The Final Reward – The View From the Sun Gate!

Welcome to Day 4 of The G Adventures Walk Off, Steppers! Welcome to the final day of The G Adventures Inca Trail Steps Challenge! The results just keep getting better and better much like our award-winning Inca Trail Tours, see how you’re tracking below. If we were on tour we’d be waking up at our final campsite…

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What is Dead Woman’s Pass?

Welcome to Day 3 of The G Adventures Walk Off, Steppers! The results are crazy this morning, we walked over 5,480,080 so far. See how you’re tracking below – if we were on tour we’d be waking up at our second campsite in Pacaymayo, likely feeling a little sore from successfully conquering Dead Woman’s Pass yesterday! (Check out those two hyperlinks,…

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What is the Lares Trek?

Welcome to Day 2 of The G Adventures Step Challenge! There’s more than one way to reach Machu Picchu. For many, hiking the Inca Trail — the famed 46-kilometer route to the ancient ruins — is the route of choice, but there are alternatives that are no less breathtaking. Consider, for instance, the Lares Trek… WHAT…

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Inca Trail Step Challenge

Welcome to Day 1 of The G Adventures Walk Off, Steppers! Over the next four days we’ll be “stepping” along The Inca Trail! The Inca Trail is the most famous hike in South America – perhaps the world – and a must-do, life-changing experience for thousands every year. From 82km outside of Cusco and into the Andes, passing ruins…

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Peru Highlights

PERU Planning for this trip began a year ago and throughout the past 12 months we had lots of fun getting to know everyone.  We held weekly local walks in the coulees, had a special Peruvian meal planned by Bavaru Catering, held a couple of information evenings and did one long hike prior to us…

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Experience Ancient Peru and the Galápagos Islands

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  Experience Ancient Peru and the Galápagos Islands South America is a wonderful place, full of culture, history and tropical landscapes. Two popular destinations on the western side are Peru, specifically Machu Picchu, and the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. Machu Picchu was discovered a hundred years ago by an explorer from Yale University who was…

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