Transport

All the roundtrip transfers and bus transportation Airport/Bus & Train Station - Hotel - Airport/Bus & Train Station described in the Itinerary

Hygieneprotocol

Face masks required for travelers in public areas Face masks required for guides in public areas Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff Social distancing enforced throughout the experience Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas Gear/equipment sanitized between use Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized Guides required to regularly wash hands Regular temperature checks for staff Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

Others

All the entrance fees to visit all the attractions described on the itinerary Professional & Personal Assistance during your visit City Tour & 4 ruins Sacred Valley and 4 days Salkantay trek & Machupicchu Pre-trek briefing, MACHUPICCHU + HuaynaPicchu or Montana Machupicchu entrance fees. Private bus to the start of the trail, English speaking professional guide, client’s tents (2 persons in each), Well insulated Mattresses Pads, Toilet Tents: Dining tent with camp tables & stools, Chef, Cooking tent & equipment, Meals – vegetarian option without extra cost (03B,03L,02D): pancakes, omelets, soups, fresh fruit, avocado, pasta, chicken, fish, meat, rice, all rich in carbohydrates and suitable for trekking, hot drinks including coca leaf tea, coffee break every day, Horsemen & Horses to carry the tents, food, cooking equipment, and luggage (no more than 5 Kgs/10 pounds per person), Fair salary & accommodations for our staff, First aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle, Round trip Bus tickets from Aguas Calientes to Machupicchu: 30 minutes each way, Train tickets (EXPEDITION or INCA RAIL service) from Hydroelectric - Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo. If there is room; you can upgrade to the vistadome train for US$50 per person, Transfer from the train station to Cusco

Accommodation

- Double or Twin rooms at recommended Good Value Basic 3 star Hotels + breakfasts Paying extra we can upgrade and use any other you wish: 4 star, 5 star, the most expensive rooms, etc. Cusco: 4 nights Aguas Calientes: 1 night Salkantay Trek: 2 nights in tents

Meals

All Breakfasts Described meals

Guide

For the all the tours you will have an English or Spanish speaking guide

Not included:

Flights

Lima - Cusco - Lima

Insurance

- It is highly recommended to buy Travel, Health & Accident Insurance

Others

Single Supplement payment: Mandatory for a person wishing a SINGLE room International & national airfares (Lima - Cusco - Lima) Extra horse to carry more luggage or ride Sleeping bags (Save room and Rent from us for just US$25 / 4 days trek) Tips: guide, cooks, porters, etc Additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water Non described meals & snacks Insurance of any kind Laundry Phone calls Radio calls or messages Items of personal nature

Optional

If you want to bring more luggage or ride a horse, you can hire an extra horse for US$120, for all the trek and the horse will carry a maximum of 20 kg – 40 pounds; including your sleeping bag. (Usually 1 horse between 2 persons is enough). However even with a personal horse, you will still need to bring and carry a day pack with essential items

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Day 1 Day 1: Arriving To Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arriving To Cusco

Meals Included: B= Breakfast L=Lunch D = Dinner

Upon arrival reception, assistance and transfer to the selected hotel; where you should take a short rest to adjust better to the altitude (11,000 ft a.s.l.)

Optional activity: Typical lunch (taste guinea pig or alpaca if you wish) at a local restaurant with an amazing view of the city and visit an alpaca clothes factory. Lunch not included but you will have a free transportation

Note: You are in charge of arriving to Cusco, by plane, train or Bus. Our Services start and finish in Cusco.
Day 2 Day 2: Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Cusco

Free morning to visit the city and its museums: Inca, Preculumbian Art & The Machupicchu Museum.

Afternoon Combined tour; visit the Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay. (B)

Note: Whenever it will be possible; to avoid the crowds and in the high season we will program this tour in the morning.
Day 3 Day 3: Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market, Ollantaytambo & Chinchero
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market, Ollantaytambo & Chinchero

Visit PISAC located right at the entrance to the Sacred Valley, the amazing Inca city that constitutes one of the most important Archaeological Parks in the region. Visit the fine temples, palaces and the well preserved and vast farming terraces; built even as far as the edge of precipices that still keep their straight sometimes vertical aqueducts; an imposing and unforgettable sight that also offers very beautiful landscapes.

Visit PISAC the Colonial Village, where you will see the famous "Indian Market" and the handicrafts or "souvenirs" market, this is your chance to enjoy a blend of color, traditions and people, and bargain for exotic craftworks.

After Lunch at Urubamba Village, tour to the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in South America, where people are still living in the same houses and palaces as 500 years ago; the ancient Incan town of OLLANTAYTAMBO, with its very impressive constructions built with huge boulders and its ancient heritage that will leave us astonished. On the way back to Cusco visit Chinchero with its impressive colonial church, Incan remains and amazing landscapes around. (B,L)

Note: The Pisac Market is everyday, on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays is bigger but more crowded; not so good for visiting the ruins in Pisac and Ollantaytambo and for photos

SALKANTAY TREK: You MUST be in good shape

This is one of the most spectacular and varied hikes in Cusco; given the new restrictions and limit of hikers on the Inca trail (500), this trek is becoming the second most popular in the region, so sometimes can be touristy. So please if you want less people during your trek and/or want a remote experience, consider one of our other treks.

