The standard four
day trek involves hiking for three days and then descending down into Machu Picchu on the fourth day.
Not exact matches
Unlike in the gym where burning calories is within a limited time only, when you are
trekking which usually
involves a whole
day affair, then you will be burning lots of calories whole
day!
A typical
day can
involve snorkelling, kayaking, jungle -
trekking or simply relaxing on the beach until the sun goes down.
Easy
trekking:
Involving a few
days of easy walking based in lodge or tented accommodation.
Sam did a 4 -
day camel
trek through the Thar Desert many years back and he's got some good stories from that trip — including surviving a flash flood that
involved climbing trees and then seeking refuge in a small village!
On the second
day, the
trek involves a pretty scary «cable car» crossing, where you're basically sat in a wooden crate and pulled across a very high valley by rope.