Vilcabamba cordillera (Peru) - August 2007

Again, a wonderful trek ! You will start from high mountains (near Mt Salcantay, 6264m) and you will end into an Amazon-like jungle. Don't start thinking that the trek is a long descent : you will have to climb 13000 accumulated meters along its path. The reason for this paradox is that the relief is a long succession of steep climbs and descents. But you will not suffer in vain : the amazing beauty of the landscapes, a diversified flora (once you are in the jungle), inca trails, and above all, lost inca cities ! Well, not quite lost but, compared to the Machu Picchu, almost deserted (when you know what it takes to come there, you will understand why). The highlights were then : Choquequirao and Vitcos, a city and an outpost, restaured as the Machu Picchu and most of all : Vilcabamba, last refuge of Tupac Amaru, the last Inca, still in the jungle. A true adventure.

Photo galleries

You can see the photo gallery of the trek on distant trails (also works on iPhone and iPad).

You will need Adobe Flash Player to see this gallery (unless you use an iPhone or iPad). The lower right button of the gallery navigation bar will allow you to see the images full screen.

If you don't want to install Adobe Flash Player, you can see the trek photos on Flickr. You can also download there pictures in their original size.

Map

Thanks to Google Maps, you will see below the trek map.

Click on "View on a larger map" to see a full screen map and to be able to load it in Google Earth plug-in and see a 3D view. The trek trace you see is not coming from a GPS, so do not try to use the coordinates to perform some actual navigation.