Although security has improved in recent years, it’s still best to leave all your valuables in Cuzco and keep everything else inside your tent, even your shoes. Avoid the July/August high season and the rainy season from November to April (note that this can change, so check in advance). In the wet it is cloudy and the paths are very muddy and difficult. Also watch out for coral snakes in this area (black, red, yellow bands). Please remove all your rubbish, including toilet paper, or use the pits provided. Do not light open fires as they can get out of control. The Annual Inca Trail Clean-up takes place usually in September. Many agencies and organizations are involved and volunteers should contact South American Explorers in Cuzco for full details of ways to help.
Guidelines for the treatment of porters can be found on the website of the now defunct Inka Porter Project, www.peruweb.org/porters/ (the website also has sound environmental information). If you feel that your porters have been neglected or abused on the trek, express this to your agency, inform the South American Explorers and please also drop us a line at Footprint (go to www.footprintbooks.com or send us a letter to our Bath address in the UK). We read all your letters and agencies who repeatedly mistreat their porters will be removed from our publications.by 
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tour / activity High inca trail
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The second route, often referred to as the High Inca Trail, follows the same route up to the base of Salkantay before turning east across the Inca Chiriasca Pass at approximately 4900 m. This route th...
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tour / activity Ausangate circuit
in Peru
This is the most popular trekking route and involves four to six days of fairly tough hiking around the peak itself, featuring icy mountain vistas, high passes (including two over 5000 m) and some bea...
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mountain Cordillera Vilcanota
in Peru
East of Cuzco lies the Cordillera Vilcanota, the greatest concentration of mountains and glaciers in southern Peru. With at least four great peaks towering above 6000 m in densely packed icy masses, t...
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