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Inca Trail When the traveler on his first visit to Cusco raises his eyes and looks up at the clean and fluffy sky his doubts disappear: To days great adventure is to follow in the footsteps of the ancient dwellers of the Inca Empire. Why invest up to four days trekking on steep paths to reach the old citadel of Machu Picchu, if there is a railroad that can take you there in comfort in only six hours? Only the experience itself can supply the answer. Inca Trail
At 05:30 Peru Treks came to our hotel to pick us up for our 4-day trek. They took us first to Ollantaytambo for breakfast, and then to Km 82, the starting point of the Inca Trail. At Km 82, we gave the porters our rented sleeping bags and mats, and some warm clothing for the night. With a small day pack of personal belongings, water, broad brim hat and a pair of hiking poles, we were ready for a full day of challenge ahead of us.
The descend from the pass was short. Pretty soon we stopped for our second night at the camp called Yanacaca.
Intipata Ruins, the place of the Sun. This site is one of the less known of the whole Inca Trail, because you can’t see it at first sight.
The Intipata Ruins is located at 2800 meters above the sea level, near to the Machu Picchu Sanctuary. When you walk along the Inca trail, you might miss that place, because you cannot see in his whole splendor, has a big size and impressive presence. It said that these constructions were connected with the Machu Picchu Sanctuary, maybe because these platforms were the place of the products that the Inca elite used all along the year, and also they were connected because this is one of the main Inca ideology, maintain the balance between the nature and the sacred places.