4D Great Inca Trail to Vitcos
4 days | 3 nights
This program follows the Great Inca Trail through the mythical Vilcabamba region to Vicos, the enigmatic city that was the penultimate stronghold of the Incas.
Pass by thousands of Inca steps that cover more than 2,000 feet of elevation and walk beside the massive, polished stones that mark the main entrances to the site that was once the capital over the last years of the Inca Empire.
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You will be picked up from your hotel and then take a short train ride to a venture down the path to Yanama. A campsite will be set up to enjoy the starred night.
Overnight at campsite
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Follow the trail from the Yanama River that ascends 3,000 feet up the Choquetecarpo Valley towards the Inca Road, passing Inca tambos and Unusaminchana, it features canals and a two-sided bath beneath a natural spring) along the way.
Average walking distance: 8.8 miles
Overnight at campsite
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Hike on Inca steps towards the snowy pass, and after walking up and down the Choquetecarpo Pass on thousands of Inca steps that cover more than 2,000 feet of elevation on each side, make your way to Huancacalle town that is your camp for the night.
Average walking distance: 10.5 miles
Overnight at campsite
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Walk next to the massive polished stones, which mark the site’s most important entryways, you will visit Vitcos which is the center of the Vilcabamba. It was once the Inca capital for seven years from 1537 onwards.
Explore the important religious temple of Yuraq Rumi, a huge carved rock from which a spring emanates, and numerous Inca terraces and a main plaza, which looks down upon the Vilcabamba River. After your tour of Vitcos, you will embark on the drive back to Cuzco hotel.
Average walking distance: 3.4 miles
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