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Mollepata
Peru · Cusco
Mollepata District is one of nine districts of the province Anta, in the Department of Cuzco, in Peru. The Mollepata trek or Salkantay trek, an alternative route to the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, passes through the Vilcabamba Range from Mollepata to Santa Teresa. The Mollepata trek is considered harder than the Classic trek because of its height and remoteness.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC-5 · 1 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Cusco
- Main language
- Spanish
- On the map
- 13.51° S, 72.53° W
Near Mollepata
- Machu Picchu · 39 km away
- Sacred Valley · 52 km away
- Cusco · 61 km away
- Lamay · 68 km away
- Ayacucho · 187 km away
- Cabanaconde · 242 km away
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