Originally Posted by
HKTraveler
If you are into hiking, I would recommend checking out the Explora Sacred Valley. While the Machu Picchu was special, our most memorable moment was hiking down the mountains and seeing Moray for the first time. Explora will take care of all the hiking logistics and you just need to show up and enjoy.
For Central, I just booked online myself
Could not more strongly agree with this. In particular, the thrill of completing their Incañan hike, described as:
This is the most physically-demanding exploration and the one with the most spectacular landscapes. It crosses the Urubamba mountain chain from north to south, over a trail that goes along the second highest peak in the region, the Sawasiray, with 19,088 f.a.s.l.
- Difficulty level: Expert
- Distance: 17.8 km / 11.1 miles
- Max. Altitude: 4,611 m.a.s.l / 15,128 f.a.s.l
- Elevation gain: 1,129 m / 3,704 ft
- Elevation loss: - 1,497 m / - 4,911 ft
An utterly spectacular hike, and an illustration of why we keep traveling to Exploras (have been to them all).
As for Central, we got the booking ourselves, though got lucky as there must have been a cancellation. MIL, by the aforementioned Moray, was equally as spectacular.
I honestly could not more highly recommend the Sacred Valley, and would venture to say our visit to Machu Picchu was our LEAST favorite - by far - experience there.