Salkantay Trek to Machupicchu (4 Days – 3 Nights)

DAY 1: CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – SORAYPAMPA.

Pickup will be from your hotel at 4:00 a.m. Approx. to then board our transport for 4 hours towards the town of Mollepata 2800 masl where we will have our breakfast and then start this exciting adventure with a moderate ascent to the town of Cruzpata where a delicious lunch awaits us with a spectacular view of the valley from Limatambo, after a short break we will continue our tour, approximately 4:30 we will arrive at Soraypampa at 3,900 masl / 10722 feet where we will have dinner and it will be the first camp.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
• Maximum Altitude: 3900 msnm.
• Minimum altitude: 2800 meters above sea level
• Travel distance: 11 km.
• Approximate walking time: 6 to 7 hours.

DAY 2: SORAYPAMPA– PASO SALKANTAY – COLLPAMPA (CHAULLAY).

After breakfast we will continue our walk along the snowy Salkantay, where we can observe typical animals of the Andean area in the middle of an amazing geography, then we will reach the Salkantay Pass at 4630 meters above sea level where we will perform a small Ceremony to the Pachamama, after this mystic Then we will go to a place called Huarac where we will have our lunch and then we will start descending towards Challhuay at 2800 meters above sea level, where our dinner awaits us and we spend the night there.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.
• Maximum Altitude: 4630 meters above sea level.
• Minimum altitude: 2800 meters above sea level.
• Travel distance: 22 km.
• Approximate walking time: 8 to 9 hours.

DAY 03: CHAULLAY – LA PLAYA – SANTA TERESA – AGUAS CALIENTES

After breakfast very early in the morning we start our walk approx. 6:30 am, where we can appreciate a variety of flora such as medicinal plants, orchids, ferns a variety of coca crops, considered the sacred leaf of our ancestors, we will also observe birds of different colors, we will also have the opportunity to taste some fruits like the Granadilla, the Orange, the banana among others, and then we will pass through the villages of Collpapampa, La Playa, Lucmabamba. We will also enter the thermal baths where we can bathe for about an hour, and then continue the walk to Winaypujio, where we will have lunch and rest approximately one hour, then continue to La Playa, where a delicious lunch awaits us, then we will walk for 10 minutes to board our transport to Santa Teresa, then to get to Hidroeléctrica. At Hidroeléctrica we start again with our 3 hour walk to the town of Aguas Calientes 2040 meters above sea level. Or you can also take the train that departs from Hidroélectrica to Aguas Calientes (Optional Service). Where we will spend the night.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
• Maximum Altitude: 2800 meters above sea level.
• Minimum Altitude: 2040 meters above sea level
• Travel distance: 16 km.
• Approximate walking time: 6 to 7 hours.
• Overnight: hotel-hostel (optional) for one night.

DAY 4: AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHUPICHU – CUSCO

In the early morning around 4.30 in the morning we will ascend by bus to the majestic Inca city of Machupicchu where we will visit accompanied by our guide an approximate of 2 hours in the most important places of this enigmatic place, later they will have the rest of the day in the which you can visit optional (not included in the package) Huayna Picchu, Intipunku, or Mountain Machupicchu or once again the whole citadel, according to the agreed time we return in the afternoon to the hot water town depending on the schedule of our train return which we will announce once you book your trip with our company. We will board the return train until arriving at the town of Ollantaytambo, that’s where our mobility will be waiting for you to return to the city of Cusco.

• Food: Breakfast (hotel)
• Maximum Altitude: 2040 meters above sea level.
• Minimum Altitude: 2430 meters above sea level..

End of our services.

INCLUDED:

• Informative Talk a day before the tour.
• Pick up from your hotel transfer to Mollepata.
• Tents, inflatable Matra.
• 03 breakfasts, 03 lunches and 03 dinners.
• Professional guide in route and in the archaeological center of Machupicchu.
• Assistant guide (more than 10 passengers),
• Chef,
• Horses (camping equipment, food and 05 kilos per passenger).
• 01 night in Basic hostel in Aguas Calientes (with private bathroom). If you prefer a better accommodation ask for the rate.
• Bus to and from Aguas Calientes to Machupicchu.
• Entrance to Machu Picchu.
• Return train (tourist train Aguas Calientes-Ollantaytambo)
• Return transportation from Ollantaytambo to Cusco.
• First aid.

NOT INCLUDED:

• Sleeping bag. US $ 25.00 for the entire trip
• First breakfast and last lunch.
• Special snacks
• Entrance to the thermal waters (s / 10.00).
• Entrance to the mountain Huaynapicchu US $ 25.00 (check with much anticipation there are only 400 spaces per day)
• Hydroelectric train to Aguas Calientes US $ 35.00 per person.
• Pair of walking sticks for the walk US $ 15.00

IMPORTANT:

• Minimum of participants: 02.
• Vegetarians or if you have a special diet, just ask for it at no additional cost.
• The tents are for at least two people if you want the tent for you alone and the room in Aguas Calientes add $ 70.00
• The price shown at the top of the itinerary is in shared service or Pull.
• Prices in private service according to the number of passengers, consult rates to: reservas@peruplanetexp.com.

YOU SHOULD TO CARRY:

• A personal backpack with a change of clothes.
• Rain jacket in rainy season.
• Cleaning articles.
• Trekking shoes
• Flashlight and batteries.
• Money in soles or dollars.
• Hat, sunglasses, sun block,
• Mosquito repellent.
• Water to drink (2 liters) and purification tablets.
• Trek canes.