Cola de Mono

Cola de Mono is the first zipline built in Peru, 2500 metres of cable laid out in six sections with the biggest covering more than 400 metres and the higher towering at more than 150 metres. The tour takes around two hours and the arrival and exit points are ground or aerial platforms built in the rock. The maximum speed for one gliding on the cables is 60kph. The closest places of interest in the local area are Huayna Picchu (at 7.2km), the Machu Picchu Site Museum Manuel Chavez Ballon (8.6km), Machu Picchu (15km) and the craft market (9.4km). There's also more popular places such as the Wiñaywayna park (9.5km), the stadium (9.5km). The Machu Picchu thermal baths are 9.6km from the campsite and the thermal springs of Aguas Calientes are 800m to the east of the Machu Picchu village. Cola de Mono organises all-inclusive kayak tours but also rafting courses.