How to Book The Inca Trail It is highly recommended to book with a tour guide 4-6 months in advance. There are only 200 trekkers allowed per day on the trail and 300 maximum guides, porters and cooks. The high season is from May to September (dry season in the southern hemisphere. Low season is from October to April. Peruvian climate is usually rainy in the summer months in the southern hemisphere. Ocassionally it can rain out of season, so be prepared with light rain gear. Inca Trail Hike Research Tour Companys The Tierras Vivas provides: Hotel in Lima, flight to Cuzco, hotel in Cuzco, guided tour through Sacred Valley, guided hike on Inca Trail (4 day or 5 day), tent setup, porters carried up to 12 pounds of weight, plus cooks who made high energy nutrious breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The camping gear is high quality and the sleeping bags four season and down feather. Be sure to research what your licensed guide will provide as part of the tour. Don't forget
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu consists of three overlapping trails Mollepata, Classic and One Day Mollepata is the longest of the three routes with the highest mountain pass and intersects with the Classic route before crossing Warmiwañusqa ("dead woman")