Our 50 mile hike to Machu Picchu
April 22nd 2010 The Salkantay Trek, is also known as the New Inca Trail but its a day longer and much, much harder. We covered 50 miles and climbed 4000 meters. It is also a lot quieter than the Inka trail, the Inka trail currently has 500 people per day on the trail, we saw a maximum of 10 other trekkers throughout the whole 5 days.
We booked on the 5 day Salkantay trek to Machu Picchu and it really was a h
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