Day 4 and early AM of day 5 - Our final trekking day. The incredible lost city in the jungle / Wonder of the World, Machu Picchu and the realisation that we had all survived and made the 50km at altitude of the Inca Trail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A 3.45am wake up call (nice!) saw us all dragging ourselves out of our tents and walking in the pitch black to the breakfast area. Then after a short briefing we were, donned with head torches, hiking through the jungle toward th...

Day 3 - Our last full hiking day to Winay Wayna, just 6km from the lost city! Another 5.45am start with lemon tea in the tent to wake us followed by pancakes and our infamous staple diet from previous countries, PORRIDGE! Seeing as we had arrived in the dark, it was great to finally see in daylight where we were and what our campsite looked like and as expected it didn't disappoint, around us the sun was rising on the Andean mountains and snow caps, just perfect,...

Day 2 - The dreaded Dead Women's Pass of 4215 metres in the rain and hiking the Inca Trail in the dark!! The early wake up cup of tea was much needed as the far too happy guides and porters scurried around the tent at the ungodly hour of 5.15am. Getting ready for the days exertions it was only then that the realisation of what we were all attempting to master was becoming a reality. All the tales about the Inca trail revolved around the infamous 2nd day the chall...

Days 12 - 15: 4 days trekking 50km and surviving the Inca Trail to reach the unbelievable Machu Pichu! First Day of the Trek from KM 82 of the ancient Inca Trail, Ollanta at 2800m to Yuncachimva-Ayabata at 3,300 metres altitude! A 4.30 am start, eeek, some dry bread for breakfast, buying some local wooden sticks for walking, we were finally boarding the bus both nervous and excited for the hours drive to the start of the ancient Inca Trail at KM 82! The drive thr...

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