Is it safe to drink the water or eat fresh fruit and vegetables?
Disposable water bottles aren’t allowed on the Inca Trail. That’s because of the trash that would be generated by thousands of plastic bottles being thrown away every day. Accordingly, we gather water from streams along the way, then treat it in a three-step process to assure that it’s safe to drink: 1. The water is filtered using Mountain Safety Research technology. 2. The filtered water is purified using Micropur purification tablets. 3. The filtered and purified water is boiled. This filtered, purified and boiled water undergoes a final treatment with purification tablets so that it will disinfect fresh fruit and vegetables washed with it, Therefore, you can ignore the usual precautions — we have already taken care of them for you. We are unaware of any guest becoming sick on our treks. Quite the contrary, they are surprised to receive such well-prepared food and drink in such basic conditions. Toilet tent.Photo: Inka’s Empire Tours. Experience required This is a challenging trek a
