Inca Trail Photo Chronicles (Part 2)

Posted By Memographer, On April 16, 2013

The Inca Trail is the most famous trek in South America and is rated to be in the top 5 treks in the World. It combines beautiful mountain scenery, lush cloud-forest, subtropical jungle and incredible Inca ruins. The final destination of the trail is the mysterious Lost City of the Incas – Machu Picchu.
This is the second part of my photo chronicles from hiking Inca Trail. See the opening post here: Hiking Peru’s Inca Trail To Machu Picchu.

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Hiking Peru’s Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Inca Trail Photo Chronicles

View of Machu Picchu from Sungate (Intipuncu)

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10 Comments

jill says:

April 16, 2013 at 13:29

We never got to do the Inca Trail when we were in Peru so really liking your photo essays here. It made me realise what I’d missed out on :)
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- Memographer says:
  
  April 16, 2013 at 22:06
  
  The experience depends on the weather, group, your health, etc. It was raining in the night and morning on my trek day. So in the morning I wasn’t happy at all. I am glad it’s stopped raining later :) So you never know…
  
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Arianwen says:

April 18, 2013 at 15:26

I bet it’s an amazing feeling when you reach the sungate. I did the jungle trail instead, which was great fun, but I couldn’t help feeling I was missing out on something special.
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- Memographer says:
  
  April 18, 2013 at 18:55
  
  Yes, Arianwen, it was amazing. Especially, reaching Sungate (Intipunku) after the hike of last “fifty steps” :) To give you an idea, here is somebody’s video on YouTube –
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZFEyXMtjs0
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Marisol@TravelingSolemates says:

April 18, 2013 at 20:52

More beautiful orchids and waterfalls on the trail. Can’t wait to see the photos of your destination:)
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- Memographer says:
  
  April 18, 2013 at 21:00
  
  It will be posted on coming Sunday, Marisol. I hope you will not be disappointed.
  By the way, there are few photos of Machu Picchu already posted on my Facebook wall. You should be able to see those. But, feel free to befriend me if you don’t ;)
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Jess @UsedYorkCity says:

April 19, 2013 at 07:41

These photos are gorgeous! I feel like I was right there hiking with you! Hope to be able to check it out in person one of these days…!
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- memographer says:
  
  April 19, 2013 at 10:56
  
  Thank you, Jess. Definitely, you should check it out in person.
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Andrew Graeme Gould says:

April 27, 2013 at 18:42

Beautiful images from along the trail, Alex. As you know, we took the easy way out, and just went from Aguas Calientes to Machu Piccu only by train. I admire your stamina!
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- Memographer says:
  
  April 28, 2013 at 18:47
  
  Thanks, Andrew! It wasn’t that difficult. Almost the same as by train ;)
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