Product Description

This guide contains everything you need to plan and enjoy hiking a choice of three Inca Trails to Machu Picchu in Peru. Step-by-step sections cover the Classic trail (4-5 days), the longer, more strenuous trek from Mollepata (6-7 days) and the Shortest option (2 days). The book includes: drop-down map showing all three trails (three panels); detailed site plan of Machu Picchu ruins (two panels); detailed description of Machu Picchu, with side-trips and photographs; background on Inca culture and stonework, Andean wildlife and modern Peru; advice on planning and preparation, including a packing checklist; medical advice on how to prevent and manage altitude symptoms; phrasebook in Spanish, Quechua and English; in full colour, with over 75 photographs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #736664 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 64 pages

From the Publisher
This book is robust and lightweight (185 grams), with a waterproof cover. The mapping and site plan were specially commissioned, and all information has been carefully researched at first-hand. The book is lavishly illustrated with 75 professional quality photographs.

From the Back Cover
The book includes:

* Drop-down flap with map of all three trails and a detailed site plan of Machu Picchu.

* Over 75 colour photographs illustrating the trails, wildlife and Inca ruins.

* Advice on planning and preparation, including fitness training and packing checklist.

* Medical advice on how to prevent and manage symptoms of altitude sickness.

* Background information on Inca culture, the ruins and modern Peru.

* Information about the Andean wildlife to be seen along the trail.

* Reference information and vocabulary in Spanish, Quechua and English.

About the Author
Jacquetta Megarry is an enthusiastic walker turned publisher. She devised the Rucksack Reader format to suit the needs of hikers, and walked these trails in 2001 to research and take photographs for this book. Roy Davies is a science librarian at the University of Exeter. Roy first walked the Inca Trail in 1989, and his long-standing interest in the Trail is reflected in his comprehensive website.