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5 Days 4 Nights

Availability : Jan 1' - Dec 30'

Cusco

Peru

Max People : 12

Salkantay Trek Tour Details

This wonderful Salkantay trek tour takes you around the beautiful snowcapped Mount Salkantay. Mount Salkantay peaks at 6271 metres. Our Salkantay trek tour for 5days/4nights is the best way to get to Machu Picchu.

The Salkantay trek tour starts on the asphalted Cusco-Lima road, towards the Southern Oriental Cordillera, and then, it goes on by the District of Mollepata, in the Province of Anta, Department of Cusco, to give way to a transmittable dirt road that leads to Soraypampa.

The Salkantay trek tour offers breathtaking landscapes as well as a visit to Humantay Lagoon.

Departure & Return Location

We will pick you up from your Cusco hotel/hostel very early in the morning around 4am

Drop off will be back at the Plaza de Armas

Departure Time

Departure time depend on where you are staying in Cusco, but we aim for around 4am

Price Includes

Group tourism transportation vehicle, from Cusco to Challacancha.
Return train, from Machu picchu Pueblo to Ollantaytambo
Transfer, from Ollantaytambo to Cusco
Entrance ticket to the Incan City of Machu Picchu
2 nights in huts, 1 night in tents and 1 night at a hostel
4 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners
Horses to take the camping equipment, and 6 kg (13 pds.) of luggage per participant
Professional guide (English-Spanish)

Price Excludes

Drinks and snacks
Sleeping bag
Entrance ticket to Mount Machu Picchu or Wayna Picchu
Bus up to Machu Picchu, or down to Machupicchu Pueblo
Entrance ticket to the Humantay Lagoon (S/. 10.00 Nuevos Soles – PEN)
Entrance ticket to the thermal baths, in Machupicchu Pueblo (S/. 20.00 Nuevos Soles – PEN)

What to Expect with the Salkantay Trek Tour

On this Salkantay trek 5days/4nights you can expect to hike every day in nature and be surrounded by natural beauty. Trekking around Salkantay offers incredible landscapes and is an unforgettable experience.

You’ll trek the Salkantay mountain pass, and experience the best alternative mountain trek to Machu Picchu. The Salkantay trek is another route instead of the Inca trail. And along the Salkantay trek route, you’ll be memorized with the remote paths, fewer people and it is all topped off with the Humatay lagoon.

Salkantay Trek Tour Itinerary

Day 1CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – CHALLACANCHA – HUMANTAY LAGOON – SORAYPAMPA

We’ll leave Cusco very early in the morning to start this Salkantay trek tour. We’ll start this Salkantay tour by boarding a minibus to take us to the trekking start point.

We shall travel until we reach District of Mollepata where we will take a short break then carry on the journey until Challacancha, where this trekking tour starts.

Salkantay tour starts with a 1-hour ascent and then we trek on flat ground for about 3 hours on the foothills and alongside an Inca canal.’

In the afternoon we shall visit Humantay Lagoon where we shall experience spectacular views of the surrounding landscape.

Afterwards, we´ll hike through forests with queuñas that are native shrubs of the area, ´till we get to Soraypampa (4,491 m). We will then get settled in the campsite and enjoy a much need dinner. At this campsite, we will spend the night in huts.

Day 2SORAYPAMPA – SALKANTAY MOUNTAIN PASS – HUAYRACMACHAY – QOLLPAPAMPA

After enjoying our breakfast, we will start trekking on a horse path. Today’s hike is the longest hiking day of the Salkantay tour with a 3-hour ascent to the Salkantay Mountain Pass which sots at 4.650 m.

Once around the Salkantay Mountain Pass, we trek downhill to Huayracmachay where we´ll enjoy a nutritious lunch. After lunch and needed rest, we carry on downhill through beautiful woodlands, with waterfalls, and observe orchids, birds and other wildlife.

Finally, we´ll reach our campsite, in Qollpapampa, to have dinner, and sleep in huts.

Day 3QOLLPAPAMPA – PLAYA – SANTA TERESA – COCALMAYO´S THERMO-MEDICINAL BATHS

Today’s hike starts downhill on the mountain foothills nd along the Sahuayaco River´s bank. From this point the climate is subtropical. (there is no malaria in this area however the mosquitos love to bite)

We’ll aim to have lunch at a place called Playa and along the way we trek through beautiful forests, fruit tree plantations growing avocados, oranges, pacay, bananas, coffee and cacao.

After lunch we’ll take local transport to Santa Teresa where we we get settled in the campsite for the night. In the afternoon you’ll have free time where you can enjoy ocalmayo´s thermo-medicinal baths, which are located just 30-minutes walking distance from the campsite.

Day 4SANTA TERESA – HIDROELÉCTRICA – MACHUPICCHU PUEBLO

After breakfast, we hike to Hidroeléctrica´s railway station and stop for lunch before treking the railway line alongside the Vilcanota River.

During the hike, we´ll have opportunities to contemplate Mount Wayna Picchu, passing through the Mandor Valley, to get to Machupicchu Pueblo (ex Aguas Calientes), where we´ll settle at a hostel.

Day 5MACHUPICCHU PUEBLO – MACHU PICCHU – OLLANTAYTAMBO – CUSCO

We start the day off at 4 am and walk up to Machu Picchu and have a guided tour of the Inca city for about 2 hours. You’ll then have some free time to take in this Inca site and take photos before heading back down to the city to have lunch.

After lunch we take the train to Ollantaytambo, where our staff will be awaiting you, at the railway station´s main exit gate, to take you back to Cusco.