Thanks for the kind words! Glad the video brings back good memories 🙂

We hope you can be there one day too!

Glad you enjoyed the video and that was useful 😁 - We hope you have a great upcoming trip!! 🇵🇪

We are glad you found this video helpful! Thank you for watching 😁🙌

It was an amazing hike! Glad you enjoyed the review - thanks for watching 🤠😁

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Simon!! We really loved this adventure - appreciate you watching and leaving these kind comments! 😊

@@explorinwithlaurin welcome 🙏🏼 was a great Vlog 🙌

Thanks for watching! 😍

Thanks for watching! We learned a lot on our trip and are happy to share so everyone else can plan their bucket list trip! The toilet tent is a MUST 😅

@@explorinwithlaurin 🚽

Thanks for watching! It was a wonderful hike!! I’m sure you have many great hikes in Canada-we are a bit lacking in Texas so we travel for them 😅

Thanks for watching!

Thank you! It’s the best hike we’ve ever done! 🤩

Glad it was helpful! I took a magnificent shower after finishing the trail. 😬

Thank you 😁 the toilet tent saved lived 😅 Thanks for watching & glad you enjoyed!

Thank you too! Appreciate you watching!!

Thanks! 👍

It really is! Thanks for watching!

HI Jess, there may be a few brief spots you don’t like where the trail is going perpendicular across a steep mountain face, but I don’t recall any true “cliff” edge situations. For the most part there is really lush vegetation on either side of the trail that is absolutely beautiful. There are also some steep steps that you have to go down-on those I would recommend you just go down slow and sideways. The guides are also fantastic and I am sure they will stay with you in case anything triggers your vertigo unexpectedly. This really was the best hike we have ever been on and we hope that you enjoy it too! Safe travels!

They advise you tip 10-15% of the tour price and divide that between the guide, chef and porters allocating more to the chef and guide. We a bit more than recommended because they took such good care of us!

Have a wonderful trek! It will be one of a lifetime 😃

Thanks for watching! Day 2 is a lot of steep uphill - pretty consistent. But then there is also long bouts of downhill. It is challenging - but definitely doable and so much fun 🤩

No we didn’t think so!

Hello! We used a Go Pro hero 10 Camera in combination with an Iphone. We decided to use a go pro to ensure we could capture footage even when it was raining non stop. We also purchased spare batteries and a portable charger to ensure our camera would be available the entire hike. We hope you enjoy the hike - let us know if you have any questions! Some links to the products we used are below 😁 DISCLAIMER: Here are some links to some hiking essentials we liked and mentioned in the video! All of the Amazon links below are paid links and as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases: 📷 Go Pro Camera: amzn.to/3IPbUs2 🔋Portable charger small: amzn.to/3w4RV2w 🔋Portable Charger (26800mAh with Double-Speed Recharging): amzn.to/3id9dXN 🔋GoPro Camera batteries: amzn.to/3Xw18ws

@@nightporter_ yes! The expedition company stored our luggage for us. It was included in the price.

Yes it was!! Thanks for watching!

Thank you, Dawn! Yes-our tour operator stored all our luggage for us while we hiked! They picked us up and took the luggage to a storage facility and provided it back to us upon return to Cusco. You have to take the train from Machu Picchu to Ollantaytambo then the tour operator bussed us to our hotel in Cusco (and gave us the luggage back) The permits were secured by our tour operator within a couple days of us booking the tour! Hope this helps! Let us know if you have other questions!

I don't think they are. But you can enjoy all the beautiful sounds of nature 🤠

We booked 3 months out so you should definitely look into booking soon as they do fill up! Luckily, the trail is stone steps/path 80% of the way and there is good irrigation around the path which generally keeps it not so muddy! The downhill is steep but again it’s steps so generally not slippery but we’d still recommend to take it slow! We did this hike late November (over thanksgiving) and except for a few times in the morning we didn’t have to hike in rain too much!

We hope you enjoy the hike! We have other videos on what to pack but if you’re still undecided on if you want to do the trek we have a video on our full experience here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrGEraqbp5maYGg.htmlsi=36S15IRVx6MOku0c

Thanks for the info and responding so quickly! This trip came about quickly so I’m not sure if 1 month training is enough for DWP. Yesterdays hike at 8k had me reconsidering 😂

@@RoseWilson-ru7np it’s not easy, but it’s beautiful the whole way! Constant views and incredible experiences that I can hardly remember my legs burning 😅

You will have to go without a shower for at least 3 days! There is an option for a shower on the last night but it’s not heated and without power to dry my hair I just skipped it. I was really nervous about it too but you do get hot water every morning and night so that plus wet wipes and dry shampoo and I felt cleaner than expected on day 4!

But you will have a great time! We are excited for you 😃

Yes - is initially warm. Although, I believe they boiled it earlier in the morning. It cools off pretty quick as you hike. But it definitely is not ice cold.

Thank you! Cheers!

From my understanding, no. You at least need a tour guide

@@explorinwithlaurin Perfect. Thank you for the response Laurin. I was thinking about Salaktany trek with a guide.

@@TheForthemankind of course, anytime! If you do the Salaktany trek - let us know! I want to do that hike next time 😃

No it isn’t. We had a portable charger to charge our phone and camera batteries. A few tips: - we brought spare camera batteries that lasted the entire trek. - keeping your phone in airplane mode reduces the battery consumption significantly. Hope this helps!

@@explorinwithlaurin Thanks !😀

It is a one way hike! Then you take a train back. Lots of logistics go into this but it is worth it!

Hi Ian! We had 10 porters for our group of 4 plus a guide. The tour gives you an envelope to put the tips in for them to distribute but we opted to hand ours out individually on the last night of the trek to thank each on personally for all they had done! The tour companies will give you guidelines on a tipping range based on your tour. However, we thought the range they gave us was a bit low opted to do a little more!

Not too bad! Maybe a few parts where you’ll want to walk fast but generally okay! We had a couple people in our group that aren’t great with heights and they were all fine! In general it’s more “steep” than “drop off” if that makes sense!

Yes!! The had instant coffee at breakfast and would bring that at wake up instead of the tea if requested ☕️

Thanks for watching!!

Alpaca expeditions! They were wonderful! Hope this helps 🇵🇪 😀

Are you looking to book the Inca trail hike? Or what are you looking for? We booked with a tour operator named alpaca expeditions for the hike! We highly recommend them

@@explorinwithlaurin yeah I would be interested in doing the Inca trail similar to how you guys did it. Im planning on staying in Cusco

@@cesarortiz2081 I recommend looking at alpaca expeditions! That is who we booked through

Sometimes we have the same thoughts! They do have private tour options where it’s only your group hiking. We did have a great time with our tour guide. It was a nice level of teaching/ interaction. A lot of time you are hiking alone

I believe there’s an alternate route from the other side and the biggest elevation is around 15 thousand feet