Mollepata, Peru Travel Blogs

Auf zu Machu Picchu

A travel blog entry by tobikaroperu

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... ssen. Heute morgen wurden wir um 4 Uhr fr�h von unserer Herberge abgeholt, danach ging es zu dem Ausgangspunkt unserer Reise, Mollepata, im Minibus mit 15 Personen. Im Mollepata angekommen, hatten wir ein kurzes Fr�hst�ck, anschlie�end wurde unser ...

Setting up for Salkantay

A travel blog entry by nathanialwest

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... own. At the time of departure, independent costs are: Food: 25 dollars/person for entire trip Transportation: Cusco - Mollepata - 15 soles/person Playas - Santa Teresa - 10 soles/person Santa Teresa - Hot Springs - 10 soles/person round trip ...

D.I.Y the Salkantay

A travel blog entry by thepolishmaori

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... would be sorted upon arrival. That lent towards the absolute disregard for weight. So up at 4am and onto a local bus to Mollepata with the chickens and Allpacas in tow and I was quite enjoying my sleep until been awakened and almost passing out as the ...

We begin our trek

A travel blog entry by sandie7

10

... three hours of driving- the last third on a windy dirt single lane road clinging onto the mountainside on the way to Mollepata (2900 metres above sea level), which is a small pretty town where we would begin walking. When approaching switchbacks on the ...

A walk in the park (to Machu Pichu)

A travel blog entry by sanza

1

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... on the oppurtunity. The route we chose was called the Sakantay trek and ran roughly 80km (roughly 20km per day) from Mollepata (near cuzco, peru) to Agua Calientes (in english `Hot water` named after the thermal springs that the town was built ...

Salkantay Day I

A travel blog entry by travelbunnies

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... . The reason why we had to get up so early was becoz today we’d leave for our 4day Salkantay trek . I remember looking at Serge’s Peru pics last year & that made go and buy a lot of blankets (ha ha). We were eager (well, me a bit more than ...

Mudslides make a mess of plans

A travel blog entry by craigwakeford

2

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... trip was and probably will remain very special due to how close we got to the glacier. I booked with Andean Life Peru and I wouldn't recommended them as they sub contract their services to other operators and basically misinform you as to quality of ...

Cuzco to Salkantay Lodge

A travel blog entry by koyoteranch

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... the town of Limatambo. About 45 minutes beyond, we turned off the highway to the north onto an unpaved road to the village of Mollepata where we had a coffee break at a home where guinea pigs were being raised. We drove on to the trailhead on a dirt ...

Mollepata

A travel blog entry by garth_travel

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The proper trekking adventure begins today ... Although on our morning bus ride, via the short cut because of teacher strikes we had to dodge rocks and some times bolders that had been placed on the road by teachers, but our driver was a gun and got ...

Your Feet are Made for Walking

A travel blog entry by thepilgrimage

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... when you don�t give them a rest. Tuesday definitely didn�t give my feet a rest either. Starting at 5AM and bussing to Mollepata, followed by breakfast and handing out soccer balls at the local school was a great start to the day. It was so ...

Salkantay og Machu Picchu

A travel blog entry by tubstein

10

... give os nye som vi ikke troede vi havde. Tredje dag vaagnede vi tidligt for at komme hurtigt afsted mod Playa. For foerste gang siden Mollepata og starten af trekken gik vi nu ad brede, flade grusveje og vi lagde godt fra land. Regnen fra dag 1 og 2 ...

Salkantay Trek - Day 1

A travel blog entry by julien.m

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... its name - which is 6264 m high. This trek starts with a dusty road along a valley, crossing the little village of Mollepata. "Molle" is a kind of trees that can be found in the region, "Mollepata" means "a place where there are molle trees" ...

The start of Salkantay

A travel blog entry by badgers07

1

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... the general rule of thumb in Peru seems to be that whoever has the biggest vehicle rules the roads, we arrived at Mollepata for a quick breakfast. Carly could not resist the 20p for a classic walking stick which proved very useful on the ...

Salkantay-Trek zum Machu Picchu 1. Tag

A travel blog entry by tinutour

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... meine Wenigkeit. Das erste Teilst�ck auf dem Weg zum Basis-Camp legten wir im Kleinbus zur�ck, bis zu dem kleinen Dorf Mollepata. Eine drei-st�ndige Autofahrt, die mir heftig zusetzte, da ich genau eine Springfeder unter meinem Arsch hatte. Nach einem ...

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