The described camps and hiking times are approximate; they may vary according to your physic conditions and guides recommendations.
Day 4 Day 4: Cusco – Mollepata – Soraypampa – Huayracpunko: 8-9 Hours Hike
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Cusco – Mollepata – Soraypampa – Huayracpunko: 8-9 Hours Hike

The night before your trek, you will get a trekking briefing with your tour guide. Today, we will pick you up from your hotel at 4 a.m. You will have a three hour drive to the trail head, called Soraypampa (3,800 m), where you will meet your horses and horseman (Arrieros). As son as you arrive, your guide and chef will prepare your first breakfast, before you begin your trek. He will also introduce all the staff that will be working for you along the trail. Around 8:30 a.m. you will begin the expedition towards Machu Picchu. The fist three and a half hours will be both gradual and uphill, until you reach your lunch spot. The views you will see of the Salkantay Valley and the Salkantay Mountain are amazing. Lunch will be at the foot of this impressive mountain. After we enjoy our delicious lunch, we will keep climbing for another hour up to until we reach the highest point of your trek (Salkantay Pass 4,650 m). It is impressive to view two different valleys and the Salkantay mountain.

Trail to the Salkantay Pass

You may also observe some avalanches from the Salkantay Glacier. We will still have two more hours, downhill, to reach to our first campsite, called (Wayracammachay 3,800 meters). The downhill part can be slippery, which may require the use of trekking poles. As you are walking down. you will get to enjoy the sunset and the silence of the valleys. The only thing you will be able to hear is the sound of the river. Upon your arrival, our guides and porters will welcome you to your camp. Your tents will be all set up. The only thing you will have to do is relax and enjoy the tea and dinner. (B,L,D)

Walking Distance: 15 km

Trail Head Elevation: 3,800 m

Maximum Altitude Gained: 850 m

Campsite Elevation: 3.800 m

Weather: Cold
Day 5 Day 5: Huayracpunko - Chaullay - La Playa/Sahuayaco: 7 - 8 Hours Hike
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Huayracpunko - Chaullay - La Playa/Sahuayaco: 7 - 8 Hours Hike

There will be an early wake up with a hot glass of tea. You will have enough time to pack and enjoy a delicious breakfast as you watch the sunrise. After you get ready, you will begin the longest day of your trip towards La Playa. Today, is downhill almost the whole day, with some short uphill parts. The first section will all be downhill. The micro-climate changes from the alpines, to the cloud forest, to the mountain forest, where you will have an opportunity to enjoy the amazing flora and fauna of the mountains. After four hours we will reach our lunch spot. After lunch, it will another four and a half hours on a gradual downhill, until we reach La Playa. This area experiences micro-climate changes from the cloud forest, to the tropical forest, where farmers farm coffee, passion fruit, oranges avocados and more. There will be great views of the green, lush valley and the amazing waterfalls. Upon your arrival, you will have some tea and dinner. (B,L,D)

Walking Distance: 18 km

Camp Elevation: 2,400 m

Previous Camp Elevation: 3,800 m

Maximun Altitude Decsended: 1400 m

Trail Condition: Rocky, salty and slippery

Weather: Warm to really hot (mosquitoes)(2000 m/6562 ft).
Day 6 Day 6: La Playa – Llactapata - Hydroelectric Plant - Aguas Calientes
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: La Playa – Llactapata - Hydroelectric Plant - Aguas Calientes

After another early breakfast at camp, you will begin the last 45 minutes of gradual, downhill hiking until we reach a portion of the Inca trail, built-in 1,300 a.c. This road was built to connect Vilcabamba with Machu Picchu. It’s always special to trek on this historic road. It will be about thee more hours of uphill hiking along the stone, paved, rocky trail until you arrive at the Llactapata Inca site, right in front of Machu Picchu. You will get to enjoy more plantations of coffee and yucca, along the way. Once you arrive at Llactapata, your tour guide will describe the geography of the mountains and continue the history of the Incas. Once you begin hiking again, it will be two and a half hours downhill, until you arrive at the famous hydro-electric station for your last lunch with your chef and porters. They will take the train back that evening to Cusco. After lunch, you will have a small ceremony to say goodbye. At 4 p.m., you will get your duffel bag back from your porters and take the train for 45 minutes to Aguas Calientes with your tour guide. He will help you going to your hotel for a well-deserved time to relax. If you wish to visit the hot springs in Aguas Calientes, he can show you the way (Not included cost: 10 soles). That evening, you will enjoy the last supper with your tour guide at a local restaurant. You will also receive your last briefing for the following day. Be sure to get some snacks and water for your Machu Picchu day. (B,L)

Walking Distance: 14 km

Aguas Calientes Village Elevation: 2,000 m

Altitude from Camp to Llactapata Gained: 350 m

Weather: Hot

Trail Conditions: Some sections are slippery
Day 7 Day 7: Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco

Early visit of Machupicchu; to spot the amazing sunrise and guided visit (2 1/2 hours) of the wonderful temples and palaces, later on your own you can take the optional hike to Huaynapicchu Peak (2 hours) & the temple of the Moon Montana Machupicchu, the sun gate or the bridge.

Afternoon return to Ollantaytambo by train (1 1/2 hours) and transfer to the hotel (2 hours). (B)

NOTE: If you are interested in climbing to Huaynapicchu or Montana Machupicchu the entrance fees are Included but you have to let us know in advance, we must buy tickets ASAP, there is a short limit per day.
Day 8 Day 8: Cusco – Lima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Cusco – Lima

Transfer to the airport for departure flight. (B)

8 days tour

Salkantay Trek To Machupicchu, Cusco & The Sacred Valley

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Itinerary of your trip Salkantay Trek To Machupicchu, Cusco & The Sacred Valley

Day 1: Arriving To Cusco

Day 2: Cusco

Day 3: Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market, Ollantaytambo & Chinchero

Day 4: Cusco – Mollepata – Soraypampa – Huayracpunko: 8-9 Hours Hike

Day 5: Huayracpunko - Chaullay - La Playa/Sahuayaco: 7 - 8 Hours Hike

Day 6: La Playa – Llactapata - Hydroelectric Plant - Aguas Calientes

Day 7: Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco

Day 8: Cusco – Lima

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