Inca Trail – Day 1
-=[ DAY SEVEN - Fri 16th June ]=-
Surprise, surprise, another early wakeup call, this time to meet our two Inca Trail compatriots for the bus trip to the trail head at Chilca, just 2km shy of Kilometer 82. In the photo from left to right; Kirsty, me, Darren, Bob, Julie & Cindy.
The first day on the trail saw everyone in high sprits, making good pace along the steady incline upwards from about 2800m above sea level to our camp at Yunkachimpa about 600m higher than KM82.
Jeremy had us walk the extra distance one camp further than most other groups so our campsite wasn’t so crowded.
Upon arriving into camp our 12 porters greeted us all with clapping and cheering. Even though they arrived into camp about 2 hours earlier and were each carrying about 25kg of equipment on their backs!