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About this trip
Join us for the Salkantay Trek to Macu Picchu.
The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is an incredible trekking route that combines incredible and dramatic change of scenery, from snowy mountain peaks through the cloud forest and finally to the Jungle of Peru.
Salkantay Mountain is the highest peak in the Vilcabamba mountain range and is called the wild mountain. This is because the word Sallqantay means something like wild or invincible. It has glacial mountains, lagoons and crosses the Amazon jungle, which makes it one of the most beautiful and interesting hikes in all of Peru.
The biggest reward comes on day 4 as all of our efforts culminate with a visit to Machu Picchu.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ
- It is crucial for us to receive a copy of your passport once your booking is accepted, Machu Picchu permits are booked with current/valid passports ONLY.
What’s included
- Professional Trek Guide
- Pre-Departure Briefing
- Warm meals during the tr3 Breakfast, 3 lunches, 3 dinners tea and snacks
- Drinking waterBoiled Water at every campsite
- Camp
- Chef, muleteers & horses
- Horsesto carry our belongings, duffels bag, food and equipment
- 1 hotel night1-night hotel in Aguas Calientes
- BusRound trip bus from Aguas Calientes to Machupicchu
- Entrance ticketsEntrance ticket to Machupicchu, Salkantay and Humantay Lake
- TrainTrain ticket from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo (Expedition or Voyager service)
- TransportationReturn transportation from Ollantaytambo to your hotel in Cusco
- First-aid and oxygen kit
- Duffel bag
What’s not included
- Tipping
- MealsLunch and dinner on the 4th day
- Sleeping bag(Available for renting) = $20USD
- Inflatable Mattress(Available for renting) = $20USD
- Trekking poles(Available for renting) = $5USD per each
Available Packages
Single travelers joining group trips are paired in twin/triple accommodation with someone of the same sex for the duration of the trip.
During the trek you will be sharing a simple room accommodation with others.
Itinerary
We start this amazing adventure with the pickup from your hotel at 5am, this will be a ride of two hours approximately until we arrive to Mollepata community, where we will have our first breakfast, after breakfast we continue on transportation to Challacancha where is the started point of the hike.
Here we meet the chef and muleteers and 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. The experience is unique, you will be part of nature and see far away the Salkantay mountain which is breathtaking at first glance.
After this we will arrive to our campsite where we will be waiting for you, 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. You will enjoy the beauty of Humantay Lake which is located on the bottom of the snowcapped Humantay Mountain. 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, which is moderate to challenging.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
NIGHT: Soraypampa Campsite.
ACTIVITY LEVEL: Moderate to Challenge
WALKING DISTANCE: 10 km/6.21 mi
WALKING TIME: 5 or 6 hours
MINIMUM ELEVATION: 3,800 m/12,467 ft
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 4,200 m/13,780 ft
BASECAMP ELEVATION: 3,900 m/12,975 ft