{"id":214,"date":"2023-09-04T15:15:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T15:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2023-09-29T20:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:39:03","slug":"inca-quarry-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/inca-quarry-trek","title":{"rendered":"Inca Quarry Trek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-646\" src=\"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hike-inka-quarry-trek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hike-inka-quarry-trek.jpg 950w, https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hike-inka-quarry-trek-792x500.jpg 792w, https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hike-inka-quarry-trek-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/the-inca-quarry-trek-4-days-3-nights\/\">Inca Quarry Trek<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>was named by National Geographic\u2019s as one of the top 6 alternative treks to <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/machu-picchu-full-day-tour-machu-picchu-1-day-by-train-machu-picchu\/\">Machu Picchu.<\/a><\/strong><\/em> This trek brings the beauties of the Andes with an experience truly immersed in history.\u00a0 This place was dedicated to carve and extraction of stones that were used for the construction of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/full-day-tour-of-moray-salinas-de-maras-and-the-sacred-valley-of-the-incas\/\">Ollantaytambo<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and many establishments nearby and it is located 9 kilometers away from it. The tourist can see the great work done in the moment the gigantic stones were moved to build the enclosures of <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/full-day-tour-of-moray-salinas-de-maras-and-the-sacred-valley-of-the-incas\/\">Ollantaytambo.<\/a><\/strong><\/em> There you can appreciate Incan terraces, short authentic Inca trail, Temple of the Water God above a secret holding lovely waterfall, Incan mummies and Andean highlands. You will take a train to <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/machu-picchu-full-day-tour-machu-picchu-1-day-by-train-machu-picchu\/\">Machu Picchu<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and visit the amazing and mysterious Incan citadel.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Location:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The<strong><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/the-inca-quarry-trek-4-days-3-nights\/\">Inca Quarry Trail<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>is ubicated 12 km from <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/full-day-tour-of-moray-salinas-de-maras-and-the-sacred-valley-of-the-incas\/\">Sacred Valley of the Incas<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and 9 km of the <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/full-day-tour-of-moray-salinas-de-maras-and-the-sacred-valley-of-the-incas\/\">Ollantaytambo<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and near to <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/machu-picchu-full-day-tour-machu-picchu-1-day-by-train-machu-picchu\/\">Machu Picchu.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The difficult of Inca Quarry Trail:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Starting Altitude \u2013 3300m \/ 10,827ft.<\/li>\n<li>Highest Altitude \u2013 4500m \/ 14,764ft<\/li>\n<li>Walking Distance \u2013 32 km\/ 20 miles<\/li>\n<li>Overall Difficulty \u2013 Easy-Moderate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, we recommend that you prepare for the trek by trying to walk 10km a day, or start going to the gym a month before the trek. We will cover a lot of distance during the second day. But do not worry, if you are really struggling, we have emergency horses that you can ride if you are not fit for the trek.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-647\" src=\"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/inca-quarry-trek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/inca-quarry-trek.jpg 950w, https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/inca-quarry-trek-792x500.jpg 792w, https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/inca-quarry-trek-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What you need to bring:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Original passport<\/li>\n<li>For students: ISIC card<\/li>\n<li>Insurance card\/certificate<\/li>\n<li>Walking stick ( Highly Recomemded )<\/li>\n<li>Hiking boots<\/li>\n<li>Waterproof jacket or rain poncho<\/li>\n<li>Warm jacket<\/li>\n<li>Hat and gloves<\/li>\n<li>2-4 t-shirts<\/li>\n<li>2 pairs of pants (1 for hiking, 1 for camp)<\/li>\n<li>Long underwear for sleeping<\/li>\n<li>Hand sanitizer<\/li>\n<li>Comfortable trousers<\/li>\n<li>Sun hat or cap<\/li>\n<li>Sunscreen<\/li>\n<li>Insect repellent<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<li>Toiletries\/ Toilet paper<\/li>\n<li>Personal medication<\/li>\n<li>Camera<\/li>\n<li>Flashlight or headlamp<\/li>\n<li>Extra money for tips\/snacks\/beer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So explore with\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/\">Inti Sun Trek<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, one of the best alternative trek to <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/machu-picchu-full-day-tour-machu-picchu-1-day-by-train-machu-picchu\/\">Machu Picchu.<\/a><\/strong><\/em> You can reserve this tour\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intisuntrek.com\/the-inca-quarry-trek-4-days-3-nights\/\"><strong><em>here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inca Quarry Trek was named by National Geographic\u2019s as one of the top 6 alternative treks to Machu Picchu. This trek brings the beauties of the Andes with an experience truly immersed in history.\u00a0 This place was dedicated to carve and extraction of stones that were used for the construction of Ollantaytambo and many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternatives-treks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intisuntrek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}