Inca Trail Tours in Summer

Our trip was the Ancascocha trek in Peru. It was an amazing trip with beautiful landscapes and great hiking. Our team was great, very friendly and very knowledgeable guide, great food everyday from our chef. We enjoyed the trip so much that we would have enjoyed an additional day or two of hiking.

We wish to commend our Inca Trail guide Ever for his outstanding assistance during our journey. This included our sightseeing in and around Cusco, where Ever's extensive knowledge enhanced our understanding of the sights. On the trail, we also got excellent support from chef Orlando and his team of porters who do an amazing job to facilitate these treks. We were also very happy with Machu Picchu guide Daniel, who took us around on our additional tour of the ancient city, where he displayed his expert knowledge as one of the longest standing Machu Picchu guides. We also appreciated the support of all associated, especially when they made a late night effort to retrieve our luggage when it failed to show up as expected after the trek. Overall, it was a great experience made possible by the hard working staff in Peru.

"I did the 4 Days / 3 Nights Inca Trail with José as our main guide and Carlos as his sidekick. José gave great explanations and history lessons about Inca culture and the ruins. He knew all the spots (for pictures, breaks) and provided the best itinerary to make this a memorable experience (sunrise at Machu Picchu). Big love to all the porters, because without them this trek would not be possible in this way. The food was really good and plenty to feed all the hungry hikers. I would recommend going with this tour operator to hike this trail. However one thing I would like to note is that fair compensation to everybody involved (porters!!!, chef, guides) should be improved to reduce the additional tipping culture. Of course all tips are always voluntary, but if there is specific guidelines with recommended amounts from the company how much to tip you know the baseline salary is probably not enough and it feels very forced upon the tourists to be the bad/good guy. I also felt the suggested amounts were quite high for an already quite expensive tour. Go Super Hikers and Green Machine -!"

"This was one of the best trips I’ve ever been on. Our guide, Raul, was so full of knowledge and so friendly, he made the trip extra special. The views were incredible and breathtaking. Our chef was so talented, he made us some of the best food I’ve had. Our guide organized a special surprise for our anniversary and the chef made us a delicious, beautiful cake. The porters were so friendly and encouraging, I am so amazed at their ability to walk so far with the things they carry for us. I do recommend this trip but with caution because it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I didn’t know how difficult and draining it was going to be. However, our guide, porters, group, and the experience made all the sore muscles completely worthwhile. I don’t think I’ll ever experience anything like this anywhere else in the world!"

My husband and I did the 2 Day Inca trail with this company and are very happy with the tour. Lucio was our guide for the 2 days. He knew a lot about the flora and fauna of the place, the cultural history and Incan spirituality . We had an amazing hike, with great sweeping views of the mountains and coating Inca sites. it was challenging and it also turnout to be a hot day. Lucio made sure we kept good time and made suggestions for rest breaks. He connected with us really well over the hike. The lunch stop was great, Marco the cook prepared very healthy and delicious meals and the pleasure of eating fresh food on after a strenuous 3 hours on the is something else. Day 2 of visiting the actual site seemed like the grand finale of the journey. By then we had a great understanding of the Incan history. Overall a very memorable trip for us!

"We did the 2D/1N trip to Machu Picchu. Our tour guides David and Ciprian are truly great people and made sure everyone was taken care of. Ciprian was carrying someone’s backpack to help them out, for the entire 8 mile hike. I got a stomach flu during the second morning and had to miss part of the 2nd day but David gave me a personal tour of Machu Picchu when I started feeling better. That’s when I found out how truly knowledgeable David was because I asked so many questions and David gave detailed and extremely educated responses. Because of this, I have a much deeper understanding and appreciation of the Incas and their culture. David didn’t have to give me a make up tour of Machu Picchu, but he did so out of kindness and care. Besides the gorgeous views all around and our exceptional tour guides, the next highlight for me was the lunch. We had lunch around 1pm and we were all surprised at how they managed to cook such amazing food without a kitchen. It was better food than some restaurants we had in Cuzco. There was avocado dip and fried wanton, chicken + mango ceviche, lomo saltado, potatoes, battered trout, apple water, various vegetables, and apple pie. The food was truly *chefs kiss* and maybe the best food we’ve had on a hike ever. I highly recommend this tour and our tour guides David and Ciprian"