![](/partners/offexploring/images/icons/entry_icon.png)
![](https://media.offexploring.co.uk/photos/fonner/photos/thumbs/Imagen%20181.jpg)
Cusco, Peru
On June 4th got up at 4 am for drive to Ollantaytambo to c atch the train to Machu Picchu. Got of in the middle of nowhere at 7.30. Just four of us and a guide. Anita, myself and two girls 18 and 19 respectively, on their gap year. We set off on the trek climbing approximately 450 m in 4 hours up some breath defying steps until it was almost impossible to get your breath back through the most spectacular lush scenery I have ever seen. The Urubamba river runs ...