Cookie Policy
Last updated: August 26, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Hike Inca Trail Tours, accessible at https://hikeincatrailtours.com/, uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Legal Notice.
By using this website, certain cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation and security of the website may be stored on your device.
Other cookies, including analytics, advertising and personalization cookies, will be used according to your choices and where consent is required by applicable law.
Cookies are small text files that websites can store on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit them.
Cookies allow websites and their service providers to recognize a browser or device and may be used to remember preferences, improve functionality, measure website performance, understand how visitors interact with content and provide advertising.
Cookies do not normally contain information such as passwords or payment card details.
However, information obtained through cookies or similar technologies may, in certain circumstances, be considered personal data under applicable privacy laws.
Hike Inca Trail Tours may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including:
- operating and securing the website;
- remembering visitor preferences;
- improving navigation and user experience;
- measuring website traffic;
- understanding how visitors interact with our articles and travel guides;
- evaluating the performance of our content;
- preventing fraud and abuse;
- measuring advertising performance;
- displaying advertising;
- providing personalized advertising where permitted;
- measuring affiliate referrals or conversions;
- supporting embedded services such as videos, maps or other third-party content.
Not every category of cookie described in this Policy will necessarily be active at all times.
The technologies used may change as the website and the services integrated into it evolve.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly.
They may be used for purposes such as:
- website security;
- fraud prevention;
- network management;
- remembering privacy choices;
- maintaining sessions;
- technical website functionality.
Because these cookies are necessary to provide the website, they may not require consent where permitted by applicable law.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow the website to remember information that affects how it behaves or appears.
For example, they may remember:
- language preferences;
- region preferences;
- interface settings;
- previously selected options.
Disabling functional cookies may affect some website features.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
We may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors interact with Hike Inca Trail Tours.
Information collected may include:
- pages visited;
- time spent on the website;
- approximate geographic location;
- browser and device type;
- operating system;
- referring website;
- interactions with content;
- navigation patterns;
- technical errors.
This information helps us improve the website, identify useful content and understand which travel guides and resources are most valuable to visitors.
Advertising Cookies
Hike Inca Trail Tours may display advertising provided by third-party advertising services, including Google.
Advertising cookies and similar technologies may be used to:
- display advertisements;
- limit how often an advertisement is displayed;
- measure advertising performance;
- prevent advertising fraud;
- understand advertising interactions;
- provide personalized advertising where the user has provided the appropriate consent.
Where required by applicable law, personalized advertising technologies will only be activated after the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Affiliate Cookies
Some pages on Hike Inca Trail Tours may contain affiliate links.
When you click an affiliate link, a third-party service may store a cookie or other identifier to determine that you were referred from our website.
If you subsequently make a qualifying purchase or reservation, Hike Inca Trail Tours may receive a commission.
These tracking technologies are normally controlled by the corresponding third-party provider.
4. Google Services
Hike Inca Trail Tours may use services provided by Google, including services such as:
- Google AdSense;
- Google Analytics;
- Google Tag Manager;
- Google Maps;
- YouTube;
- other Google advertising or measurement technologies.
When Google services are integrated into a website, certain information may be transmitted to Google.
Depending on the service and your privacy choices, this information may include:
- your IP address;
- the page you are visiting;
- device and browser information;
- advertising identifiers;
- cookie identifiers;
- interactions with advertisements or content;
- approximate location information.
Google may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver its services, measure advertising effectiveness, detect fraud and abuse and, where permitted, personalize advertising.
5. Google AdSense
Hike Inca Trail Tours may participate in Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses or other technologies when advertisements are displayed on this website.
These technologies may allow Google and its partners to:
- deliver advertisements;
- measure ad impressions and interactions;
- prevent invalid traffic and advertising fraud;
- limit advertisement frequency;
- generate aggregated advertising statistics;
- display advertisements based on contextual information;
- personalize advertisements where appropriate consent has been provided.
Third-party advertising providers, including Google, may place and read cookies on your browser or use other technologies as a result of advertisements displayed on Hike Inca Trail Tours.
6. Personalized and Non-Personalized Advertising
Depending on your location and consent choices, advertisements displayed on Hike Inca Trail Tours may be personalized or non-personalized.
Personalized Advertising
Personalized advertising may use information such as previous website interactions, interests or other permitted signals to select advertisements considered more relevant to you.
Where consent is legally required, personalized advertising will only be used after you have provided the appropriate consent.
Non-Personalized Advertising
If you do not consent to personalized advertising, you may still see advertisements.
Non-personalized advertisements may be based on contextual information such as:
- the content of the page you are visiting;
- your general geographic location;
- the current session;
- basic device information.
Certain limited technologies may still be used for purposes such as fraud prevention, frequency control and advertising measurement where legally permitted.
7. Google Analytics
Hike Inca Trail Tours may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may collect information including:
- pages visited;
- session duration;
- interactions with website content;
- approximate location;
- device information;
- browser information;
- referral sources.
