The trail starts with a bridge across the Urubamba River.
Then a mostly dirt path begins.
The path is surrounded by bushes and flowers which are very colourful.
These round ones are particularly neat.
These blue ones were also pretty.
The first set of ruins we came across was Qoriwayrachina.
It is just a small cluster of houses, probably used by travellers or guards along the trail.
There weren’t really very many insects. Mostly ants.
There was also this giant bug working his way down the path.
There were tons of birds chirping, but most of them were hidden or far away or flying.
Here are a couple more Incan buildings.
It was pretty cloudy the first day so the mountain tops were obscured.
A couple of the snow tops were visible for a few minutes before going back behind the clouds.
In the hills there were many Incan tombs. Some of them are in natural caves, but others were built out of stone.
They blend into the mountains. The one above is in the bottom middle of this picture.
The path was more or less flat the first day, but near the end it began to climb.
There were lots of brightly coloured spiky caterpillars.
This one was gooier with smaller spikes.
There were also pretty flowers.
