Awe Inspiring Vacation – Machu Picchu
We did a 5 day/4 night trek that included 4 days hiking the Salkantay trail and the 5th day in Machu Picchu through Inti Sun Trek. We had our own private tour lead by an awesome guide, Antonio. So on our trek it was the 4 of us (2 couples), our guide and then an entourage of helpers: cook, assistant cook, horses and a horseman to help carry our gear across the ~60 miles of hiking we did over those 4 days of trekking and 3 nights of camping. The trek was an amazing experience where we spent the majority of the day hiking, pausing to have delicious and beautifully prepared (all wheat and gluten free) meals prepared for us on the trail to fuel the 9 to 19 miles of hiking that we were doing each day. We covered quite a few micro-climates from high white capped mountains (at 15, 200 feet elevation) down through the highlands and into the rainforest (closer 6,ooo feet elevation) and at one point crossed many of these in the same day! The trek was inspiring, challenging, and beautiful – 5 full days fully disconnected from my normal reality gave me the time to enjoy and appreciate life, nature and reconnect with what actually matters. More than once I caught myself wanting to pinch myself to see if this was “real life” the beauty, vastness, and impact of nature we were surrounded by and how peaceful our surroundings were was truly amazing.
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