fiona and marcBack in Cusco, we prepared for the next adventure: the 4-day trek over the Salkantay Pass to Aguas Calientes, also known as Machu Picchu Pueblo 🤩
This multi-day hike with the visit to Machu Picchu as the final destination was a big point on my bucket list 😍
We arrived at the starting point of the hiking trail with a collectivo bus and a taxi. Anyone who traveled a bit, knows that this is an adventure in itself... 😅
We reached the hostel in Soraypampa at 3,900m, deep in the valley between snow-covered mountain peaks, in the afternoon. After check-in and some discussion to clarify if we could get gluten-free dinner and breakfast, we set off for our acclimatizing hike to the incredibly beautiful Humantay Lake at 4,200m.
We were lucky, as the sun came out shortly before disappearing behind a mountain, to light up the turquoise, green-blue, ice-cold lake 🩵
The next morning, we had to start early, just after sunrise, to be sure to reach the next accomodation by daytime.
The trek to the highest point, the Salkantay Pass at 4,630m, was so beautiful, but also extremely exhausting. Even though we were quite used to the altitude because we had stayed two months in Urubamba at 2,872m and places around 3,500m, it was challenging to breathe and move forward/upwards. We were so happy when we reached the Pass 🏔️
On the other side, downwards, the landscape, nature, and climate changed quite quickly. It was visible that we were approaching the high jungle of Peru.
After this first day, with 20km in our legs, we were super tired but at the same time very proud and happy. In Collpapampa we found a simple hotel room (not one of the very fancy hanging glass-cabins, like in picture nr. 20 visible 😉) and went to bed as early as possible 😊
—> 20 📸 photos in this post
#travel #travelling #travelingtheworld #trekking #hiking #salkantay #humantay #inkatrail #peru #mountails #naturephotography #travelphotography
This multi-day hike with the visit to Machu Picchu as the final destination was a big point on my bucket list 😍
We arrived at the starting point of the hiking trail with a collectivo bus and a taxi. Anyone who traveled a bit, knows that this is an adventure in itself... 😅
We reached the hostel in Soraypampa at 3,900m, deep in the valley between snow-covered mountain peaks, in the afternoon. After check-in and some discussion to clarify if we could get gluten-free dinner and breakfast, we set off for our acclimatizing hike to the incredibly beautiful Humantay Lake at 4,200m.
We were lucky, as the sun came out shortly before disappearing behind a mountain, to light up the turquoise, green-blue, ice-cold lake 🩵
The next morning, we had to start early, just after sunrise, to be sure to reach the next accomodation by daytime.
The trek to the highest point, the Salkantay Pass at 4,630m, was so beautiful, but also extremely exhausting. Even though we were quite used to the altitude because we had stayed two months in Urubamba at 2,872m and places around 3,500m, it was challenging to breathe and move forward/upwards. We were so happy when we reached the Pass 🏔️
On the other side, downwards, the landscape, nature, and climate changed quite quickly. It was visible that we were approaching the high jungle of Peru.
After this first day, with 20km in our legs, we were super tired but at the same time very proud and happy. In Collpapampa we found a simple hotel room (not one of the very fancy hanging glass-cabins, like in picture nr. 20 visible 😉) and went to bed as early as possible 😊
—> 20 📸 photos in this post
#travel #travelling #travelingtheworld #trekking #hiking #salkantay #humantay #inkatrail #peru #mountails #naturephotography #travelphotography
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Enola Courtwright MD