4-Days Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu

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4 days (approximately)
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Offered in: English and 1 more

Salkantay Trek is a great alternative to hike covering amazing landscapes and a differen face than the Inca Trail. Places such as the imposing Salkantay mountain (6,271 m.a.s.l.), one of the highest in Peru and considered one of the most venerated sacred peaks by the Incas. Learn a little more about this 5-day, 4-night trek, considered one of the most memorable ways to get to Machu Picchu.

What's Included

Tour guide
Transportation from Hotel to starting point.
Machu Picchu entrance Ticket
Lunch (Optional[3])
Lunch
All Fees and Taxes
Dinner (Optional[3])
Dinner
Breakfast (Optional[3])
Breakfast
Consettur bus tickets
hotel
2 Camping nights
One way train ticket at standard train.
01 Breakfast the 1rst day
Gratuities
Huayna Picchu mountain
4rd Dinner
Personal Snacks

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
OR
Meeting point

we are in the center of the city of Cusco or we pick you up from your hotel

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 4 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    CUSCO - MOLLEPATA - CHALLACANCHA - SORAYPAMPA

    1 stop
  • 1
    Humantay Lake

    We start with the pickup from your hotel at 5am, this will be a ride of two hours approximately until we arrive to Mollepata community, after breakfast we continue on transportation to Challacancha where is the started point of the hike. Here we need to check our luggage, pack the horses, and begin the long ascent to our campsite. Three hours and a half approximately to arrive at our campsite, on the way you will hike the original Inca trail Canal. After this we will arrive to our campsite, you will get the accommodation and we will wait for the lunch to recover energy after lunch, you will have some free time until we will start our hike up to Humantay Lake, this will take two hours to hike up and one hour on the way back approximately. It is quite cold as you can imagine but the view is unique and worthy. Back to our campsite, you can change your clothes and then you will enjoy a delicious dinner. After dinner, our tour guide will brief the itinerary for the next day.

    Admission ticket free
    • Day 2

    SORAYPAMPA – SALKANTAY PASS–WAYRACMACHAY- CHAULLAY

    1 stop
  • 2

    We will begin this day by climbing for three hours to the Salkantay pass (4.460m). After a brief break and picture-taking session we will begin a long descent to wayracmachay. After lunch we will descent and be able to literally see the changes in vegetation as we go from high mountain areas down to tropical jungle with its dense forest. We will camp in Chaullay.

    Admission ticket free
    • Day 3

    CHAULLAY-COLCAPAMPA – LORETA LA PLAYA – LUCMABAMBA – HIDROELECTRICA – AGUAS CALIENTES

    1 stop
  • 3

    After a challenging day, we will wake up early in the morning to have a delicious breakfast. This day will be for relaxing, the trail is beautiful and the vegetation is very dense and we will see a variety of orchids and impressive waterfalls approximately 80 meters high. We will hike all the way down through the Santa Teresa Valley to Lucmabamba where we will have lunch and board the transportation to Hifroelectrica. In the afternoon, we continue walking towards Aguas Calientes for 2 hours (12 kilometers) where we will spend the night in a proper hotel. The dinner is not Included and your tour guide will give you the important information for the next day. The main reason for this program is Machupicchu.

    Admission ticket free
    • Day 4

    AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO

    1 stop
  • 4
    Machu Picchu

    We wake up early in the morning (depending on the time of our admission). Some of you will want to hike to the entrance to Machupicchu which can take one hour and a half some of You will want to take the first bus (5:30am) from Aguas Calientes to the Machupicchu Citadel, usually 30 minutes by bus. Our guide will thoroughly guide you through the Machupicchu archeological site for about 2 hours, then time to come back to Aguas Calientes town where You can get lunch (not included in the program) and in the afternoon we will take the train to Ollantaytambo, you need to be at the Aguas Calientes train station 30mn in advance. A representative of our company will meet you at the train station in Ollantaytambo town then We will take You back to Cusco in proper tourist transportation. We will leave you at your hotel.

    Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Supplied by CrossoverPeru Tours

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Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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