1-dags Inca Trail-tur til Machu Picchu-vandring

The person who organized our transfer introduced himself as Yuri (or possibly Juri in Spanish). Unfortunately, our experience with him was extremely negative and unprofessional. He offered us a transfer from Hidroeléctrica to Ollantaytambo for 50 soles. After we agreed and paid, he refused to give us any ticket (saying didn't have enough paper tickets which wasn't true at all becose before he even showed quickly to us) or proof of the purchase, and he also refused to tell us the name of the agency he was working for. Because of this, we asked another passenger on the same transport who had a ticket if we could take a photo of it, just to see the name of the company. That is the reason why I have the photo. We were told that the departure would be around 1:30–1:40 PM at the latest, but in reality we had to wait from 12:00 PM until about 2:30 PM. When I became tired of waiting and asked for a refund so that we could find another solution, he treated me very badly and refused to return our money. After we paid, he took our backpacks and locked them inside his personal car (visible in the photos). He then locked the car and disappeared for almost two hours, leaving us unable to access our belongings during that entire time. When finally we were going t leave, he did not even depart with his car. Instead, we were placed in a completely different minibus that was waiting for a train to come! That's why we left so late, even if I asked specifically if we were leaving not later than 1.30, and Mr Juri (or Yuri) liar, promise me max 1.40. Looking online, I found an other feedback from Reddit, from someone that has our same experience! Overall, this was a very stressful and unprofessional experience. We had no ticket, no agency name, no clear information, and our belongings were locked in his car for hours without our consent. I strongly recommend that other travelers be careful with this person. He is a scammer, liar, rude. Shame on him, ruining the reputation of lovely peruvian people.

This was a bucket list trip. AB Expeditions make it perfect. Edwin Monzon was a spectacular Guide. We got picked up from our hotel at 5 am. We caught the trail at Ollantaytambo to KM 104. Due to the rainy season, the trail went up the "porter" switchbacks. This made the initial accent challenging. Edwin was extremely patient with the speed of the accent and the lunch at the top was incredible. After lunch, we hiked to the Inka Sun Gate and got a first view of Machu Picchu. This was truly breathtaking. From there, we hiked down to Circuit 1A and the classic picture. After exiting Circuit 1, we also completed Circuit 3. This gave us an incredible tour of the lower part of Machu Picchu. Edwin provided an amazing background on this incredible site. After completing the tour of Machu Picchu, we took the bus down to Aguas Calientes. We had dinner at Mistura which was awesome after 12 km hike with over 2500 ft of elevation gain. Finally, we caught the train back to Ollantaytambo where a driver met us and took us back to our hotel. It was a long day (5 am to 10 pm), but it was truly an epic experience!!!

Guido was an awesome tour guide! He was interactive and educational and let us set the pace and tone of the tour. He also took awesome photos of us (he studied photography!) which was an added bonus to being a great hike leader and educator on Machu Picchu and Incan history. We did the one day Incan trail from 104 km and it took about 6 hours including lunch - highly recommend!

Guido is the most incredible tour guide and gave us the most unbelievable experiencing hiking Machu Picchu. He was extremely informative, and his love for this sacred space was infectious and inspiring. He set the perfect pace for us, carved out quiet spaces for us to stop and learn about what we were seeing, answered all our questions, and took great photos for us:)! Truly couldn’t imagine a more professional, wonderful person to guide us through this amazing place. Overall, this entire experience was completely seamless and every detail was thought through intentionally. Communication was clear and helpful, and we couldn’t have had more of a positive experience. The price was also completely reasonable once you see everything that goes into planning the full day (logistics, tickets, guide, etc). The hike itself is not super challenging but it’s a long day and is best for people who are physically fit.

The hike and the tour itself was amazing! Our guide, Jair was fantastic and gave us an amazing review of Incan history/spirituality, and told exciting stories of being a travel guide. If this review was for Jair only it would be 5 stars. However, the communication with the agency was sparse, the itinerary wasn’t clear, and questions were left unanswered. Viator told us to pick up our tickets from a far off location but there was no one there and we got the tickets virtually later. The worst was getting train seats in separate cars, which is not what you expect for booking months in advance. Everything worked out, but could be smoother.

Lydia with Machupicchu Andes Tours did a superb job to work personally with me to make sure my trip was superb! Thank you Lydia!! Charlie hairston

We were originally booked to complete the 5 day Inca trail, however due to extremely bad altitude sickness we asked AB Expeditions if they could come up with options that would allow us to complete a short hike and still arrive and visit Machu Picchu. We were very impressed with AB,s ability to come up with a new program that fulfilled our wishes. Our guide Geo, was fantastic and his knowledge of the trail, its history, wildlife and fauna was outstanding. Unfortunately whilst we were there the local population and tour operators were taking industrial actions which shut down the rail link into and out of Aquas Calientes, and they also stopped the buses from taking tourists up to Machu Picchu which meant that a large number of tourists were stranded. AB expeditions were great at coming up with an alternate plan to get all AB expeditions' clients out of Aquas Calientes and back to Cusco. Overall we were very impressed with AB Expeditions as a company and all of their staff were top rate. We would recommend using AB Expeditions for your trekking needs.

We did the one day trek to Machu Picchu from km 104 on the railway up to the Sun gate and then down into Machu Picchu. It’s a great way to experience part of the Inka trail without having to camp. The trail up from the railway is quite arduous but has a couple of Inka ruins on the way. We arrived at the Sun gate around 1.30pm then into Machu Picchu by 2pm. We then spent a couple of hours visiting the ruins before taking the bus down to Aguas Caliente. Our guide was Jose Antonio who was fantastic and provided useful information all the way through the trek and tour. If we did the trek again we would book an earlier train back to our hotel rather than have dinner in Aquas Caliente which is a bit of a tourist trap. Otherwise it was a perfect day which combines a fantastic trek with a visit to Machu Picchu- which absolutely deserves its reputation.

We booked 6 tours with this Enterprise 4 months in advance. Lylia from minute one was always well prepared to answer and resolve all my doubts, with kindness and professionalism. All tours were amazing, the Inca road is im-pre-sio-nan-te. We also did South Valley, Sacred Valley, Humantay Lagoon, Rainbow Moñtaña and Maras-Moray. In all we had a wonderful time, the driver, guide and meals were excellent. We highly recommend them, our stay in Cusco was wonderful!

From the first moment they behaved with the highest priority towards the client, the attention was outstanding clarifying all our doubts, the guides with ample knowledge about the whole route and information of the area and always ready to help us without rushing and encouraging us to do everything at our own pace. Recommended at 120%!