Photos from my 4-day Inca Trail trek in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Read my story of the Trail here.

The first portion of the trail is mainly flat and follows along the Urubamba River.

Inca Trail Day 1

When bored to look at the other camps, just look at the mountains...

Aquaduct at Sayac Marca

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A porter from the Inca trail in traditional clothing.

The Inka Trail got used as a communication system for the Incas to run from one place to another in the humongous Inca Empire which stretched from south Colombia to north of Argentina. There are different Inca trails to hike, but this one is the most famous Inca trail and it will take you from Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, through beautiful landscapes and different archaeological Inca sites.

Machu Picchu

Inca trail, Peru [2016]

Ruins at Llaqtapata and environs, on the Inca Trail in Peru.

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A porter from the Inca trail in traditional clothing.

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to machu picchu, or inka trail to machu pichcu is one the most popular trek in the Andes, Peru and the the world. What makes Inca Trail

so special is, its richness, Biodiversity, the incas stone made trail, Inca archaeological sites, unforgetable views, snowy mountains, cloud forests and the beauty of the inca trail. The Inca Trail

has exotic vegetation including more than 300 varieties of Orchids. the inca trail presents extraordinary ecological variety. www.inkachallengeperu.com/

Early morning view from ruins of Runkuraqay, on the Inca Trail, Peru. Warmiwañusqa visible center right (saw tooth).

This lunch place is called Jap Pampa. According to Guido, the place got its name from Japanese tourists. Allegedly this is their favorite place to turn back, when the challenge of the trek becomes unbearable.

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