Inca Trail Tours & Tickets

Machu Picchu was built around 1450 during the reign of Inca emperor Pachacuti and abandoned just over a century later during Spanish conquest.

The Inca Empire stretched over 2 million square kilometres across South America at its peak, connected by over 40,000 km of roads with no wheeled vehicles or draft animals.

Inca stonework at sites like Sacsayhuamán was so precisely cut that mortar wasn't needed—stones fit together so tightly a knife blade cannot pass between them.

The Inca developed freeze-dried potatoes called 'chuño' as a preservation method that allowed storage for years, enabling survival through harsh mountain winters.

Quechua, the language spoken by the Inca, is still the second-most widely spoken language in Peru today, used by roughly 8 million people across the Andes.