5 days tour

Salkantay Trek To Machupicchu 5 Days / 4 Night

$ 450 .00 USD

Total price per person

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Salkantay Trek  To Machupicchu 5 Days / 4 Night

This tour includes:

Others

Entrance Ticket To Machu Picchu Charge horse for loading equipment Camp Equipment (Matras, Tents) Arriero para las mulas

Transport

Transfer by regular bus from Cusco to challacancha Transfer from Ollantaytambo station to down town Cusco Transfer back by train (EXPEDITION | VOYAGER) from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo

Guide

The professional guide will go with you all the way until you finish your guided tour of Machu Picchu.

Meals

04 Lunches, 04 Breakfasts and 04 Dinners The cook for the Food preparation

Accommodation

The 3 nights, we rest with tent in our camps and the last night in hostel

Not included:

Flights

Does not include air ticket

Others

Bus Up or Down to Machu Picchu Last lunch after the visit to Machu Picchu Entrance to the Hot Springs (Santa Tereza) S / .10.00 Entrance to the Humantay Lagoon (S.10.00) Sleeping bag First breakfast in Mollepata

Insurance

Does not include Travel Insurance

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Itinerary of your trip Salkantay Trek To Machupicchu 5 Days / 4 Night

  • Day 1 Day 1: Cuzco - Mollepata - Challacancha - Soraypampa
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 1: Cuzco - Mollepata - Challacancha - Soraypampa

      Around 4:30 a.m. we will be picked up at our accommodation in Cuzco to head for Mollepata, which is 2900 meters high. There we will have breakfast and at the end we will go to Marcocasa, population from which we will begin our walk until we reach Soraypampa, where we will have our lunch.

      After lunch we will continue to the beautiful Humantay Lagoon, there we will enjoy incredible views of the lagoon with the snow in the background, creating a landscape that is considered one of the most beautiful of the Andes. We will return to the Soraypampa camp where we will have dinner and rest until the next morning.


      โ€ข Transfer to Mollepata: 3 hours by transport from Cusco approximately. 

      โ€ข Walking distance: 9 kilometers 5.59 miles.

      โ€ข Walking distance: 3 hours from Mollepata to Soraypampa. 

      โ€ข Climate: cold. 

      โ€ข Maximum altitude: 2.900 meters. 

      โ€ข Minimum altitude: 3.900 meters.


  • Day 2 Day 2: Soraypampa - Soyrococha โ€“ Huayracmachay โ€“ Colpapampa
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 2: Soraypampa - Soyrococha โ€“ Huayracmachay โ€“ Colpapampa

      Being 7:00 am we will enjoy a delicious breakfast and then continue with our walk, having an ascent of approximately 3 hrs, until we reach the highest point 4600 m.a.s.l. there we can appreciate the mountain of Salkantay in all its splendor, then we will continue our trek with a descent that will take us a time of 2hrs approx. Until we reach Huayracpampa, where we will have our lunch, then we will resume the walk entering the jungle eyebrow landscape, in this section we will appreciate formations of the rivers that then become tributaries of the Urubamba River, variety of orchids and diverse plants, we will arrive to Chaullay, where we will camp and spend the second night.   


      โ€ข Walking distance: 18 kilometers 11.18 miles.

      โ€ข Climate: cold. 

      โ€ข Walking time: approximately 8 hours. 

      โ€ข Activities: trekking, sightseeing. 

      โ€ข Maximum altitude: 3.900 meters. 

      โ€ข Minimum altitude: 2.900 meters.


  • Day 3 Day 3: Colpapampa โ€“ Playa Sahuayaco โ€“ Santa Teresa
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 3: Colpapampa โ€“ Playa Sahuayaco โ€“ Santa Teresa

      Continuing our walk after a comforting breakfast we will start our walk appreciating a variety of coca crops, considered the sacred leaf of our ancestors which grows in tropical areas, likewise we can appreciate plantations, granadilla (Inca fruit), abocado, etc. Until we reach Playa, where we will take our lunch, then we will take a bus that will take us to the town of Santa Teresa, which has hot springs, in which we will take a refreshing bath and spend the third night.                


      โ€ข Walking distance: 117 kilometers 72.7 miles.

      โ€ข Climate: Hot in the day and warm at night. 

      โ€ข Optional excursion in Hot springs in Santa Teresa, US $10 

      โ€ข walking time: approx. 6 hours. 

      โ€ข Maximum altitude: 2.900 meters. 

      โ€ข Minimum altitude: 1.550 meters.



  • Day 4 Day 4: Santa Teresa - Hidroelรฉctrica โ€“ Aguas Calientes
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 4: Santa Teresa - Hidroelรฉctrica โ€“ Aguas Calientes

      The sunrise will be with a comforting breakfast, we will continue our trip in the direction of Machu Picchu town, reaching this town will take us approximately 6 hours. Having stops in some places to appreciate the landscape with impressive falls which come from the glaciers, arriving at Hydroelectric where we will have our lunch, in the afternoon we will continue our walk until we reach the town of โ€œhot watersโ€, there we will stay in a lodging where We will spend the night at the foot of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.  


      โ€ข Walking distance: 18 km/12.3 miles 

      โ€ข Climate: Hot in the day and warm at night. 

      โ€ข Optional excursion in Zipline in Santa Teresa, US $30 

      โ€ข walking time: approx. 6 hours. 

      โ€ข Maximum altitude: 2050 meters. 

      โ€ข Minimum altitude: 1430 meters.


  • Day 5 Day 5: Aguas Calientes โ€“ Machu Picchu โ€“ Cusco
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 5: Aguas Calientes โ€“ Machu Picchu โ€“ Cusco

      In the early morning around 4.30 in the morning we will ascend walking towards the majestic Inca city of Machu Picchu where we will visit with our guide an approximate 2 hrs, and the rest of the free day, in which you can visit Huayna Picchu (According to availability and if your reservation was in advance), Inti punku, temple of the moon or simply visit once again the entire citadel, and in the afternoon return walking to the town of Aguas Calientes depending on the schedule of our return train which we will announce once you book your trip with our company. There we will board the return train to Ollantaytambo where the transfer will be waiting for you to embark on the return transport to Cusco.  


      โ€ข Distance traveled: Approximately 9 km/6.1 miles 

      โ€ข Transfer to Machu Picchu: 25 minutes from Aguas Calientes. 

      โ€ข Transfer to Cusco: 3 hours by train and bus from Aguas Calientes. 

      โ€ข Guided Visit to Machu Picchu: 2.5 hours 

      โ€ข Climate: Hot Tropical. 

      โ€ข Maximum altitude: 2450 meters. 

      โ€ข Minimum altitude: 2050 meters.


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Experience Style

Experience Style

Mixed

There will be challenging activities such as hiking, biking, canyoning and trekking, but youโ€™re also going to have other means of transportation and relaxed moments to just chill.

Accomodation level

Accomodation level

Medium

This accommodation includes essential services like a hot shower, electricity, and a nice and comfy bed.

Experience Type

Experience Type

Small Group

Youโ€™ll be accompanied by a small group of travelers just like you.

Physical Rating

Physical Rating

Challenging

Long and challenging experience. Youโ€™ll be required to have good physical fitness to go on it. In some of these activities you'll need previous experience on similar activities.

Age range

Age range

Min: 10 / Max: 60

Age range allowed for this experience.

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