HIKING THE INCA TRAIL

The Lost City of Machu Picchu is without doubt the most identifiable symbol of Inca Civilization, for peruvians as well as for international visitors. "The Inca Trail", as it is known, was the Royal Highway that led pilgrims and officers of the Empire to the Sacred City of Cuzco.

Hiking the Inca Trail is a highly pleasing holiday choice! It is the best of its kind in the world, due to its superb natural beauty and remarkable views offering a wide variety of ecological areas, from deserts to tropical Andean cloud forest; home to exotic plants and animal life. On the Inca Trail, there are over 250 known species of orchids , and in the different ecosystems you will go through you will be able to see numerous rare birds, animals, and reptiles including several species considered to be in danger of extinction.

Walking the ancient Inca Trail offers you the opportunity to visit gigantic Inca buildings undiscovered by the Spaniards, giving you the feeling that you are the first to come across them. Walking this Andean highway is a truly captivating and memorable experience. The Trail is paved with blocks of stone, which is also used in stairways, tunnels and bridges. It crosses rivers, streams, and the more diversified ecosystems: temperate valleys, warm cloud forests and cold highlands.

Witnessing and experiencing all this wonder make the traveler marvel at the intellectual and spiritual grandeur of the Andean men, whose highest achievement was Inca civilization.

The Inca Trail is part of a 30,000 kilometer highway system, that integrated the vast Inca Empire of Tawantinsuyo (The Four Ways), it runs from southern Colombia to central Chile passing through the cities of Quito in Ecuador; Cajamarca, Huanuco, Jauja, Huamanga and Cusco in Peru; La Paz and Cochabamba in Bolivia; and finishing in Salta and Tucuman in Argentina. These highways run by the coast, through the Highlands and, in some cases, reached the tropical mountains near the Amazon forest. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is a fine example of its kind.

Following the footsteps of the original Incas, on one of the most accessible treks in the area, the Inca Trail to the mysterious Machu Picchu, The Lost City of the Incas, is one of the best adventures you are likely to have nowadays. Years of experience with adventurers on this trail have help us design three unforgettable Inca Trail treks that we are now proud to offer you.