WHAT TO EXPECT 5 day Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu (i almost quit)

On Today's Adventure, we are traveling to Cusco, Peru for the famous 5 day Salkantay Trek. In this video we will show you what its REALLY like hiking 40 miles to one of the New 7 Wonders of the Modern World - MACHU PICCHU!
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[kaikatxi]

Love that you included all the highs & lows of the entire journey. Watching you two deal with altitude sickness was rough, can't imagine experiencing it firsthand. But you guys survived and made a great video! Couple questions:
- what time of year did you go? May?
- did chewing the coca leaves not help with the altitude sickness?
- were sandals a must ?

Thank you !!!

[PrettyKelly]

As always, awesome video. Blake, you should be very careful of altitude sickness; not good! I LOVE your videos!

[kapi]

Hello! Loved your video, can you please send me the link from where you booked your trip? Or let me know the company you booked with? Thank you!

[Jaydev]

Hi
I am devon from Dublin
Great video and enjoyed watching !!
I am planning my salkantay trek in March and wish to do Salkantay-Inca trail combined trek and it costing me €1250/-
I would like to know that should I do separate treks (salkantay and Inca trail) separately . I am seasonal high altitude trekker .
What’s your recommendation on the above ?
Thanks in affance

[chemurt]

Thank you for sharing this! We leave Jan 11 on the same trek. Have the meds 😊already packed. How did you keep your camera charged?

[BuRngg]

Wow, great video! On september i'll be turn to go there! Can i ask you something? What do you bring inside your backpack? And where you left all your belongs that doesn't fit on the bag? Thxxx

[eli.the.nomad]

make sure to stick around to the end for a little surprise ;)

[ambereastvold]

Wow doing this in 2 weeks and so worried about the altitude sickness and what do you recommend for that low oxygen and are the uphills very hard? Was it very hot? So many questions 😖🫣what to pack and not to pack? 🙏🏼

[fabfoursophie]

Great video! We are doing the trek in a few weeks - how much did you tip? And how did you how how to breakup the tips between the guide, chefs, etc.?

[shanelle]

If you did it again, What would you change or what things in your kit would you add or take out? How would you prepare better for it

[johnybravo]

Hi, how many days you spent in cusco to acclimatise before starting the trek?

[jesseking]

Been wanting to do this tour/hike forever! If you could go again, do you think you'd pick the same time of year?

[venturevlogz]

How were you allowed to fly your drone? I was told I couldn't

[cjon]

Did you stay in cusco a few days before the hike to acclimate to altitude? Im doing the same hike next month and we are staying two days in cusco before the big hike

[CsikyMiki]

When is the end song dropping on Spotify?😍😍

[dsharma]

Which tour company did you book through ?

[williamsullivan]

You ditched the team that supported both of you....really??? You did quit, you quit the trek and your

[puzzledobserver]

Awesome video. Also, this chick is a daytime 9.