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The altitude of the Inca highway in Chile fluctuates from 4,000 meters above sea-level at the
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Bolivia. These side roads which linked the main highways followed an east to west orientation in line with the daily route of the sun, which the Incas worshiped as a god. The Spanish later incorporated the local branches of the
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road that connected the fertile Maipo river valley to the final border at the
Cachapoal River passed by the hill of Chada. Between the Metropolitan and O'Higgins regions, the Chilean Inca Trail includes heritage sites such as
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591:Hiking trails in Chile
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186:Pukara de la Compania
441:. Chile Sorprendente
261:. Diario El Nortino
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