"Lotus Expeditions offers the best of independent travel and travel with a guided tour company. Their leaders are well tested, knowledgeable, and very personable so that their trips feel like the freedom of traveling on your own. Yet their organization and care will enable you to relax and enjoy the attention of a well-run adventure travel company."
- John Shanahan, Colorado
"A mind stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Luxury Lodge to Lodge Trek to Machu Picchu Deluxe Services
What is Included:
- 3N four star hotel accommodation at the Novotel in Cuzco based on double occupancy (includes breakfast)
- Five nights luxury lodges on trek include: private rooms with eiderdown bedding, full bathroom, shared Jacuzzi, fireplace, and gourmet food
- 1N deluxe hotel accommodation in Aguas Caliente
- All ground transportation
- Half-day, guided city tour of Cuzco
- All-day, guided tour of Scared Valley
- Full-day, guided tour of Machu Picchu
- 1 day to acclimatize at the Salkantay Lodge; Activities include dayhiking, trout fishing or a scramble to a high viewpoint
- All entrance fees and trekking permits
- Professional, English-speaking local guides
- All meals where noted on the itinerary
- Experienced, professional cooks prepare gourmet cuisine
- Group first aid kit
- Baggage transport by porters (limited to 15kg)
- Fair wages for porters
- Deluxe, Vistadome train to Cuzco
What is Not Included:
- Domestic or international airfare to Cuzco
- Required travel insurance
- Airport or departure taxes and any excess baggage fees
- Rescue or medical expenses
- Personal clothing, equipment, first aid and drug kits
- Single room supplement fees for hotels and lodges
- Hotels, meals, transport or other fees if leaving trip before scheduled departure
- Meals not listed on your itinerary
- Staff gratuities (suggested $250)
- Personal items such as laundry, telephone, email, alcohol, bottled drinks, etc.
- Personal cash for emergencies, gifts, etc. (suggested $500)