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| The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu Picchu, 2nd: Includes The Vilcabamba Trail and Lima City Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Danbury
Publisher: Trailblazer Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 732514
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 187375664X
EAN: 9781873756645
ASIN: 187375664X
Publication Date: October 1, 2002
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Product Description
The Inca Trail from Cuzco to Machu Picchu is South America's most popular hike. This practical guide includes 27 detailed trail maps, plans of eight Inca sites, plus guides to Lima, Cuzco, and Machu Picchu. Fully updated new edition includes detailed new guide to the Vilcabamba Trail.
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 Outdated book!!! Hopefully a newer edition comes out soon! April 18, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I just got back from Peru where my husband and I hiked the trail to Machu Picchu. We brought this book with us and found it to be very inaccurate. I do not necessarily blame the author as there have been many, many changes in policies regarding hiking the Inca Trail this past year (2005) and there are bound to be even more changes in the near future as Peru tries to balance income from tourism with preserving the trail and forest. In addition, pricing for hostels in Cusco have drastically changed and I COMPLETELY disagreed with the author's food reviews. The best hot chocolate in Cusco is certainly NOT the Swiss owned place on Cuenta San Blas but rather I found, after testing many hot chocolates all around the city, that the best hot chocolate was a corner restaurant on Cuenta San Blas and Carmen Alto (on the corner of Plaza San Blas). Also, the best chicken burger was actually a 3 sole burger that I bought in a restaurant on a side street (Plateros) a few steps from the Plaza de Armas. The author tended to choose the more expensive restaurants to put in his book, but I found the food in the cheaper places to be much better. Just down Plateros from the chicken burger place, there are two markets which were better than the ones at the end of Ave de Sol which the author recommended. They were just as willing to bargain, had a larger variety of things, and were only a few hundred feet from the Plaza de Armas instead of 12 blocks away like the ones on the Ave de Sol. To top it off, Inkaray is a fantastic restaurant on the same street as the market and the chicken burger place that has 4 course meals for 12 soles! It was good food and lots of it for super cheap. It's about 4 blocks from the Plaza de Armas on Plateros, on the right hand side as you're leaving the plaza. It has handwritten referral signs in English posted on the windows from happy patrons...we didn't write a sign, but we agreed with each and every one of them. If you have a sweet tooth like me, I recommend the pancakes with banana and chocolate as a dessert, or for breakfast. At 6 soles, they're darn good and HUGE! Bottomline, this book was useful as far as the Incan history stuff and maps of Cusco, but was fairly useless for the nitty gritty stuff like prices, food, and Inca Trail hiking policies. Not a backpacker friend. I've heard that there might be a newer version. If so, I'd pick that one up instead.
 a great guide book September 22, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I took this book and the Lonely Planet's on my recent trip to Peru, leaving the Insight Guide books at home. This book is much better in every respect to it's competitors. I only wish it had a section on the Colca Canyon. But for Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu, it's ideal.
Decent August 10, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was hoping this book would have better descriptions of finding hikes in the Cusco area. The author seemed to like to share his political views. Overall there were some good travel tips, but you definately need a good travel guide to accomponany it.
Great guide, but don't let it be your only one February 25, 2005
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
We bought this guide before going to Peru. We did hike the Inca trail and while very descriptive, this book does not replace a seasoned local guide.
Great Preparation for the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu April 23, 2004
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book gives wonderful advice and preparation if you are going to hike on the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu. There is great advice for safety, route descriptions, and is best for preparation. Info is given on the history of the land, its people and culture, food, places to stay, as well as safety tips for health in the region.
However, as another reviewer said below, a professional tour guide would serve you well.
Overall a great guide for preparing to walk solo on an ancient and breathtaking trail.
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