Salkantay 5 day trek

Before this trek, I was a little worried about going on this trek, mainly because of how difficult the trek sounded, along with my altitude sickness that I had. Then, our guide came to our hotel to give us a very detailed briefing. On the hike the next day, I was feeling very bad with my altitude sickness; however, our very nice guide let me use his hiking poles and also carried my backpack for me. The next day, our guides also let me ride a horse, as the altitude sickness was still there. On the rest of the trip, the food was excellent, although the sleeping mats were a little thin. They offered me cures to my altitude sickness, which helped very quickly and well. Overall, an excellent experience that no hiker should miss.

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