Can you go to the toilet on the Inca Trail?

There are toilet blocks located intermittently along the Inca Trail. These Inca Trail toilet blocks are usually hidden from the trail. These toilet blocks are not frequent though and, if you can't hold it, the only other option will be to go behind a bush. Most camp sites have some form of toilet facility.



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Yes, the dreaded Dead Woman's Pass. The most dangerous part of the area is beyond the 'lost city' on the path that is known as 'the hike of death', Huayna Picchu. Climbing 1,000 feet in less than a mile, it is sheer and treacherous.

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Sanitation tips to help protect the Trail, volunteers, other hikers, and wildlife. There are usually only two options on the Trail for when nature calls: using a privy or digging a cat hole in the woods.

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Yes, it happens. Usually in town, and within the privacy of the people involved (trail gossip, after all, travels faster than the fastest hiker out there).

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Typically hikers find that Mount Kilimanjaro is a harder hike than the Classic Inca Trail Route. This is mostly due to the difference in elevations. The summit of Mount Kilimanjaro stands at 19,342 feet (5,895 meters), while the highest point of the Classic Inca Trail Route is 13,828 feet (4,215 meters).

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