Student of Private Schools (Ascent/ Slope) |
$6.00 |
Tourism Guide (Ascent/ Slope) |
$5.00 |
Residents of Cusco (Ascent/ Slope)(All the day) |
S/.15.00 |
Residents of Machupicchu (Ascent/ Slope)(sunday) |
S/.6.00 |
Student of National Schools (Ascent/ Slope) |
S/.10.00 |
Imperial Express (Ascent/ Slope) |
S/.10.00 |
Service class A (Ascent/ Slope) |
$432.00 |
Service class A1 (Ascent/ Slope) |
$864.00 |
TRANSPORTATION
FROM CUSCO TO MACHUPICCHU, CHECK TO USEFUL TIPS FOR
MACHUPICCHU:
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TRAIL MAP |
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TRAIL ALTITUDE MAP |
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