Inca Trail trekkers arrive to Machu Picchu

Aug 26, 2024 – The team got up very early this morning to get to the Sun Gate for the big entrance view to Machu Picchu (7,875′).  It was cloudy, but they waited for a while and it cleared!  Descending down into the Citadel is quite an experience.  After a couple hours looking at the stonework and various buildings, the team headed down in the tourist bus to the hotel in Aguas Calientes (6,724′) for showers, lunch and a rest!  Tomorrow the team will go back up to Machu Picchu and climb Waynapicchu, the cool looking peak that overlooks the site.  The view from up there is pretty neat, but it is a steep trail with ladders in places to get up to the summit, so not a very good place for people who have acrophobia.  Well done team, way to go!