2 Days Best Machupicchu Tour - Private Guided Experience.

Inti Peru Adventures is an amazing outfit that makes your experience personalized and intimate. John met us the night before our scheduled tour at our AIrBnB to go over the itinerary and answer any questions we may have had. His positive energy radiated from him, and he greeted me with a hug and told me thank you for visiting Peru and choosing Inti Peru Adventures. Edgar picked us up the next day and he also welcomed us with a hug and a word of thanks for visiting Peru. It was clear that they are very proud of their culture and love sharing it with others through their teachings. Our first stop was at a local textile "shop" where the women taught us how they used all natural colors to dye alpaca and llama fur. The most amazing to see was a parasite that lives off of cacti. The parasite itself is white until crushed when it turns into a deep red color that women also use as lipstick that wears off after 24 hours. We made purchases from the women then hit the road to hike a lessor known piece of the Inca trail that led into the Sacred Valley. Edgar grew up in the area, so he was very familiar with the trail itself, and he guided the two of us to a beautiful waterfall. The two of us were amazed when we were climbing back up the mountain from the waterfall to hear Edgar playing the flute. We were sucking wind and he was playing a flute :) We only saw a handful of other hikers along the way, and we were able to take our time and as many pictures as we wanted because our tour only consisted of the two of us. We arrived into the Sacred Valley to find Carmen and John cooking us a four course meal...again, for only the two of us. Carmen is a trained chef and made beautiful mushroom ceviche, quinoa soup, lomo saltado and a chicken dish for the main course, and some sort of delicious desert that we think was made from a purple drink that is made from corn. Edgar offered a plate to a local woman who accepted with gratitude. We toured Machu Picchu the next day with Edgar as our guide. He took us into Machu Picchu at 6 am and we had the location to mostly ourselves and a handful of other people because everyone else was standing in line to hike Machu Picchu Mountain. We spent two hours exploring Machu Picchu before heading to the mountain to climb. The mountain was a CHALLENGE but very worth it! We also enjoyed the hike up the mountain with only a handful of people because Edgar planned the timing just right.