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Why Book your Inca Trail Trek with Alpaca Expeditions…?

#1 Inca Trail Trek Provider in Peru

1. #1 Inca Trail Trek Provider in Peru

Alpaca Expeditions is the number 1 tour operator for all treks that lead to Machu Picchu, especially when it comes to the Inca Trail. We have been ranked #1 on TripAdvisor for 7 years in a row with more than 5,000 5 star reviews. This is a result of a superior quality of our service and endless dedication to our team and community. The Inca Trail requires a tremendous amount of logistics, all handled by our team so you can focus on the views and your hike.
100% LOCAL COMPANY - LOCAL STAFF, LOCAL OWNER AND LOCAL OPERATOR

2. 100% LOCAL COMPANY – LOCAL STAFF, LOCAL OWNER AND LOCAL OPERATOR

Alpaca Expeditions is a local company based in Cusco city. Our office is located half block away from the main square and easy to walk and in the center of Cusco. We are direct operator and operate all our own treks: we will never put you into another operator even if we end up with a small group. Tours are never cancelled unless natural catastrophe. Our entire staff are from Cusco. They are all extremely well trained and ready to provide the best quality of service – responsibly and punctual.
BOOKING SYSTEM

3. BOOKING SYSTEM

Simple and clear booking system allows you to comfortably reserve your tour with ease. You receive an itemized invoice within 24 hours of booking showing clearly what you are signed up for. A full sales team is ready to answer any questions.
HIKE BRIEFING

4. HIKE BRIEFING

Join us at our conveniently located office, close to the center of Cusco, for a 45 minute briefing before all camping treks. Briefings are at 6:30 with your trekking guide and last for 45 minutes. We will answer all last minute questions and hand out your duffel bags that will be carried by the porters.
DUFFLE BAGS , BACKCOVERS, PONCHOS, & PERSONAL PORTER

5. DUFFLE BAGS , BACKCOVERS, PONCHOS, & PERSONAL PORTER

Most of our competitors charge extra for a personal porter to carry your belongings, but not Alpaca. In order to make your trek as comfortable as possible, we include this service in our price. We provide a duffel that can be packed up to 7kg/15lbs of your personal items needed outside of hiking times so you can just carry your daypack of necessities and keep it as light as possible. We also offer free daypack covers to keep your bag dry in case of rain and plastic ponchos. These are recycled and reused.
HOTEL TO HOTEL SERVICE

6. HOTEL TO HOTEL SERVICE

No other company offers this service. We will pick you up directly from your hotel before the trek and drop you back at your hotel at the end. Cusco streets are historically narrow and difficult to pass through, but we will make the special effort to get to you to make this vacation hassle free for you.
AMAZING MEALS

7. AMAZING MEALS

We include your meals from your very first breakfast on Day 1 until your last breakfast…always with variety of healthy and delicious meals. We cater to all food restrictions and make sure everyone has something tasty to eat. Only your last lunch in Aguas Calientes after Machu Picchu is not included.
WELL PAID STAFF

8. WELL PAID STAFF

It is our job to take care of our team and we take this seriously. We offer everyone at Alpaca Expeditions a better salary so that they can live comfortably. And it is very obvious upon meeting our team that they are happy, dedicated and proud of their work.
PORTER WELFARE

9. PORTER WELFARE

We treat with respect our Porters. They have the hardest job on the inca trail and we work hard to make sure they are repaid for their commitment. We provide a place for them to sleep safely and comfortably in Cusco and soon in the Sacred Valley. We provide all hiking uniforms and equipment to them for free including hiking belts, boots, warm jackets, down sleeping bags and tents to sleep in.
EQUALITY FOR ALL

10. EQUALITY FOR ALL

Tourism is the number 1 industry in Cusco, but historically most jobs have only been open to men. We are working hard to include more and more women in our company in every role…management, guides, chefs and now porters. In 2018 we started our WOMEN EMPOWERMENT initiative opening our doors to our first group of female porters. That number has grown by almost 5 times in 2019 and we hope it continues to grow. We make sure the experience is comfortable and safe for our female porters. We have training sessions to make sure both men and women teammates work side by side with respect. Being a porter is a hard job and not all women are interested in such exhausting work, but those who do seem to love it.
EQUIPMENT

