MARCH 23: WELCOMING TO LIMA/PERU
Activity: At mentioned time reception at Lima International airport and then transfer to located hotel in Miraflores - Lima.
Stay: Selected hotel
Meals:
MARCH 24: LIMA - CUSCO
Activity: Around 7am transfer to airport and flight to Cusco (1 hr), welcoming reception at Cusco airport and then transfer to the hotel and free afternoon for rest or personal activities.
Stay: Selected hotel
Meals: -
MARCH 25: CUSCO - CHINCHEROS/CRUZ PATA - MORAY AGRICULTURAL LABORATORY - MARAS SALT MINE - OLLANTAYTAMBO
Activity: This day you need to be ready at 8am, because we pass through the hotel to pick up you by our private transport. We drive to Cruz Pata, a place located near of Chincheros town; there we will start your first bike test on the Andes. Downhill ride style which will give you an amazing experience to enjoy the scenery of the mountain range around Cusco.
The first part of downhill consist to follow a wide track to Moray archaeological site, the ride takes around 1 hour between pre- Incan terraces and lot flora and fauna. Moray archaeological site is dominated as Inca agriculture laboratory; we descend walking to appreciate this impressive spiral construction.
Keep riding we arrive to the colonial village of Maras, short brief stop in this place and spectacular view of the sacred valley of the Incas waiting for you.
Downhill on a nice stony single track following small river and then arrive to Maras huge salt mines (Salineras), where you will have brief tour and short walk around each well of salt.
From the salt mines we keep descending downhill ride style on single track to the sacred valley of the Incas and finally around 4 or 5pm arrive to the hotel in Ollantaytambo (2800M).
Stay: Selected hotel
Meals: B - L
MARCH 26: OLLANTAYTAMBO - ABRA MALAGA DOWNHILL - REGISTRATION
Activity: After breakfast around 8am private transfers to Abra Malaga pass (4450m) and free training and first recognize of the single track from the pass down to Ollantaytambo.
Around 12pm will be the registration for Megavalanche 2009 competition.
Stay: Selected hotel
Meals: B
MARCH 27: OLLANTAYTAMBO - ABRA MALAGA DOWNHILL
Activity: After breakfast around 8am private transfer to Abra Malaga pass (4450m) and free training and second recognize of the single track from the pass down to Ollantaytambo.
Around 12pm is the administrative control and delivery of numbers and track maps for each participant.
At 7pm will be the technical meeting at the hotel with all the participants and explanation of track and control procedures.
Stay: Selected hotel
Meals: B
MARCH 28: OLLANTAYTAMBO - RACE QUALIFICATION FOR MEGAVALANCHE 2009
At 9am pick up from the hotel and private transfer to Abra Malaga pass and around 11am departure for race qualification. Every departure will be for 100 participants after every 30 minutes.
At 7pm will be the posting of qualification race results and order of departure.
Stay: Selected hotel
Meals: B
MARCH 29: OLLANTAYTAMBO - MEGALAVACHE COMPETITION
According the time and with lap you will be placed will be the private transfer from hotel to Abra Malaga pass.
9am first lap departure.
13pm second lap departure.
8pm results in a public ceremony.
Stay: Selected hotel
Meals: B
MARCH 30: OLLANTAYTAMBO - MACHU PICCHU - AGUAS CALIENTES
At 7am transfer to the train station and aboard the Vistadome class and travel along the Urubamba River to Machu Picchu, arrive to Aguas Calientes town. At 10:30am breakfast and aboard the first tourist bus to drop us to Machu Picchu main door, and to be the first visitors Inside Machu Picchu archaeological site you will have complete guided tour of this spectacular and mystical place. The guided tour include walk through the different section such as urban, agriculture, and the religions zone was used by the Inca Culture. According how you feeling we coordinating with the guide climb to Huayna Picchu (Young Mountain) this climbing take around 1 hour to get the summit from where you can have the best photos of all Machu Picchu and of deep green canyon surrounding the sacred Inca City. At according time descend to Machu Picchu and then free time to explorer on your own.
If time permit OPTIONAL visit the thermal baths located next of town. Overnight in Aguas Calientes town.
Stay: Selected hotel
Meals: B - L
MARCH 31: AGUAS CALIENTES - CUSCO - LIMA
At 7am transfer to train station and travel to Ollantaytambo and from the private transfer to airport of Cusco and flight to Lima and end of tour in Peru.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This site is operated by PERU ADVENTURE TOURS a legally constituted company to the Peruvian government, which operates from offices in Arequipa and Cusco in Peru. In accordance with the relevant statutory provisions referred in Peru Tourism law, its regulations, its decrees and other legislation applicable in both the country and abroad are issued these general conditions and responsibility as outlined below, which govern the provision of services on the one hand between the passenger or user of services "CLIENT", by other hand the "TRAVEL AGENCY" by the other hand the entities of the service providers such as airlines, hotels, restaurants, transport, guides and other tourism-related services and in connection with this contract.
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BEST TIME FOR CYCLE
After rain season (April to June) is the best season for nice downhill bike from Abra Malaga to Ollantaytambo.
STAY AN EXTRA NIGHT AT AGUAS CALIENTES?
Stay an extra night at Aguas Calientes? Yes, if you want to stay an extra night in Aguas Calientes after biking and trekking tour this can easily be arranged. We will purchase your train ticket to return to Cusco the following day. You need to let us know at the time of making the trek reservation so we can reserve your train tickets in advance. Obviously if you stay an extra night then you will have to pay for your accommodation.
LOCAL KIDS AND ADULTS
Along the way you will met many people, specially kids walking long distance to arrive at school and study 5 hours and they back home after maybe 30 minutes or 2 - 4 hours depending how far they live from the school. Normally they are son or daughter of poor farmers living on the mountains. We strongly recommend help us to give some present to them like pencils, notebook, dictionaries, toys, clothes (socks, gloves, hat, t-shirt, etc) and something to eat. We don't recommend giving them things like candies, chew gun, soda, camping knife or money. If you really like to make picture of them, especially of adults we strongly advise you to ask first. If you don't speak any word of Spanish language (Español) coordinate with your guide to see if is possible to have picture of them. Local people don't permit take picture of them, because they believe you taking their spirit on your camera.
