You will be collected from your hotel at 7:30 am and travel in a private bus to Abra Malaga. There, we will start our mountain bike circuit, until the people of Santa Maria. In this route, we will see archaeological sites as Huamanmarca and Inca Prison, as well as changes in the landscape. This is an exciting descent in 5 hours in combination with a bicycle ride on the edge of the stunning area of the forest, watch birds, medicinal plants, snakes, butterflies and exotic fruits like passion fruit, pomegranates, papayas, avocados, mandarins, oranges and bananas, coffee and coca plantations, as we will be able to pick these fruits and enjoy its delicious flavor. We will visit local families busy with their daily routine. Finally, we will set our camp at 2220 m. above sea level. Lunch and dinner are included.

Awake to the5.30 am, shake off your weary limbs and enjoy the finest indigenous coffee prepared by your landlady for breakfast which is at 6am. Under dawn skies you will begin your walk, which gets progressively steeper, until arriving at the welcoming family restaurant in Santa Rosa, where you can relax in hammocks, admiring the coca plantations and take on refreshments while being entertained by the family monkey. After a short while you will reach the real Inca Trail, which winds around precipitous slopes and sheer drops for approximately half a mile. Be warned this is not for people who suffer from vertigo!  The descent continues for just over two hours until you reach Qellomayo,where you will have lunch. Make sure you have saved enough energy for the final stretch, a riverside walk beside the Rio Vilcanota until reaching the delicious hot springs Colcamayo. Rejuvinate in the heavenly hot waters and forget your weary wake in these natural settings. Fully replenished, you will find the final stretch to Santa Teresa a sinch. Here you should sleep well in the family homestead after dinner.

Wake at 7am, have breakfast before taking private transport to Lucmabamba town, the entrance to another Inca Trail, which was discovered just a few years ago. We are the only tour company to walk this part of the Inca Trail, so for three and a half hours you will feel like Adam and Eve walking amidst parrots in this tranquil Garden of Eden. You will be rewarded for your efforts with a view of Machu Picchu from the top of Llactapata, flanked by the grotesque peak of Salkantay. Your picnic here is unlikely to be forgotten for a while, gazing down on all those tourists who took the traditional Inca route because they did not know! It is only about a two hour walk down to the hydro-electric train station where the train departs for Aguas Calientes, the base town for Machu Picchu. Included is dinner at a local restaurant before retiring to your hostel with hot water and private bathrooms.

An early rise today, as you will take the first bus to Machu Picchu at 5.30am, reaching Machu Picchu at 6am, which with luck will coincide with a beautiful sunrise!  Your guide will leave no stones unturned but feel free to challenge their knowledge of Inca history.  Afterwards you have free time to dally with the llamas and show off your photographic skills. Those who still have the will can tackle Huaynapicchu, which actually looks down on Machu Picchu. A frequent bus service takes visitors back to Aguas Calientes, where you will catch the train to Hidroelectrica or Ollantaytambo and then the bus to Cusco.

INCLUDED:
* Transport from Cusco to Abra Malaga
* Professional, bilingual guide
* Mountain bike with front suspension gloves and helmet.
* Meals, including lunch on the first day through until breakfast on the last day.
* Accommodation  in family house including hot water
* Transport Santa Teresa - Lucmabamba
* Hostal in Aguas Calientes
* First Aid kit
* Bus service from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu
* Entrance to Machu Picchu
* Train back to Hidroelectrica or Ollantaytambo and then bus to Cusco

NOT INCLUDED:
* Final lunch in Aguas Calientes
* Hot springs in Santa Teresa
* Bus down from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes
* Train ticket from Hidroelectrica to Aguas Calientes