11. EQUIPMENT

We use top quality equipment that makes our clients as comfortable as possible. Spacious 4 man Eureka tents are shared by 2, Therm-a-Rest air matts, Black Diamond Walking Sticks. All top quality.
PORTABLE PRIVATE TOILETS

12. PORTABLE PRIVATE TOILETS

Public toilets are terrible on the Inca Trail, cleaned only once a day and with piles of toilet paper. Our company has introduced private portable ecological toilets for only our groups to use. They are set up for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
SATELITTLE PHONES, OXIMETERS, TENSIOMETERS

13. SATELITTLE PHONES, OXIMETERS, TENSIOMETERS

We are the only company that carries these very important safety devices on all our treks. And we are the only company that has satellite phones that are extremely helpful in emergencies or can just be fun to use to contact your family from the top of a mountain.
SOCIALLY CONCIOUS

14. SOCIALLY CONCIOUS

We are dedicated to our community and environment. We believe that the company should not only focus on how much we grow as business , but on our neighbors and community. We dedicate shares of our income on important social projects focusing on making the lives of our porters and their families better. We bring doctors and dentists to them, we celebrate special moments with clowns and fun activities for their kids, we plant trees in their village, we donate warm jackets and boots. And this year we have donated a year’s salary to the school to make sure they have a professor of English, literature and mathematics. She will teach 150 children at Llullcha community. She plans on sending us monthly reports of how the kids are doing and we hope to share these online.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

15. ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

Alpaca Expeditions always has pachama on our mind. We use ZERO plastic…everything we use is reusable and recyclable. We ask our clients to leave plastic ponchos and daypack covers at home, because we supply and reuse ours. We try to create as little waste as possible and lead treks just to clean our trails throughout the year. We have planted more than 10,000 queuna trees in more than 5 villages along the Sacred Valley and Ausangate area. Quena trees are the only native tree from the Andes and according to studies, it’s one of the few trees that helps to protect soil and water on the hills.
FIRST AID

16. FIRST AID

Our guides are extremely well trained in different safety and health emergencies that can come up during one of our hikes. Each guide will have a fully stocked First Aid Kit complete with medications required by law, thermometers, oximeters, blood pressure cuffs, bandages, etc. However we still suggest to bring your own first aid with your preferred medications and remedies.
OXYGEN TANK

17. OXYGEN TANK

Each of our guides will carry a full tank of oxygen. Passing over 4200M can literally take your breath away and we are here to help anyone in need at any time.
BEST STAFF

18. BEST STAFF

Of course this should not be last…this is what truly separates us from the rest. We have the most passionate guides, precise chefs and dedicated porters. Our office staff works endlessly answering questions and preparing our clients for their adventure. Our drivers are prompt and courteous. We believe that every question should be answered with yes and a smile and we are so happy to show you our home. As the owner of Alpaca Expeditions, I am honored that my team works so hard for me and for you. Meeting foreigners and learning from our clients is a pleasure…share a story from home and we will teach you about our ancestors.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
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August 20, 2026
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Thank you for an unforgettable experience

If I could give Reuben 100 stars I would!!!! I can’t recommend him specifically and Alpaca Expeditions enough! He took my fiance and I from the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu and explained everything along the way. His charismatic nature, expansive knowledge and passion about the history of the Inka and Peru is evident from the moment you meet him, making it feel like a friend is guiding you on your journey and at the end of our trip we truly were friends! You cannot do better than Reuben and Alpaca Expeditions!!

August 19, 2026
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Top of the List Experience

We did the 2 day Inca Trail hike – our guide Sabi was amazing! Absolutely stunning experience. Very much worth the effort. Mother Nature did not cooperate on day 1, but it was still well worth it! Day 2 was Machu Picchu and a hike to the top of Huayna Picchu mountain. More amazing than you can imagine! Sabi accommodated everyone in our group and took very good care of us. He told so much history and was very educational.