We use this information to analyze website performance and improve our travel content and user experience.
Where required, Google Analytics cookies or storage will only be activated according to the user's consent preferences.
8. Google Consent Mode
Where appropriate, Hike Inca Trail Tours may use Google's Consent Mode or equivalent consent signals.
Consent Mode helps Google services understand the choices made through our consent management system.
Depending on the user's selections, signals may relate to purposes including:
- advertising storage;
- analytics storage;
- advertising personalization;
- advertising user data.
Your choices regarding optional cookies and data processing can be changed through the privacy or cookie settings available on our website.
9. Visitors from the EEA, United Kingdom and Switzerland
For visitors located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom and Switzerland, Hike Inca Trail Tours uses an appropriate consent management mechanism where required.
Before certain advertising, analytics or personalization technologies are activated, visitors may be presented with options to:
- accept;
- reject;
- manage their choices;
- select individual purposes or providers.
Where required for Google advertising services, our consent management solution may use the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) and a consent management platform compatible with Google's requirements.
Refusing optional cookies will not prevent access to the basic content of Hike Inca Trail Tours.
10. Consent Management Platform
Hike Inca Trail Tours may use a Consent Management Platform ("CMP") to collect, record and manage visitors' privacy choices.
The CMP may allow visitors to review information regarding:
- the purposes for which information may be processed;
- advertising technology providers;
- analytics providers;
- personalized advertising;
- measurement technologies;
- storage technologies;
- legitimate interest where applicable.
Your preferences can be changed or withdrawn at any time through the cookie or privacy settings available on our website.
Some cookies used while visiting Hike Inca Trail Tours may be controlled by third parties.
Third-party services may include:
- advertising networks;
- analytics services;
- video platforms;
- map providers;
- affiliate networks;
- social media platforms;
- booking services;
- travel platforms.
These providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
Hike Inca Trail Tours does not directly control cookies placed exclusively by independent third-party websites after you leave our website.
12. Embedded Content
Our travel guides and articles may include third-party content such as:
- YouTube videos;
- interactive maps;
- booking widgets;
- social media content;
- travel tools.
These services may use cookies or similar technologies when content is loaded or interacted with.
Where required, these technologies may remain blocked until the visitor provides the corresponding consent.
Cookies may be classified according to how long they remain on your device.
Session Cookies
These cookies normally expire when you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies
These cookies may remain on your device for a defined period or until you manually delete them.
The retention period depends on the purpose of the cookie and the provider responsible for it.
The specific duration of third-party cookies may change over time as those providers update their services.
When applicable, Hike Inca Trail Tours will display a cookie or privacy consent interface allowing you to manage optional technologies.
Depending on your location, available choices may include:
Accept all – permits the optional cookies described in the consent interface.
Reject all – prevents optional cookies from being activated where technically and legally applicable.
Manage options – allows you to select individual categories, purposes or providers.
Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent you from accessing the general travel content available on Hike Inca Trail Tours, although certain features may function differently.
15. Changing or Withdrawing Consent
You may change your cookie preferences at any time.
A permanent Privacy Settings, Cookie Settings or similar link may be available on the website so that you can reopen the consent management interface.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the consent was withdrawn.
Most web browsers allow you to:
- view stored cookies;
- delete cookies;
- block third-party cookies;
- block all cookies;
- receive notifications before cookies are stored;
- configure different privacy preferences.
The exact procedure depends on the browser and device you use.
Blocking all cookies may cause certain website functionality to operate incorrectly.
Browser settings are separate from the consent preferences provided through Hike Inca Trail Tours.
17. Do Not Track and Privacy Signals
Some browsers or devices may transmit privacy preference signals.
Where required by applicable law and supported by our technologies, Hike Inca Trail Tours will take appropriate measures to recognize legally applicable privacy preference signals.
Privacy technologies and regulatory requirements continue to evolve, and our practices may be updated accordingly.
18. International Visitors
Hike Inca Trail Tours is accessible to travelers around the world.
Cookie and privacy requirements vary by jurisdiction.
We therefore adapt the operation of advertising, analytics and consent technologies when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable requirements in different regions.
19. Personal Data
Information obtained through cookies may constitute personal information under applicable privacy legislation.
For additional information about:
- what personal information we collect;
- why we process it;
- how long we retain it;
- international transfers;
- user privacy rights;
- third-party service providers;
please review our Privacy Policy.
We may update this Cookie Policy when necessary because of:
- changes to our website;
- new advertising services;
- new analytics providers;
- changes to cookie technologies;
- changes to Google services;
- regulatory requirements;
- changes to privacy legislation.
When this Policy is modified, the "Last updated" date at the beginning of the page will be revised.
We recommend reviewing this Policy periodically.
21. Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how Hike Inca Trail Tours uses cookies and similar technologies, please contact us:
Hike Inca Trail Tours
Website: https://hikeincatrailtours.com/
Email: info@hikeincatrailtours.com