Have you ever taken the hike from Salkantay to Machu Picchu? If not, now worries. Mathieu Van de Wille and some friends trekked this course and bring you some great footage from their GoPro camera.
The famous Salkantay Trek (or Salcantay Trek), named among the 25 best Treks in the World, by National Geographic Adventure Travel Magazine, is a trek open to everybody, with no limitation on spaces or permits (at least for now). Connecting the city of Mollepata, Cusco with Machu Picchu, the Salkantay Trek is an ancient and remote footpath located in the same region as the Inca Trail where massive snowcapped mountains collide with lush tropical rain forests.
Located less than fifty miles northwest of the city of Cusco in south central Peru by the Cordillera Vilcabamba and rising to 6271 meters above sea level (20574 ft) Mt. Salkantay is an outstanding glacier-capped summit worshipped for thousands of years by local indians. The name Salkantay is a quechua word meaning “Savage Mountain”.
It is usually a 5 day/4 night trek.
Videographer: Mathieu Van de Wille
GoPro Camera Used: GoPro Hero 3+ Silver Edition
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