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The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as ''Camino Inca'' or ''Camino Inka'') consists of three overlapping trails: ''Mollepata'', ''Classic'', and ''One Day''. ''Mollepata'' is the longest of the three routes with the highest mountain pass and intersects with the Classic route before crossing Warmiwañusqa ("dead woman"). Located in the Andes mountain range, the trail passes through several types of Andean environments including cloud forest and alpine tundra. Settlements, tunnels, and many Incan ruins are located along the trail before ending the terminus at the Sun Gate on Machu Picchu mountain. The two longer routes require an ascent to beyond above sea level, which can result in altitude sickness. Concern about overuse leading to erosion has led the Peruvian government to place a limit on the number of people who may hike this trail per season, and to sharply limit the companies that can provide guides. As a result, advance booking is mandatory. A maximum of 500 people are allowed on the trail each day, of which only 200 are trekkers, the rest being guides and porters. As a result, the high season books out very quickly. The trail is closed every February for cleaning. This was originally done informally by organizations such as South American Explorers〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Operation Overbite ) ''South American Explorer'', No. 7, December 1980〕 but is now managed officially. == Classic trail == Trekkers normally take four or five days to complete the "Classic Inca Trail" but a two day trek from Km 104 is also possible.〔''Explore the Inca Trail'', p. 50〕 It starts from one of two points: 88 km (55 miles) or 82 km (51 miles) from Cusco on the Urubamba River at approximately or altitude, respectively.〔 Both of these trail segments meet above the Inca ruins of Patallaqta〔Elorrieta Salazar, Fernando E. & Elorrieta Salazar, Edgar (2005) Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, page 123 ISBN 978-603-45-0911-5〕〔Adams, Mark. (2001) Turn Right at Macho Picchu. New York, NY:Dutton. pp.233,268–271,300.〕 (sometimes called ''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 the Kusichaka River. At the small village Wayllapampa ("grassy plain", ''Wayllabamba'') the trail intersects with the "Mollepata Trail" at .〔 Small, permanent settlements are located adjacent to the trail, and Wayllapampa has approximately 400 inhabitants (130 families) spread along this portion of the trail.〔 Pack animals—horses, mules, donkeys, and llamas—are allowed. At Wayllapampa the trail to Machu Picchu turns west and begins ascending along a tributary of the Kusichaka. 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. As the trail ascends toward Warmi Wañusqa, or "Dead Woman's Pass", which resembles a supine woman, it passes through differing habitats, one of which is a cloud forest containing ''Polylepis'' trees. The campsite at Llulluch'apampa ''(Llulluchapampa)'' is located on this stretch of trail at . The pass itself is located at above sea level, and is the highest point on this, the "Classic" trail. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Inca Trail to Machu Picchu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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