21/09/2019
Part of the 23,000 kilometers (approximately 14,000 miles) of roads built by the Incas (Qhapaq Ñan) in , this is 's most famous route and possibly one of the most spectacular in the . Every year; some 25,000 hikers from around the world walk along the extraordinary 43 kilometers of this stone-paved road built by the Incas leading to the unassailable citadel of located in the depth of the Cuzco jungle.
The journey starts in the village of , at kilometer 88 of the - Quillabamba railway and takes three or four days of strenuous walking.
The route includes an impressive variety of altitudes, climates and ecosystems that range from the high plain to the cloud forest.
will cross two high altitude passes (the highest being at 4,200 m.a.s.l.) to culminate the hike with a magical entrance to through the Inti Punku or Gateway of the .
One of the main attractions along the route is the web of ancient settlements built in granite rock by the Incas like and immersed in an overpowering natural scenery. Hundreds of species of orchids, multicolored birds and dreamlike landscapes
provide the ideal backstage for a route that every hiker should walk at least once.
