A 5am start had our group of 9 trekkers 2 chefs 2 guides and 10th porters in a bus to oloyamtabo and the start of the Inca trek. All loaded we set off, 30 seconds later and the porters had disappeared in front of us. The path weaved through the valley and passed a variety of inca ruins until we arrived for lunch. The porters had set up the kitchen and dining tent complete with table and chairs for our 3 course lunch.
The path continued on mainly flat till our first campsite, were yet again the porters had set up the kitchen, dining room our tents and even laid our beds out.
Day 2 and we were woken up with tea and coffee in bed before a pancake breakfast. The trek took a slightly trickier route as it climbed to around 4200m before hundreds of steps back down. The penultimate day passed through more inca ruins before ending up at Winaywama a huge terraced inca settlement complete with a freezing waterfall that doubled up as a very quick shower.Day 4 and by 3.30am we were all queing at the check point waiting for it to open at 5.30 for the final trek to the sungate. The first point that Machu Pichu becomes visible. Due to our slightly early arrival at the check point we were first onto the trail which gave us a clear path ahead to make it to the gate Opjust as the sun was about to hit Machu Pichu. Barely 5 mins later the cloud completely covered it making the run to the top entirely worth it. A final hrs walk and we were inside the ancient city.
Jose our guide then took us round Machu Pichu before leaving us to our own devices.
Still having a bit of energy left I opted to Queue up for 1 of 400 tickets to climb huayana pichu. And luckily I got ticket 334 and was good to go.
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All that was left to do was grab the bus down into Aguas Calientas before the train back into Cusco, with a small break in the middle for a few beers with our guide.
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