21 Oct 2009 08:03 AM

INCA TRAIL

Inca Trail Description

When the traveler on his first visit to Cusco raises his eyes and looks up at the clean and fluffy sky his doubts disappear: To days great adventure is to follow in the footsteps of the ancient dwellers of the Inca Empire. Why invest up to four days trekking on steep paths to reach the old citadel of Machu Picchu, if there is a railroad that can take you there in comfort in only six hours? Only the experience itself can supply the answer.

The physical exertion climbing up the Inca trail , to slowly slide down mud covered knee-wrenching slopes, to go into the nights surrounded by the stars and to speak to the whistling cold wind in the highland, becomes, at the end of the road, the fair price paid for one of the most extraordinary experiences to be found anywhere in the world today.

The best way to start your Inca Trail experience to the mysterious citadel of Machu Picchu is to acclimatise in the beautiful city of Cusco. A walk to Sacsayhuaman and also along the multiple “Pacchas” or fountains and churches of the city is a good idea.

The day before starting out on the tour, the traveler receives all the necessary information and recommendations needed for the Inca trail : Schedules, campsites, regulations in force within the Machu Picchu Ecological Park (It is a Natural Reserve protected by the Peruvian State), equipment, basic things such as clothes to bring, food, security, first aid kits, porter services, transport and tourist information.

Along the Inca trail and as a preview of your marvellous final encounter with the awesome citadel, the visitor will get to know a series of archaeological sites that bear testimony to the greatness of the Inca Empire. Built by a civilisation that did not know the use of the wheel or hard metals, these incredible buildings are found in the most inhospitable altitudes and, apparently, as far away as possible from the quarries where the huge granite stones of which they were built, some the size of a truck, are to be found.

Classic inca Trail 4 days / 3 nights

DURATION: 4 days / 3 nights.

SEASON: From January / to December 2009 Except February

DEPARTURE: Daily

PRICE PER PERSON: ADULT US$420

STUDENTS AND KIDS UNDER 12 YEARS OLD**: US$390

RETURN : Back Packer Train

NOTE: return in Vista dome available for an additional of US$30 per person

** we required a Digital copy of Passport for Kids under 12 years old, and for Student a Digital copy of International Student Identity Card (I.S.I.C.).

TheInca Trail to Machupicchu is rated amongst the ten best trekking trails in the world because of the exquisite beauty of it’s natural surroundings. These includes different ecological areas from the high Andean plains, to the cloud forest with an impressive variety of altitudes, climates and ecosystems. You will cross two high altitude passes (The highest is known as Warmi wañuska or Death Woman pass at 4200m.a.s.l.).

Following this ancient Inca Trail to Machupicchu you will be walking past mysterious archaeological sites, half covered by jungle overgrowth, that looks like you are discovering them for the first time, you will visit these ancient settlements built in granite rock by the inkas all through the Inca Trail to MachuPicchu and finally going through the Intu PunKu (Gates of the Sun) where a magnificent view of the “Lost city of the Incas” Machupicchu, will be printed in your mind for ever.

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