..::.. The Inca Trail is closed in February for conservation projects, this month no Inca Trail Permits are available ..::..
"...During the high season of July and August from 1996 to 2001 as many as 1600 people were starting the Inca Trail trek everyday (about 1000 tourists and 600 porters).
There were no Inca Trail regulations and many trekkers camped wherever they wanted, using the ruins as latrines and disposing rubbish along the trail.
The Inca Trail was starting to get a lot of negative press and UNESCO threatened to remove its status as a World Heritage Site. Inca Trail Regulations were introduced in 2002 by the Peruvian government in order to protect monumnet. These regulations restrict the number of trekkers and prevent trekkers from doing the trail independently..."
The maximum number of Inca Trail permits is 500. Support staff is included within the five hundred, meaning that about 200 pemits are allocated for tourists and about 300 for cooks, porters and guides each day.
As the system is on a first-come first-served basis, Often around 100 spaces can sell out in a day.
That is why we highly recommended to book your Inca Trail at least 4 months in advance. Each reservation must include complete names, nationality, date of birth and passport number as this information will be printed on the Inca Trail Permit
INCA TRAIL PERMITS REAL-TIME AVAILABILITY Information provided directly by the National Institute of Culture (INC) in Cusco, Peru
Inca Trail Reservations Undergoing Heavy Maintenance and Upgrades
Please Contact us:
USA & Canada 1800.930.4319
UK 0800.242.5434
Review updated permit availability information in the following .PDF electronic documents.
Make sure permits are available for the date you want to start the trek
and proceed to booking:
