Peru - Inka Trail & Machu Picchu

Sep 19, 2024

Peru - Inka Trail & Machu Picchu - Day 4


Stayed	Cusco	Casa Mirador Guesthouse
Ate	Lunch	Ponchos Machupicchu Restaurant
	Dinner	Casalino Foccaceria
Travel	Walking	6.72 km, 3:43 hours, 184 meters up, 447 meters down

Wiñay Wayna to Machu Picchu

Today was a very early wake up at 3am, to allow the porters to get down to Aguas Calientes to a train.

We basically waited until 5:30am to get through the gate to start the last two hour hike into the Sun Gate. From there you have to walk down to Machu Picchu. On the way you have to scale the ‘monkey steps’, but then you are there.

You climb down to the terraces and take the classic photos of the site from above. Then you have to exit and re-enter to enter the main ruins. It was cloudy until this point. Then it was just a solid multi-hour downpour.

You get two hours to walk through the town. We were lucky to get the classic photos first as the rain and cloud would have ruined it. Ten minutes later and we would have seen nothing. The tour was wet, but fine. We saw the royal residence, the sun temple, the temple of the condor, the virgin’s rooms and more.

After our two hours, we took a bus down to the Aguas Calientes had lunch, then we took a train and bus back to Cusco.

Bucket list item ✔️