Inca Trail Daypack Packing List
Your daypack is not your suitcase. It holds what you need between breakfast and arriving at camp, or between breakfast and your visit to Machu Picchu. The duffel goes ahead with the porters. You will not open it during the day. If you need something at 11:00, it has to be in your daypack. This […]
Internet and Signal on the Inca Trail: Coverage, Connection and Cell Phone Use
Above the highest pass on the route, at more than 4 200 m s. n. m., there is always someone with their arm outstretched and phone held high, slowly turning around in search of a single bar of signal. Sometimes a message goes through, and sometimes nothing happens. That scene sums up connectivity on the […]
Salkantay Inca Trail Route to Machu Picchu: How It Works
Many people believe that Salkantay and the Inca Trail are two routes that never meet: one a free mountain alternative and the other a historic trail with permits and limited spaces. That is not the case. There is an authorized access route that climbs from Soraypampa, crosses the mountain range via a high-altitude pass, and […]
What Is the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu?
When someone says they are going to hike the Inca Trail, they mean something very specific: the stretch of stone-paved trail that climbs through the Andes and ends at Machu Picchu, with a named permit, a daily quota, and a mandatory guide. It is not a trek you can decide to do on the spur […]