Peru Travel Writing and Travel Photography

In the Footsteps of the Inca

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The Incas built a highly advanced network of nearly 40,000 kilometers of trails to connect the distant corners of their vast empire. Cusco stood at its heart, so most trails radiated out from there. An especially beautiful 43-kilometer section of one of these trails, known as the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, connects the Inca archaeological sites of Runcuracay, Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca, Wiñay Wayna, and Machu Picchu.