At the end of their mission trip, the team of youth and adults from Boise First United Methodist Church hiked to Machu Picchu on two different Inca Trails; most of them on the traditional 4 day Inca Trail, with Scott, Bev, Mary and Jacqueline on the Salkantay Trail. For those who have not hiked or seen the Salkantay, I wanted to blog a few photos. It was a totally different hike than what we had hiked on the traditional trail.....you are up among the peaks, then drop through more tropical terrain with orchids, wild begonias, fruits. Highly recommended.
The girls trying not to blow away on the top of a pass, 15,200 ft.
Salkantay Mountain as we began to drop down below it. There are thousands of Inca Trail that pass through Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, to Columbia. We did not know before that there are 8 different routes and trails that arrive at Machu Picchu. It is such an inspirational setting. A highlight for us at Machu Picchu was being able to climb Waynu Picchu. We got the last two tickets available for that day!
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