The Salkantay Trail to Machu Picchu

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April 24th 2008

Published: May 5th 2008

Day 0 - Cusco, preparing for the trip We arrived in Cusco bright and early at 6am following an overnight bus from Arequipa. It had been difficult to sleep so it was something of a relief that there were people there waiting at the Cruz del Sur station to offer us a cheap hostel. We, along, with two other backpackers, Nick, from Canada, and Kirilee, from New Zealand (whom we'd get to know well over... Read Full Entry

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We almost lose Sebastian

Difficult river crossing along Valle Santa Teresa

Mule Traffic Jam

What happens when one group of mules going one way meets another group going the oppostie way? Chaos, and we were stuck in the middle of it for about 10 minutes until they worked it out.

Inquisitive Chicken

Butterfly of Salkantay

Coffee Beans in the Rainforest

Centipide

Saying goodbye to Eusebio

Our mule man departed in La Playa. Back (left to right): Me, Mark, Eusebio, Sebastian, Leticia, Trang. Front: Ruth, Arturo, Leticia, Tiffany

Ruth & Tiffany at La Playa

Waiting to board our bus to Santa Teresa.

Santa Teresa Hot Springs

Hubert, Arturo, Ruth & Tiffany enjoy the hot springs at the end of Day 3.

Views from Santa Teresa

Little Devil

Ruins of Old Santa Teresa

Destroyed by flooding in 1998

Hubert crosses Rio Santa Teresa

Tall trees in the rainforest

First views of Machu Picchu

Cerro Machu Picchu is the pointy peak in the centre, the ruins are to the left of it.

Typical Trail Meal

We didn't go hungry!

Train tracks to Aguas Calientes

The final afternoon's hike followed the tracks to Aguas Calientes.

Machu Picchu from below

High above us on the ridge.

Aguas Calientes

Not quite the same reward as finishing the trek at Machu Picchu, but it was a relief to reach Aguas Calientes after 4 days and 68km hiking.

Last supper before Machu Picchu...

...and goodbye to the cooks in Aguas Calientes. From l-r: Arturo, Sebastian, Claudio, Ruth; Leticia, assistant cook, Me, Trang, Tiffany, Natalia.

18th March 2010

Gracia
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TREK SALKANTAY
I just want to know how ws this trek for you and if it s better than the one tht is called CAMINOS DEL INCA....because everything was booked for this trek, I read some commnts about this SALKANTAY trek and it looks much better.....waht do you think?

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