Trails 2 Travel

Salkantay Trek Day 3 –Through the Jungle Waterfalls, Coffee farms, and hot springs Looking at the town our camp had been in and back up the canyon we'd hiked down the day before Day 3- Supposedly the “easy” day I’d say it was really only easy in the fact that it was the shortest and at a lower altitude day. It probably had at least 1500 feet of up and down gain/loss through the jungle and after the previous hard day, it definitely didn’t feel all that easy. 

Hiking to Salkantay Pass-  Highpoint  of our trek If Day 1 was the warmup, Day 2 was certainly the main event, the big kahunas , the “challenging” day. It also set the precedent for our daily routines. We were woken up at 5 by our guide bringing us Coca tea in our beds. (room service as they called it) and with camp 1 being so cold, the tea was definitely a welcome wakeup. Ater that, we were in for QUITE a day.

Salkantay Trek – Humantay Lake The moment you’ve all been waiting for, and most definitely my main excuse for visiting Peru… I give you the Salkantay Trek. I’ll likely write up an overview of this trek/ tour to compare with the Inca trail tours but to start with you may just wonder why choose one over the other? Here’s my top reasons: Less Crowded (though that is becoming less so as word is getting out about the beauty of this trail) LESS MONEY - Salkantay treks are much more luxurious (I’ll get into that) for less money Let me emphasize LUXURIOUS . Our tour had enclosed domes/huts for 3 nights with actual BEDS, 3 course meals, snacks + “happy hour” (more on that later), electricity and showers some of the nights, and the use of horses if needed. More Flexible. Can be booked only a few months in advance instead of a whole year- plus you get more options for dates you like. Since this trail isn’t permitted like the Inca trail, you