How long of a hike is the incan trail to Machu Picchu?

Question

No guesses, please. Refer me to a website if you know of one with an exact number of kilometers or miles. THANKS!

Answer 1

There are three different ways of reaching the sacred city of the Incas: by bus, helicopter or the longer and fantastic way, the TRILHA INCA.

To enter the 51 km of the Inca Trail is a necessary basic equipment for the four days of journey, the surprises beyond the ruins hidden.

Once in Cusco, you have two options to make the track, through agencies or on their own. In the first case, a look of the agencies in Plaza de Armas in Cusco and negotiate the package. The average for a student who has portfolio is $ 60.00 per person, this includes the entrance to the trail, the entrance to Machu Picchu, food and tents for rent. Compensa!

There are advantages to choose the agency: the guide (which will ruin the history of the Trail), the group that vai with you (most gringos) and the weight of small backpack (this is the best part). You take only their personal belongings such as sleeping bag, thermal blanket, clothing, machinery, flashlight. The tents and food are carried by porters hired by the agency. Natives who speak Quechua, know very well the region and may be useful, you come to carry 50 kilograms in the back and go at high speed leaving the trilheiros eating dust.

If you want to venture to prepare, the big problem is not the trail itself or the altitude the more weight you will load in 51 kilometers. The food and tent is on his mind, do not forget anything, any drift would be fatal. Be careful not to go camping in isolated points, despite a great sense of coleguismo in trekking, can roll some thefts. Do not falter with their objects!.

The bus leaves from Cusco into the valley of the Urubamba river. There stop at km. 88, point of departure of adventurers. Arriving in the valley around 10am to anxiety increases, it is time to be venturing into one of the most beautiful and trekkings enigmáticos the planet. The silence is a pact between trilheiros, the first steps of the trail are surprising and revealing. Caminhas in altitude is already delicate, with a bag of seven kilos is even more difficult, so only the necessary light. Already the first two kms. the trail are the terraças (forms of construction in steps used in agriculture Inca). The visual is majestic, the Urubamba River and its cânyons of rivers greenish weaves the mountains, the wind music of the Andes already intrigue and hipnotiza.

Answer 2

The trail is 27 miles (43 kms) and it is usually done in 4 days with the highest pass at 4,200 metres above sea level (13,800 feet).