4-Day Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu & Panoramic Train

We hiked as a group of 7 (ranging from ages 17 to 59 years of age and varying degrees of experience, high altitude reactions and pace) the 4 night/ 5 day Inca trail to Machu Picchu and rail experience. We had hotel transfers, briefing the night before, meals, snacks and water supplied and we reserved seats for our rail experience to Ollyantaytambo (recommended reserving seats). We had an amazing crew of 14 porters, a chef and a guide (who spoke English). Esteban and Alfredo prepared amazing 3 course meals, the porters carried 7kilos of our bedding/clothing/gear and Julio Conde could not be faulted. Julio was amazing, patient, informative, passionate, compassionate and never leaving anyone behind (we saw this happen to hikers from another group/tour agency). Julio made sure he catered to all our needs and ensured we reached our Machu Picchu destination. Even after we bid farewell, when Julio became aware of a public protest on the railway line causing massive train delays, he called and guided us through it. We will be forever grateful. The only negative experiences we felt on this hike, was not from the crew that supported us on this journey, but rather the miscommunications before our journey and on day 4, where our guide and ourselves found ourselves at our lunch destination without the chef, food or water (as planned) as the porters had left the park due to needing to rush to their provinces for compulsory election voting. With the help of Julio and agency management, we were granted a restaurant meal in town, however due to ticket restrictions for the Machu Picchu itself and a hot day, we had run out of water, snacks and the will to carry on by time we reached lunch destination at 2pm. 2pm is normally not so bad, however we had eaten a light breakfast at 5.30am (so that Porters could pack and run, and light so not to be sick on a gruelling up hill climb). My other advice to the agency is to either include tips in their overall tour cost (for porters, chef, guide) or give plenty of warning of the amount of staff and the set tip amount for each. Our crew didn’t learn of these numbers until the night before, and given we had a family of 4 in our group and one ATM card and most ATMs allowing a max transaction of $400 sole per day, it made it very difficult to compile our tip money for our 14 porters, 1 chef and guide. Whilst I realise it is not compulsory to tip, coming from a country (Australia) that doesn’t tip, it was very evident that the staff rely on our tips and our group felt embarrassed and frustrated that we couldn’t give the amount we could see they expected (even though we managed to scratch the amount the agency guide email recommended). Overall, it’s not the first time we have had best planned holidays interrupted by elections or protests and it was not the agency’s fault. We still had an awesome time and I still recommend TreExperience, our guide Julio Conde and Chef Esteban and sous chef Alfredo.

The two day Inca Trail tour was a once in a lifetime trip. TreXperience was a great tour company to go with. They was very organized and took care of all the details. Alex and Ade were fantastic guides. Alex was extremely knowledgeable about Machu Picchu and the Inca culture, and Ade was very positive and encouraging on the hike. We had a fantastic time and would recommend this to anyone wanting this two day Inca Trail tour with TreXperience to anyone wanting to visit Machu Picchu!

It was excellent! Alex - the guide, the best! Chef Ramon - amazing! Even though the trek is tough I'd do that again. Highly recommended. Haku!

The guides Nil and Louis were exceptional. Ensured our safety at all times. Made sure we had the best views and experience throughout the trek. The food cooked by the chefs was also very good. I highly recommend booking directly with trexperience as I was not pleased with the contact/support from adventure people before I departed. Once I arrived trexperience took over and were amazing.

We had an unforgettable experience thanks to Cesar Flores and the whole team of chefs/ porters working extremely hard to make this trip amazing from start to finish! Thanks to the team: we had a different menu every night, learned so much about the trail, and enjoyed breathtaking views along the way! I highly recommend!!

The Inca Trail hike with TreXperience was a beautiful journey with many great experiences. Our guide Cesar took a lot of time along the way to tell us the history of the Incas and their sites. The chef (cook) always went to great lengths to conjure up very delicious food for us. Even pizza or lasagna was on the plate and was incredibly delicious. An all-around successful and well-planned trip that lacked nothing.

The 4-day Inca Trail tour was one of our best experiences so far. The guide and also the porters were very attentive and there was more than enough and very delicious food, which was always freshly prepared. I can highly recommend TreXperience and also our guide Cesar Flores.

Some brutal uphill trekking & even the downhill was a killer in places but wouldn’t change a thing as the sense of achievement & wow factor was off the scale. Expert guidance throughout and the guides were brilliant, knowledgable & very funny. Lucky enough to share the experience with some awesome people who helped make it all so worthwhile. Finally a big shout out for all the porters who were absolutely amazing & even now I don’t know how they did what they did for us all 💙 #tripofalifetime

An amazing 4 days hike - huge appreciation to the amazing porters, chefs and guide Pepe :)

One of the best experiences ever. The hike was challenging, but the people we were with made it memorable, fun and life changing. We bonded so much with everyone. Abelardo was our guide and Rene was our assistant guide, and they were so kind and funny. Spending 4 days with them was not enough, and I’m so glad they led us. As an English speaker, communication was smooth as well. Special shoutout to Chef Lucio. Don’t know how makes such amazing food in the mountains after hiking every day, but he did it and it was amazing