Machu Picchu Tours & Treks — Premium Small Groups!

We had this dream of hiking the Inca Trail for about 25 years and Trexperience made this an incredible and wonderful experience. The booking process and subsequent administrative service where sometimes rocky and not totally satisfactory but at the end everything worked out perfectly. The tour itself was incredibly well organized and simply fantastic, starting with the tour guides which passed on their incredible knowledge and took care of all of us extremely well to the porters who carried such an huge amount of weight for us. Trexperience employs people from the local region and also gives female guides and porters a chance which clearly differentiates the company from others. The track itself included a few tougher parts and I'll definitely avoid any unnecessary staircases over the next few days but overall it was fantastic with a breathtaking scenery, lots of wildlife - we even spotted several colibris and the highlight were two bears in the distance - and an ever-changing vegetation with wild orchids and many other beautiful flowers. When we finally arrived at the Sun Gate and got our first view of Machu Picchu we were completely overwhelmed by its beauty. We got to MP very early and were amongst the very first few visitors that day so could take some amazing pictures and enjoy the calm beauty of this majestic place. The food we received at breakfast, lunch and dinner was always delicious and freshly cooked. When we arrived at our campsites in the afternoon everything was already set up. The tents were comfortably big, clean and well cared for. All in all we can only recommend Trexperience if you're looking for a tour operator. A big thanks to them for making this happen and such a wonderful experience. A recommendation: Add Huayna Picchu to your trip. The climb up there is worth every additional step and you get the chance to see those ruins from a different perspective. A final word of caution: Trexperience (like every other Inka Trail tour operator) isn't completely transparent about the costs of the trip as at the end of the journey you are expected (and pressured) to pay a tip to the porters of 80-100 Peruvian Soles. We were a group of 17 hikers with about 25 porters thus our family of 4 was told we had to pay for broadly 7 porters. The corresponding sum for us thus amounted of 560-700 Soles. Further you are expected to tip the cook even more and the guides again even more. The total amount of expected tipping is significant and increases the total cost of the trip. Recommendation: Don't let yourself be pressured and only give what you want/can while reminding Trexperience that it's their responsibility to fairly pay their employees, not ours.

Gilbert was our guide and was nothing short of incredible. He specifically made my father in law more comfortable while trekking through some of the more challenging parts and it would not have been possible to finish without him. We can’t thank him and all our porters (special shout out to Rambo!) enough for everything they did.

Had a great time with everyone in my group. The guides were very knowledgeable about the local culture and were very eager to share it with us while answering any questions we had. The food was amazing the while trip, the chef was outstanding. The porters we had with us were very kind and professional while making the life very easy for us. Would definitely recommend to anyone considering the inca trail.