Known as one of the world’s ten best hikes, the Inca Trail is unparalleled for its ecological diversity and wealth of archaeological treasures. The Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary covers 32,952 hectares, and is home to a network of Inca roads, scores of archaeological sites and ten life zones – from glacial peaks to tropical mountain forest – over four hundred species of birds and two hundred species of orchids, as well as the legendary city of Machu Picchu.
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Known as one of the world’s ten best hikes, the Inca Trail is unparalleled for its ecological diversity and wealth of archaeological treasures. Over four hundred species of birds and two hundred species of orchids, as well as the legendary city of Machu Picchu
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This short hike takes us along the final stretch of the Inca Trail, through tropical forest hung with orchids and bromeliads and inhabited by over four hundred species of birds, past the beautiful remains of the Inca sacred site of Wiñaywayna to the incomparable splendor of Machu Picchu, which lay hidden in the forest for almost five hundred years.
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Recent discoveries within the 32,952 hectare Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary have revealed a network of Inca highways leading to the sacred city of Machupicchu. On this little-known alternative hike we follow the Sacred Urubamba River through tropical forest alive with birds and orchids, maintaining an altitude of between 2,000 to 2,650 mts/6,600-8,700ft.) and avoiding the high passes of the more traditional Inca Trail, making this the less strenuous option for modern-day pilgrims to Machu Picchu
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