The fact that I am writing a post about the food on our Inca Trail hike should be proof of how impressed I was! I’m not someone who camps, but I expected our food to be sandwiches, granola bars, smores, hot dogs, or something. In fact, I called G Adventures before the trip because I am a vegetarian, and I wanted to make sure they had options for me to eat. The nice girl who answered the phone assured me I would have more than enough options…

Most of this post will be pictures since I took pictures of almost every meal we had along the way!

Day 1

Lunch

We had lunch at a stop about halfway between the trail start and our first campsite. When we arrived, the porters had drinks for us while they finished preparing the three-course meal.

sipping our drinks before lunch 1
Our team enjoying our juice before lunchtime at the start of our trip
  • vegetable and rice soup served at lunch
    They had vegetarian options for me at every meal. This was a vegetable and rice soup that hit the spot!
  • trout, vegetables, and rice
    The main course was river trout, vegetables, and rice. It was really good!
  • cheese and pineapple pie
    Dessert was a cheese and pineapple or fruit pie. I was hesitant, but it was actually good.
  • coca tea
    I enjoyed coca tea after our big lunch before re-starting our hike.
Dinner

Our team had a good first day and were excited to get to our campsite. We always had tea time before dinner which consisted of crackers, butter, jam, and popcorn. The popcorn was always the star of the show. They had a variety of teas (green, black, orange), hot chocolate, and, of course, had coca leaves to make coca tea.

  • The table is set for tea time
  • We had delicious crackers
  • Everyone loved the popcorn. We ate all of this every day!
  • Vegetable soup for a starter
  • Fried onion with rice and vegetables. The vegetarian special!

Day 2

Breakfast

We woke early to get breakfast to prepare us for our long, grueling hike ahead. It was so much food! We all complained about how full we were, but once we realized how much energy we needed to complete the hike, I think we all appreciated the large breakfast.

  • day 2 breakfast
    They had a variety of foods out for breakfast that we ate family-style.
  • Kristin pancake
    They personalized our pancake, which was a surprise after an already large breakfast!
Lunch

We finished our hike before lunch, which is a good thing because there is no way I would have been able to eat on the way! By the time we had lunch, we were all insanely hungry!

  • soup lunch 2
    Soup and tea to start off our large mid-day meal
  • a variety of vegetarian options
    We had multiple trays of family-style food. Lots of vegetables, and it was all delicious!
  • dessert with sugar design
    Dessert was always served after the midday meal. This was a bread pudding with sugar topper
  • kitchen tent
    Hard to believe they made all of this food in this tent with tools they could carry in a bag
Tea Time and Dinner

After we took naps, we reconvened for tea time and dinner. Even though we were still full from our large lunch, we ate it anyway. It was delicious. It was now time for bed.

veggie dinner
Even the plating is like fine dining. I can’t believe this is all made in a tent. Some types of vegetables and rice.
Day 3
breakfast
  • table setting
    It’s amazing how they set the table differently each meal and folded the napkin in a fun way. Very classy!
  • quiche
    Breakfast was quiche. This was the one time I had to pick ham out, but it was still good.
Lunch

This was probably the best meal, as it was a lot of food, but they made us a cake! I cannot understand how you can bake and ice a cake after carrying everything from our campsite, beating us to our lunch site, and doing all of that before we arrive. There are no words to express how impressed I was about this! What a surprise!

  • napkin folded
    Another nicely folded napkin
  • vegetarian lunch
    My vegetarian lunch plate from our family-style, massive lunch
  • lunch plate
    Ursula’s lunch plate with all of the different food options, including the meat ones
  • my piece of cake
    It was even a chocolate and vanilla swirl. It was delicious!
  • the chefs with our cake
    The chefs baked and iced this cake in the tent! They decorated it with our team name: Charlie’s Chicha Moradas!
Tea Time and Dinner
  • A pretty bird napkin
    I love these bird napkins. They put so much thought into the little details on this trip.
  • crackers and a bird napkin
    I loved eating these crackers every night.
  • family style
    Family style servings! Look at the fancy-cut veggies
Summary

I didn’t take a picture of my cheese sandwich on our way to Machu Picchu, but even that wasn’t bad! What I find most impressive was that the chefs made all of this food in a tent! I could barely make some of this in my fully-stocked kitchen, but they did it with items they had to lug from campsite to campsite.

Hands down, the food we had on our hike was the best food I had our entire time in Peru! I’m not sure if all tour companies have food this great, but I would say that is one reason to hike Machu Picchu with G Adventures.