The fourth day of our Salkantay trekking started with two hours of zip lining over a canyon. It is hard to describe how much fun this activity was, so it’s best to watch the video on my Instagram account.

After the zip lining, we continued our hike along the rail tracks from Hidroelectrica to Aguas Calientes – a small town at the foot of Machu Picchu. It was sunny and very warm, and the hike through the jungle was beautiful, including some groups of parrots flying over our heads.

Yesterday was the last day of our trek which was also the highlight: the visit to Machu Picchu. We got up at four o’clock in the morning and had to hike first for twenty minutes to the first checkpoint. From there we had to climb two thousand steps to get to the entrance of Machu Picchu. There, some of us had paid for the entrance to Machu Picchu mountain which meant another two and a half thousand steps. The view from up there was marvellous though, so it was worth all the hard work.

We had beautiful weather and after our return from the mountain time to walk through the remains of the old citadel. In the afternoon, we returned to Cusco by train and car. From here my trip continues to Arequipa, Lake Titicaca, La Paz in Bolivia, and finally back to Lima.