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Our five-day program allows the
traveler time to explore and enjoy
the amazing archaeological sites,
landscapes and nature along the
way. While most other programs force
trekkers to speed through the stunning
high-altitude Inca trail, We take
the time to enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime
experience. We camp the first three
nights, enjoy great meals and sturdy
tents.
The hikes average six to seven hours
each day including tome to explore
sites we pass through and to take
in the unparalleled scenery. On
the fourth afternoon we arrive at
Machu Picchu after the crowds have
left, and have time to explore the
tranquil ruins. After a well-deserved
night a comfortable hotel, we return
to Machu Picchu to see the ruins
in the perfect morning light. In
the afternoon we return to Cusco
by train. This program is specially
designed to offer a more relaxed
trek and a deeper understanding
of Inca culture.
All this was abandoned around the
time of the Spanish conquest, lying
buried beneath the forest until
Hiram Bingham set out in 1915 to
follow up his discovery of Machu
Picchu with a search for the Inca
highway leading back to Cusco. Lucky
explorer that he was, he found what
we now call the Inca Trail and all
the sites along it except Wiñay
Wayna, that was not discovered until
1941, by Paul Fejos. Today we can
hike this trail, seeing much of
it intact and easy to imagine as
it was in Inca times.
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