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Trekkers normally take three or four days to complete
the "Classic Inca Trail".
It starts from one of two points: 88 km (55 miles) or 82 km (51 miles)
from Cuzco on the Urubamba River at approximately 2,800 metres (9,200
ft) altitude.
Both of these trail segments meet above the Inca ruins of Patallacta
(aka Llaqtapata), a site used for religious and ceremonial functions,
crop production, and housing for soldiers from the nearby hilltop site
of Willkaraqay, an ancient pre-Inca site first inhabited around 500 BC.
The trail undulates, but overall ascends along Rio Cusichca (aka River
Kusichca aka "happy river").
At the small village of Wayllabamba the trail intersects with the "Mollepata
Trail" at 3,000 metres (9,800 ft)
Small, permanent settlements are located adjacent to the trail, and
Wayllabamba has approximately 400 inhabitants (130 families) spread
along this portion of the trail.Pack animals—horses, mules, donkeys, and
llamas—are allowed.
At Wayllabamba the trail to Machu Picchu turns west and begins ascending
along a tributary of the Cusichca. Because of previous damage caused by
hooves, pack animals are not allowed on the remainder of the trail. For
the same reason, metal-tipped trekking poles are not allowed on the
trail.
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