Trek Salkantay is a 51 km long hike with a 6-7 hour trek. It is a path oriented to travelers who like challenges and witness the different microclimates, discover the mysteries of the Andean world and landscapes that the trail has to offer in a single trip to Machu Picchu.
“The Machu Picchu tickets is subject to availability, clarifying that the only entity authorized to sell these tickets is the Ministry of Culture of Peru.
Tickets will be purchased according to the available circuits and tickets (corresponding to circuits 1 and 2). Other circuits may be offered with an additional charge for the price difference in tickets. In case there is no availability of any type of tickets for Machu Picchu, you will receive a full refund of your tour package.”
Activity location
Casa Salkantay Museo Restaurant
5 minutos from plaza de Mollepata, highway to Soraypampa
Mollepata, Peru
Meeting/Redemption Point
Casa Salkantay Museo Restaurant
5 minutos from plaza de Mollepata, highway to Soraypampa
Mollepata, Peru
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Salkantay 5 Days || Return by bus
Activity duration is 5 days5d
5d
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Pickup included
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$342.00 x 1 Adult$342.00
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camping kit
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meals not mentioned
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Machu Picchu tickets corresponding to circuits 1 or 2 subjet to availability,contact with your agent
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Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
Activity itinerary
Day 1: Cusco – Mollepata – Soraypampa
1 stop
Meals: lunch, snacks
Accommodation: CAMP
Casa Salkantay Museo Restaurant
5h
Admission ticket not included
It begins with pickup from the hotel in Cusco at 5:00 am and transfer in tourist mobility to the town of Mollepata and introducing our team that will accompany us throughout the walk, the first breakfast is on your own, then we move to Marqoq' Asa where the walk begins to the viewpoint where we can observe 02 valleys (Mollepata Valley, Marqoq'asa) then we continue the walk to Soraypampa where we will have a well-deserved lunch and then ascend for 1 hour and 30 minutes to reach the Humantay lagoon located at 4220 meters above sea level. After appreciating this beautiful place we will descend to Soraypampa.
Day 2: Camp from Suyroccocha to Challway (Chaullay)
1 stop
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Camp
Salkantay Trail
9h
Today, after a delicious wake, a glass of hot Coca tea is served in its stores to relieve the cold morning. We prepare all our equipment to start this beautiful day of trekking to the Salcantay pass and the experience in the cloud forest and the day of the subtropical forest.
The second day you will have more hiking trail than on foot. While you work a little harder to get to the top, the views at the top are even more amazing than we can see. Then it is a pure descent path with full stones, descending to an area of tropical forest more within reach at the end of the Salkantay mountain.
Day 3: Challway to the "Playa" camp
1 stop
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Camp
Salkantay Trail
6h
Admission ticket included
It is a beautiful mountainous landscape in the morning, today is a natural green trail and reach to the beach; with some river that are tributaries of the main river of the Sacred Valley of the Incas "Urubamba River" and most of the time we will be near the white river of Salcantay finding in our walk a lot of wild strawberries "both sides of the path, of course if it is the season ", there are a lot of wild flowers, orchids, some birds, fruit passions, avocados, coffee plantations, bananas, pineapples, etc. The walk will last approximately 5 hours; the camp is in the settlement of La Playa.
Day 4: Llactapata - Aguas Calientes (Machu picchu)
1 stop
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Alojamiento basico
Aguas Calientes
6h
We left La Playa very early in the morning to avoid the humid blow of the sun, to do a little trekking towards our last step of the whole trip. Today we follow the original Inca Trail from Lucmabamba to the Llactapata Pass, crossing the Santa Teresa Valley with a variety of landscapes (green nature and a quiet Inca trail). Upon reaching the ruins of Patallacta, we have the first view of Machu Picchu and all the Andes mountains in the area that are incredible views. We also explored the Llactapata Incan site. Then we descend through lush forests of bamboo and coffee (Valle de Aobamba) along a path back to Hydro (two hours of extreme descent to the riverbank). From the Aobamba river, the road to Hydro is easy to walk to the village of Aguas Calientes "the last two and a half hours we followed the train track".
Day 5: MACHUPICCHU
1 stop
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Not included
Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu
15h
Admission ticket not included
Very early we will go to take the bus that will take us to Machupicchu. Upon arrival, we will show the entrance ticket. The guide will explain Machupicchu to you for 2 hours. Then we will return to the town of Aguas Calientes for lunch.
Finally we will take the road through hydroelectric to take our bus that will take us to Cusco
"The Machu Picchu tickets is subject to availability, clarifying that the only entity authorized to sell these tickets is the Ministry of Culture of Peru.
Tickets will be purchased according to the available circuits and tickets (corresponding to circuits 1 and 2). Other circuits may be offered with an additional charge for the price difference in tickets. In case there is no availability of any type of tickets for Machu Picchu, you will receive a full refund of your tour package."
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Casa Salkantay Museo Restaurant
5 minutos from plaza de Mollepata, highway to Soraypampa
Mollepata, Peru
Meeting/Redemption Point
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Casa Salkantay Museo Restaurant
5 minutos from plaza de Mollepata, highway to Soraypampa
Mollepata, Peru
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