• Climate: Rainy during every month of summer (of December to March). Sunny and dry between May and September. The temperatures principles reach 27° C, whereas the minims rarely descend from 11° C.
• Access: The route begins in km 88 of the railroad. The organized groups leave from the town of Chilca in km 76 of the same route.
• Altitude: minim 2600msnm and principle 4200msnm
• Alternatives: 4 days/3 nights or 2 days/1 night (Sacred Way).
• Recommendations: It is necessary to take to potable water and foods, besides full field equipment of camping. Acclimatization is needed. To avoid efforts during the first hours. To consume food of easy digestion and to drink cocaine mate to avoid altitude sickness. To be in form. To respect the official dispositions for the conservation of the park.
• Attractive near: Archaeological like Machu Q´ente, Hayana Q´ente, Pulpituyoc, Kusichaka, Patallacta, Torontoy and snow-covered sites like Verónica and Salacantay.
Located in the department of Cuzco, the Way Inca to Machu Picchu is the most spectacular route of trekking more concurred of Peru and perhaps one of of America, forming part of than 23,000 km of ways constructed more by the Incas in South America.
Every year, approximately 25,000 travellers worldwide cross extraordinary 43 km of this paved with stones route, constructed by the Incas to advance until the unconquerable citadel of Machu Picchu, in deep of the mountain forest cuzqueña.
The route begins in the locality of Qorihuayrachina, around kilometer 88 of the railroad Cusco-Quillabamba and takes between three and four days of arduous long walk. During the route, that crosses an impressive altitudinal variety - with as different climates and ecosystems as the altoandina fist and the fog forests are due to surpass two passages to high altitude (the major of them, Warmiwañuska, to 4,200 msnm) to conclude finally with a magical entrance to Machu Picchu through Inti Punku or Puerta of the Sun.
One of main the attractiveness of the route is the network of incaicos granite establishments wrought that follow one another throughout the way (Wiñay Wayna, Phuyupatamarca), immersed in natural scenes of moving beauty. An ebullient nature with hundreds of species of orchids, multicoloured birds and landscapes of dream is the ideal complement of this route indispensable for the travellers.