Trek Inca Trail 4 Days - 3 Nights + 2 Nights in Cusco

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Type : Adventure

Code : CUS004

Visited Places: Cusco, Inka Trail, Lima, Machupicchu,

Highlights

The Inca Trail to Machupicchu is considered one of the best adventures programms of the whole world, and this is because its great variety of scenaries and ecological biodiversity and for its impressive inca's momuments visited during the trek as well. The trail sets out from Qorihuayrachina, at Kilometer 88 the Cuzco-Quillabamba railway, and takes three to four days of tough hiking. The route runs through an impressive range of altitudes, where climates and eco-systems range from the high Andean plain down to the cloud forests. The trail climbs up through two highland passes (the higher of the two, Warmiwañuska, lies at 4,200 masl (13776 feet) before reaching Machu Picchu through the Inti Punku or Gateway of the Sun. One of the attractions of the trail is the past carved granite Inca settlements (Wiñay Wayna, Phuyupatamarca), surrounded by breath-taking natural scenery. The forests abound in hundreds of species of orchids, brightly-colored birds and dream-like landscapes which are the ideal complement to this amazing hikers’ route