NEW ALTERNATIVE INCA TRAIL -LLACTAPATA -MACHU PICCHU

In 2003 a group of American explorers, who were researching notes from Hiram Bingham´s Lost City of the Incas, came to Llactapata to unearth what they suspected was another network of ceremonial and agricultural sites high above the Urubamba river, just a stones throw from Machu Picchu.

Using modern methods such as GPS, aerial photography and topographic maps, the exploration team, backed by the Royal Geographic Society in London, combined technology with some good old fashioned manual graft, hacking their way through dense cloud forest to discover what Bingham had not been able to prove, the existence of walls, plazas and more than 80 buildings similar in layout, to the sun temple of Coricancha.

Thanks to the efforts of the Thomson-Ziegler Andean Research Expedition, we have been able to open up the Inca trail from Lucmabamba to Llactapata. This two day, one night trek involves camping in Llactapata overlooking Machu Picchu.

The trip is called: Inca Trail to LLactapata -Machu Picchu
More info here:

http://www.pie-peru.com/en/details/inca-trail-to-machu-picchu-via-llactapata.html



Here are some videos which Anthony, a very amiable tourist from Indonesia, has shared with us following his hike to Machu Picchu, via Llactapata.

If you want to feel like an adventurer in search of new Inca routes, this long trek is the best option, since it offers Inca ruins in the same state as they were found many years ago.The Inca Trail is still relatively unfrequented and your adventure will include penetrating the Peruvian jungle, surrounded by orchids and brooks.