Salkantay Trek | Salkantay Trail to Machu Picchu

Hiking the Salkantay and the ruins of Machu Picchu 5D/4N

Salkantay, also known as the Inca Trail is a second snow which is6271 m, this circuit is one of the most complete that gives us the Vilcabamba mountain range has a duration of 5 days and 4, the tour offers a tour Salkantay for all natural scenes, full of small Andean villages where the inhabitants still maintain ancestral traditions alive some during our tour we will find varieties of orchids and other varieties more, our tour ends with a visit to Machu Picchu.
The Nevado of Salkantay comes from two Quechua voices "Salqa" which means wild, "Antay" meaning landslide or avalanche, but for many the name Salkantay means "Wild Mountain". Residents often call the snow-covered Andes as Apus, which means Lord; in that sense this majestic mountain is called by many as "Apu Salkantay".

Itinerary

Day 1 Cusco - Soraypampa

The collection of our passengers will be from 4:30 to 5:00 am. From your hotel passing by the localities as Izcuchaca and Limatambo. Our starting point is the town of Mollepata located at an altitude of 2850 meters, where we will be at 8:00 am approximately. Immediately depart for our first destination, passing through places like SORAYPAMPA Cruz Sayllapata leg and place where we take our food and then continue our path until we reach our camp.

Day 2 Soraypampa - Collpapampa

Since 7:00 am we will have our breakfast and then continue our walk to take us to the highest point on our route, the Abra Salkantay where we can observe Salkantay snow in all its glory. After three hours we will have lunch to continue our journey entering the jungle scenery on this stretch of river courses appreciate that then become tributaries of the Urubamba River, a variety of plants typical of the place, arrived to spend the night where collpapampa .

Day 3 Collpapampa - La playa

After breakfast continue with the tour, this day descend through cloud forests, where vegetation is developed haphazardly, we will see a variety of Flora and Fauna to spend the day, arrive at the place known as Sahuayacocha, in this place lunch and then continue our way to the place known as Playa spend the night.

Day 4 La playa - Aguas calientes

Early in the morning after our breakfast we will take the challenging Inca Trail to the archaeological complex of Llactapata (2650m). We walk for about 5 hours we will have the good view of the mountain of Machu Picchu. Then descend to Hydro (1950m) where we took the train to enter the village of Machu Picchu (2050m), our lodging place.

Day 5 Machu Picchu - Cusco

Around 4:30 am we begin our ascent to the famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu where we will have a guided tour for about 2 hours and then have free time, the rest of the day you can take pictures or go to the mountain of Huayna Picchu. In the afternoon we return to Aguas Calientes to catch our train to take us back to Cusco.

Included

Pick from your hotel in Cusco
Private transportation from Cusco to the town of Mollepata
4 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 3 Dinners
Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu
Bilingual professional guide service for 5 days
Assistant Guide (for more than 10 passengers)
Full camping equipment (tents kitchen, dining tent, Matras)
Horsemen and horses to transport camping equipment (5 kilos of luggage per person)
3 nights camping
1 night in a hostel in the town of Aguas Calientes
Cook and cooking equipment
Snacks and afternoon tea daily
Train back from Machu Picchu village - Ollantaytambo
Return shuttle bus transport Ollantaytambo - Cusco
Team First Aid Kit, Oxygen
Vegetarian option at no additional cost

Not Included

Bus ticket to Machu Picchu (U.S. $ 14.00)
Lunch on the last day
Ticket to the mountain Wayna Picchu ($ 10.00)

You need to bring

Water bottle for the road.
A backpack with enough clothes for 5 days of the trek.
Waterproof jacket in case of rain (plastic ponchos can be purchased in Cusco).
Flashlights and batteries.
Camera or camcorder.
Hiking shoes.
Bathing suit, if you want to visit the hot springs in Aguas Calientes.
Money in cash, in case you want to buy souvenirs.
A hat, sunscreen, mosquito repellent, toilet paper.
Optional: walking stick.

Additional information

All your personal information is required at the moment of your booking.
Confirmation of the excursion will be received at time of booking.

Travel voucher

For every confirmed booking you will be required to print your electronic voucher for presentation at the moment we start the excursion. The electronic voucher acts as a confirmation for all the services you request.