One can camp only in designated areas and access is restricted to 500 people daily, including guides and porters. The hiking permits must be reserved even months before and can not be transmitted. The climb is hard and although it has a length of only 39 km, the hiking requires four days to be covered because of the constant changes of elevation and its steep features. Tours operators have pre-camping sites on the route. 

The most beautiful stops along the route start in Rio Pacamayo, a camping site that offers some beautiful views of Runkunracay. The wayfarers pass this site with its unusual oval architecture during the climb to the second pass. Another incredible and impressive stop is Phuyupatamarca (The Place over the Clouds). The site with a 3.560 meters altitude has ceremonial baths and restaurants. From here, after a road of 8 km one can reach Machu Picchu. The path in the form of spiral stairs crosses the thick forest of clouds. Then the route traces the contours and exits to Intipunku (Sun Gate), Machu Picchu panorama of magic that lies underneath.

Although the road is really hard it still keeps a certain charm and fascination for people all over the world to defeat great distances in order to see what was once considered to be the center of the world.