Salkantay Trek 5 Days / 4 Nights

We will begin with the pick-up from the hotel at 4:30 am and move to the town of Mollepata, arriving at 8:30 am where we will have a stop to have breakfast and introduce our entire team who will accompany us throughout the Trek in addition to receiving a chat with our guide. Next we will walk for 3 hours. approximately appreciating a great diversity of flora and fauna, later we will arrive at Cruzpata, a place where we will have a short break. Then, we will head to Soraypampa (first camp) to enjoy our delicious lunch. In the afternoon, we will ascend for 1 hour and 30 minutes until we reach Humantay Lagoon (4220 meters above sea level) where we will appreciate the beautiful glacier and the lagoon. At the end of this visit we will descend to Soraypampa where we will have dinner and can rest until the next day under the light of the classic starry sky of our Inca and Cusco mountain range.

Very early we will enjoy a delicious breakfast, to begin our walk through the Salkantaypampa pampa, where we will cross the Salkantay pass at 4,650 meters above sea level, appreciating the Andes mountain range, where you can see the APU SALKANTAY, a sacred mountain since Inca times, as well as impressive avalanches that occur in the place, here we will have free time to enjoy the place and take photographs of this great place, then we will begin the descent to the first town where we will enjoy our lunch (we will choose the place according to the pace of our movement ). Then we will continue our journey until we reach the town of Chaullay, this is a tropical area, with a biodiversity of flora and fauna typical of the area where our camping night will finally be.

Another early start after breakfast, we walk along a narrow path on the mountainside, discovering various types of orchids and plant species, some corn fields and fruit fields. We also have the opportunity to pass an exquisite waterfall along the way. After walking for around 5 hours we arrived at La Playa, from here, we will board a car to the city of Santa Teresa. That will take about 45 minutes. Upon arrival, we set up camp and have the opportunity to go to the hot springs of Cocalmayo. At night we will have dinner and rest in the camp.

To visit the Llactapata ruins, you start the day with breakfast and then a 4-hour walk to the restored ruins (2,860 m) from where you can see both Machu Picchu and Salkantay Mountain. After that, we start descending for about 4 hours to the Aobamba River through lush bamboo plantations, orchards and coffee plantations, giving us excellent bird watching opportunities. We then arrived at the Hydroelectric Power Plant (Hydroelectric), a place where we had lunch later. In the middle of the afternoon we began the 2-hour walk along the railway from the hydroelectric plant to the town of Aguas Calientes. Here we will have the afternoon free to explore the city and enjoy the local hot springs and spend the night in a comfortable hotel. Hotel Night in Aguas Calientes

Very early we will have breakfast and then walk for approximately 2 hours to the Historical Sanctuary of Machu Picchu and we will take a guided tour that lasts approximately 2 hours here we will observe the “Lost City of the Incas” you will have a pleasant guided tour to visit the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sun Mark “Intiwatana”, the Royal Quarter, the Temple of the Three Windows and several cemeteries. At the end of the tour we will descend to the town of Agua Calientes to take the train that will take us to the town of Ollantaytambo. From where we will take the transportation to the City of Cusco. Hotel night in Cusco