The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu

Where do we start? The Inca Trail was brilliant, one of the best things we have ever done. The walking was tough, especially on the second day when we climbed a total of 1400m including the first pass of the trail named ´Dead Woman´s Pass´ - see if you can spot Rebecca and friends at the top of the pass! In total we walked 42km over the four days to get to Machu Picchu. The sight of the city on the final morning was awe-inspiring. It appeared through the cloud slowly as if on cue for us arriving at the Sun Gate. (end of the trail) As if the 4 days wasn´t enough, we climbed another mountain, Huayna Picchu at the end to get a terrific view looking directly down on the city.
For the 21 of us in our group we had 3 guides and 26 porters! The food was out of this world, I will never know how they produced such dishes from equipment carried all that way.

Start of the trail


On our way


Camilla, Rebecca and Siri


Early morning breakfast


Dead women


Looking down Dead Woman´s Pass


Exploring Inca ruins


Bad weather and lovely ponchos!


Stephen, Scott, Siri and Lee at the Sun Gate (the first to arrive!)


Rebecca and Stephen with Machu Picchu appearing from the clouds behind