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What is the Inca Trail

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Camino Inca (the Spanish name of the Inca road system) in pre-Columbian South America was the most advanced and extensive transportation system. The routes and trails ran in Colombia, Ecuador,

What is the inca trail?

The Inca Trail, also known as the Inka Trail in the Quechua spelling, and the Camino Inca in Spanish, is an ancient hiking footpath that ends at Machu Picchu. There are three known and overlapping sections to the Inca Trail,The three sections are called: Mollepata, Classic, and One Day. The section that tourists hike over the course of 4 or 5 days is the Classic Inca Trail. The One Day section is the last part of the trail before Machu Picchu, and it’s what tourists hike when doing the Two Day or Short Inca Trail Trek. Of the two days, the first day is the one day of hiking to the Sun Gate of Machu Picchu, and the 2nd day is exploring inside Machu Picchu.