August 19, 2026
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Absolute must do!

Sabino our tour guide was extremely helpful and shared so much useful and interesting information. He carried my sister’s day pack for the whole first day of the trail when she wasn’t feeling well and supplied her with medications and natural remedies to make her feel better. He let my family and I do the trail at our own pace, making sure we stopped when we needed to rest and rehydrate. Sabi also knew all of the great photo op spots and was an excellent photographer for us. We had so much fun and would recommend!!!

August 19, 2026
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Best of the best!

We had an unforgettable amazing experience on our 2 day tour to Machu Picchu. It was physically demanding, and the weather wasn’t always great, but the reward was worth it a thousand times over. Sabi was our guide, and he handled any challenging situation with empathy and aids to improve (e.g., mild altitude sickness for one in our party). This was a big trip and we are so grateful for the awesome memories!!!

August 19, 2026
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Very impressed

Our experience with Alpaca travels was nothing but good. We couldn’t make our original trekking so they were very cooperative to change our itinerary so that we could make Machu Picchu. Carlos was a great help all the way through. Our guide David Condor was perfect. Very passionate about all the sights we visited. Very knowledgeable. Also he managed the group perfect getting everyone on time in a proper way to their tours.

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March 18, 2026

We had a wonderful time with Juan visiting the Inca sites in Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. Juan is very knowledgeable about the history and prehistory of the Inca civilization. He also knew all the best spots for pictures! We really appreciated his expertise.

March 17, 2026

In general: What an experience! Great guides, chefs, and porters. Alpaca Expeditions is a green company that pays close attention to their carbon footprint, sources their food locally, and has various programs that give back to their community. Bonus: they have a portable toilet that is well maintained and stocked with TP at all times. My personal experience: This is long, but hopefully helpful if you have any reservations about whether you can accomplish this trek! I arrived in Cuzco to acclimate 3 days early…however, I unfortunately succumbed to the altitude on day one of the actual hike and got worse on day 2 and 3. It is not lost on me that I was ONLY able to complete the trek because of the Alpaca team. The chef team, led by Cecilio, were very accommodating to my needs and prepared different teas to try to help me. Our groups guides, Alvin and Yojhan, were beyond encouraging and made sure I was safe the whole time. One of them was always with me even though I took twice as long as the rest of the group. >_< I can’t stress enough how important it is to have the right team supporting you in any situation. Their company’s back bone is stellar, but their actions during the hike showed me their heart is unbeatable.

March 17, 2026

I recently completed the 4-day Inca Trail with Alpaca Expeditions alongside my teenage daughters, and it exceeded every expectation. The weather was perfect all four days, which made the stunning views even better. Our guides, Yojhan and Alvin, were true experts, sharing deep insights into Incan history, the wildlife, and the flora and fauna of the area. They were incredibly patient and answered every question we had about Peru and more. From the start, they encouraged us to keep smiles on our faces and told us we’d become a “super family” by the end—and that is exactly what happened. The “super porters” worked tirelessly, and our chef Cecilio and his assistant cooked incredible meals for us along the way. Everything went perfectly to plan, and we finished the expedition with celebratory toasts and a shared album for photos with our new friends. I cannot recommend this team highly enough!

March 17, 2026

Muy buena experiencia con Alvin y Yojhan haciendo el camino Inka clásico. La comida que nos hizo Cecilio y Angelito estaba impresionante. Repetiría seguro!

 
March 17, 2026

The 4 day Inca trip was the best trip i have had in my lifetime. Beyond the scenic scenery everything has been well planned through. Alvin and Yohan were there for any possible inquries and shared a lot of nice insights along the inca trail. The food was better than any regular meal you can grab in town and was served three times a day by the amazing chef Cecilo and his crew. If you don’t do this trip you miss out.