Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu

The Inca Trail (Spanish: camino inca) is the king of Peru's hiking trails. This 4-day trekking leads along Andean Cordilleras, over high passes, through scenic forests and finally down into the mountain rainforest, where the trekkers walk through the sun gate "Inti Punku" and look at Machu Picchu on the last day. As a section of the "Qhapac ñan", the Inca Trail largely follows the original paths of the Incas, which makes it so unique. "Qhapac ñan" refers to the Inca road network, which covers a total of 30,000 kilometers and stretches across the countries of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. In 2014, the IncaTrail Network was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is due to the engineering feat of the Incas and the need to preserve the condition of the trails and their surrounding landscapes. Inca trail treks The Inca Trail I finally walked the Inca Trail myself! I look back on four eventful days of uphill and downhill, along scen