Machu Picchu

LOST CITY OF THE INCAS

 

You will note that our company primarily promotes off the beaten track alternative trekking. We are highly conscious of the impact of tourism. For some food for thought prior to your Machu Picchu visit, read Tourism Boom Threatens Peru's Machu Picchu.

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Many of our hikes finish in this fascinating lost city - but provide a more indepth and adventurous perspective than the classic Inca Trail. These include:

Back door to Machu Picchu (n0n hiking) 3 days/2 nights

Tropical Inca Trail 3 days/3 nights

Crossing the Cordillera Vilcabamba 5 days/4 nights

Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu 5 days/4 nights

Great Ruins & Real Adventure 9 days/ 8 nights

For a private one day trip to Machu Picchu, please contact us for prices.

Please note, we do not offer the "Classic Inca Trail" to Machu Picchu. For this trip, we recommend Llama Path.

Inca Trail booking advice

Since 2004, the number of trek permits is limited to 500 per day (about 200 tourists and 300 trekking staff) so if you want to do this trek it is VITAL to book well in advance. For the high season (May to September) it advisable to book at least 3 months in advance to guarantee a place. Permits are sold on a first come, first served basis, and once all places have been booked, NO trekking operator can offer you a space on the Inca Trail. There is no system with a waiting list. All spaces are personal and non-transferable and even if someone would cancel, no one else could take that space.
Even in the low season you should book as far in advance as possible. Please also note that the Inca Trail is closed in February of each year for maintenance.

Inca expert Gary Ziegler explores the riddle of how Machu Picchu, the center of Inca culture, could hide itself in the mountain jungle!

Peruvian and British explorers say they have discovered a lost Inca city on a peak in the Andes that was used as a place of resistance against Spanish conquerors. Read the article here

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

As always, Wikipedia provides a good, sound overview - this time of Machu Picchu

National Geographic Photos: Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu Peru - Travel and Tours from the quite comprehensive enjoyperu website.

Instituto Machu Picchu (IMAPI) an NGO which aims to conserve, protect and restore the cultural heritage around Machu Picchu.

Machu Picchu Tourist Information- a guide to the lost city.

 

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Sube a nacer conmigo, hermano - an inspirational poem about Machu Picchu by celebrated Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda

Dame la mano desde la profunda zona de tu dolor diseminado.
No volverás del fondo de las rocas. No volverás del tiempo subterráneo.
No volverá tu voz endurecida. No volverán tus ojos taladrados.
Mírame desde el fondo de la tierra, labrador, tejedor, pastor callado:
domador de guanacos tutelares: albañil del andamio desafiado:
aguador de las lágrimas andinas: joyero de los dedos machacados:
agricultor temblando en la semilla: alfarero en tu greda derramado:
traed a la copa de esta nueva vida vuestros viejos dolores enterrados.
Mostradme vuestra sangre y vuestro surco,
decidme: aquí fui yo castigado, porque la joya no brilló o la tierra
no entregó a tiempo la piedra o el grano:
señaladme la piedra en que caísteis y la madera en que os crucificaron,
encendedme los viejos pedernales, las viejas lámparas, los látigos pegados
a través de los siglos en las llagas y las hachas de brillo ensangrentado.
Yo vengo a hablar por vuestra boca muerta.
A través de la tierra juntad todos los silenciosos labios derramados
y desde el fondo habladme toda esta larga noche
como si yo estuviera con vosotros anclado,
contadme todo, cadena a cadena, eslabón a eslabón, y paso a paso,
afilad los cuchillos que guardasteis, ponedlos en mi pecho y en mi mano,
como un río de rayos amarillos,
como un río de tigres enterrados,
y dejadme llorar, horas, días, años, edades ciegas, siglos estelares.
Dadme el silencio, el agua, la esperanza. Dadme la lucha, el hierro, los volcanes.Apegadme los cuerpos como imanes.Acudid a mis venas y a mi boca.Hablad por mis palabras y mi sangre.

 
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