Wiñayhuayna is one of the most famous archaeological sites on the 4-day Inca Trail route. Its tropical mountainous geography as well as its stone constructions give it a similarity to Machu Picchu. This Inca site can be visited on the third or fourth day of the route, after approximately 34 kilometers of walking. Due to […]

Intipunku is one of the most important constructions in Machu Picchu. It is the main door through which the Incas entered after a long walk from Cusco. Today there are only two ways to get there: from Machu Picchu through a short route of 1 hour. Or from the Inca Trail, through a 3-day route […]

Llactapata is one of the most famous archaeological sites within the 4-day Inca Trail hiking route. To visit this place you must walk 5 kilometers from the starting point of the route. It is a citadel and control center within the immense network of ‘qhapac’. Today it preserves part of its walls and set of […]

Paucarcancha is one of the lesser known archaeological sites during the famous hiking route known as the Inca Trail. Intipata is one of the most striking archaeological sites during the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is located between the archaeological sites of Wiñayhuayna and Intipunku, at 2,840 meters above sea level. It stands out […]

Paucarcancha is one of the lesser known archaeological sites during the famous hiking route known as the Inca Trail. It is a small Inca citadel and administrative control center on whose platforms various agricultural products such as potatoes and corn were grown. Due to its location in the high mountains, it can only be visited […]

During the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu it is possible to observe the immense chains of platforms built by the Incas. It is that both Machu Picchu and the other citadels during the route could sustain themselves thanks to their food productivity. The platforms played a fundamental role for the production of food in the […]