Inca Trail Peru

There are only 500 spaces available per day, approximately 200 are assigned to tourists and 300 to porters, cooks and guides. If the number of spaces runs out, you will have to choose another date. If the permits run out on a particular date, no travel agency will be able to offer a space. The Inca Trail permits can only be purchased with the visitor's name and passport number. One thing to consider is the following: once the reservation is confirmed, there is no option to change the date, name. What is the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu about? The Inca Trail is one of the most famous walks in the world. Travel 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the Sacred Valley of the Incas to the Puerta del Sol (Intipunku), this is the main gate to the sacred city where the Incas entered more than 500 years ago. The Inca Trail Tours to Machu Picchu lasts only 4 days and travels through mountain passes and cloud forests until you reach the jungle eyebrow of Cusco where Machu Picchu is l

Every year, thousands of people do the Inca Trail . They usually complete the 43-km trail in 4 days. For most of them, the trip is their lifetime experience and fulfillment of their personal ambitions. The satisfaction of having completed the trek and visiting the spectacular Incan city of Machu Picchu is hard to beat. Although, this feeling is even better if you know that all porters helping you along the way have been treated well and with the respect they deserve. Now, most of trekkers are organized by a local tour operator. No draughts are allowed to enter the Inca Trail , only porters. For that reason, all camping equipment (i.e. personal tents, dining tent, kitchen tent, tables, chairs, stove, bottle gas and food) is carried on backs of human porters. Prices of this 4-day trek vary significantly depending on porter´s and other staff´s wages and conditions provided by each company. However, if you try to find out if a company looks after their porters well, it can be quite

Inca Trail Peru The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu consists of three overlapping trails, The 4 Day Inca Trail , 2 Day Inca Trail  and Salkantay Trek . This last trail is from Mollepata is the longest of the three routes with the highest mountain pass and intersects with the Classic route before crossing Warmiwañusqa ("dead woman"). Located in Andes mountain range, the trail passes through several types of Andean environments including Cloud_forest, Alpine_tundra Settlements, tunnels, and many Incan ruins are located along the trail before ending the terminus at the Sun Gate on Machu Picchu mountain. The two longer routes require an ascent to beyond 4,200 metres (13,800ft) above sea level, which can result in altitude sickness. Concern about overuse leading to erosion has led the Peruvian government to place a limit on the number of people who may hike this trail per season, and to sharply limit the companies that can provide guides. As a result, advance booking is manda