Tour Salkantay Trek To Machupicchu 5 Days / 4 Night

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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

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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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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.

• Transfer to Mollepata: 3 hours by transport from Cusco approximately.

• Walking distance: 9 kilometers 5.59 miles.

• Walking distance: 3 hours from Mollepata to Soraypampa.

• Climate: cold.

• Maximum altitude: 2.900 meters.

• Minimum altitude: 3.900 meters.
Day 2 Day 2: Soraypampa - Soyrococha – Huayracmachay – Colpapampa
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Soraypampa - Soyrococha – Huayracmachay – 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.

• Walking distance: 18 kilometers 11.18 miles.

• Climate: cold.

• Walking time: approximately 8 hours.

• Activities: trekking, sightseeing.

• Maximum altitude: 3.900 meters.

• Minimum altitude: 2.900 meters.
Day 3 Day 3: Colpapampa – Playa Sahuayaco – Santa Teresa
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Colpapampa – Playa Sahuayaco – 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.

• Walking distance: 117 kilometers 72.7 miles.

• Climate: Hot in the day and warm at night.

• Optional excursion in Hot springs in Santa Teresa, US $10

• walking time: approx. 6 hours.

• Maximum altitude: 2.900 meters.

• Minimum altitude: 1.550 meters.
Day 4 Day 4: Santa Teresa - Hidroeléctrica – Aguas Calientes
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Santa Teresa - Hidroeléctrica – 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 “hot waters”, there we will stay in a lodging where We will spend the night at the foot of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.

• Walking distance: 18 km/12.3 miles

• Climate: Hot in the day and warm at night.

• Optional excursion in Zipline in Santa Teresa, US $30

• walking time: approx. 6 hours.

• Maximum altitude: 2050 meters.

• Minimum altitude: 1430 meters.
Day 5 Day 5: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – 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.

• Distance traveled: Approximately 9 km/6.1 miles

• Transfer to Machu Picchu: 25 minutes from Aguas Calientes.

• Transfer to Cusco: 3 hours by train and bus from Aguas Calientes.

• Guided Visit to Machu Picchu: 2.5 hours

• Climate: Hot Tropical.

• Maximum altitude: 2450 meters.

• Minimum altitude: 2050 meters.

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Salkantay Trek To Machupicchu 5 Days / 4 Night

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

Day 1: Cuzco - Mollepata - Challacancha - Soraypampa

Day 2: Soraypampa - Soyrococha – Huayracmachay – Colpapampa

Day 3: Colpapampa – Playa Sahuayaco – Santa Teresa

Day 4: Santa Teresa - Hidroeléctrica – Aguas Calientes

Day 5: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Cusco

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