Vilcabamba cordillera (Peru) - August 2007
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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. |
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Photo galleries
You can see the photo gallery of the trek on this site.
You will need Adobe Flash Player to see this gallery. The lower right button of the gallery navigation bar will allow you to see the images full screen with a larger size. Click on an image to see the original size version through Flickr. Hover on an image with the cursor and you will see its legend.
An HTML photo gallery is available if you don't have Adobe Flash Player.
You can also see the trek photos on Flickr. You will find there pictures in their original size, technical informations about them and the place where these pictures were taken. You can leave comments and see the pictures as a slideshow (if you have Adobe Flash Player installed).
Maps
Thanks to Google Maps, you will see below the trek map.
Click on "View Larger Map" to see a full screen map and to be able to load it in Google Earth 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.
If you can't see the above map, here is an image :
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