..::.. The Inca Trail is closed in February for maintenance; so 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. Inca trail permit availability shown herein is directly provided by the Peruvian Government. Inca Trail Reservations tries to provide information that is true and accurate, however, we give no assurance or warranty regarding the accuracy of information provided by a third party. Inca Trail Reservations accepts no responsibility for and excludes all liability for errors or inaccuracies. Inca Trail Reservations makes its best effort to secure permits for our customers, however, permits are sold by the Government on a first come, first serve basis.
