Inca trail

Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Bolivia's Inca Trail together with Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru as World Cultural Heritage in 2014.

Inca trail of Bolivia and Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

The Inca Trail is the most advanced and extensive system of pre-Columbian roads built in South America. The road system of the trails of the Inca trail when linked together will have a total length of 40,000 km. Although there are many branches, this building has two main branches, one of which passes through the Andes and one branch from the Inca to the wonders of the world Machu Picchu .

The Inca Trail leading to Machu Picchu is the most famous passage in the Inca road system with a total length of 23,000km but only for . walking. The ancient Incas had no horses and trailers to travel as in Europe and Asia.

Different road sections on the Inca trail

Stretching across countries: Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina , depending on the terrain, the road can be 8 m wide (coastal) and only 1 m wide (along the mountain), including two main branches: the road The sea is more than 4,000 km long and 8m wide, and the road along the Andes Mountains is 5,200 km long and numerous other small branches.

The Incas (an Indian tribe in southern America) built a network of trails that stretched all over the remote corners of the Inca empire , from Quito, Ecuador to Santiago, Chile and east to Medoza, Argentina. In it, Cusco is the historical capital of this great empire. Most of the main trails are located on the mountains around Cusco.

The Inca Trail has very narrow sections, with climbing passages with steep slopes along the sides of the road, which are beautiful natural landscapes and many sites that are the remnants of the Inca Empire

Despite its total length of 40,000km, the most important and beautiful archaeological road is only 43 km long through Runcuracay, Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca, Winay Wayna and Machu Picchu. This is the famous road that any peasant, or adventurous lovers also dream of. The road is relatively easy to access, but the climate has a big change when going from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain with a height of 4,200 meters above sea level. Along this road there are also countless important archaeological sites , which are the works, the ruins of the powerful Inca empire. Not only that, there is also a Sacred Valley on this street with a market of traditional Pisac town and " charming " fortresses in Ollantaytambo. All sites and places on the road are extremely attractive destinations

The ancient Incas built this road with many purposes, not just for traffic. In fact, this road also serves military, commercial and religious purposes.

On the Inca Trail, in addition to humans, perhaps only camels are specialized transports. Because there are no horses like in other countries, the Incas used to replace camels for horses to move and transport goods back and forth through this route.

The most famous street is the road from Inca to Machu Picchu. This road begins from the historic city of Cusco and ends at "the lost city of Machu Picchu"

In terms of commerce , the Incas used this famous trail as a bridge to transport and exchange as well as to provide food and goods to remote areas of the empire. Like other powerful empires, the Inca wealth of wealth gathered in the central area controlled by the class. To allocate these resources, they used trails and bridge branches built on the road to transport and supply food and goods to remote areas.

In terms of military , this path makes communication and logistics as well as more convenient for the military. On this road, the Incas built food stores in case of conflict or war. These repositories always have a certain amount of grain and corn reserved for military service.

Religiously , the ancient Incas had many traditional rituals including sacrificial rituals for children, goods and camels . on the gods. The sacrifice is usually initiated by sacrifices at the foot of the mountain, after which the sacrifice will be transferred to the top of the mountain to be offered to the gods. The only way for the Incas to access and bring the sacrifice to the summit is to build a trail. So along the path up to the top of the mountain there are mountain god temples built, the system of these temples is called the Zeq'e temple .

The famous road that leads from Inca to Machu Picchu (Peru), many years is the dream of many adventurers and adventurers from all over the world. Machu Picchu is known as the lost city of the Incas. It was once the royal land of the Inca empire. To reach this city, there will have to go through anti-cross paths, winding through many mountains, misty forests, and even highlands. Many scientists and archaeologists have argued that agriculture in Machu Picchu was previously unable to meet the demand here, so the Incas built a famous trail to transport food and develop the empire. more powerful.

The popularity of the world wonder Machu Picchu has contributed to the Inca Trail becoming the most famous trail in the world . Especially the path from Inca to Machu Picchu is the road that many adventure travel lovers come to. 30 years ago, this road was put into tourism by the Peruvian government. However, to ensure tourism exploitation does not affect this cultural heritage, the number of tourists is managed very closely and limited. All tour guides, travel companies must be licensed and the number of "travel documents" on the day of the limit is at 250. However, these are only 150 licenses for travelers. Guests, the rest are guides, transporters, chefs . Therefore, in order to participate in the experience tour, explore on this trail, tourists often have to book from 4 to 6 months for the price is not cheap. Although difficult with a relatively high price, this road is still one of the cultural heritage especially attractive to tourists around the world.