5 Days and 4 Nights Salkantay Trek to Macchu Picchu

DAYLY DEPARTURE FULL AVAILABILITY

First Day:

We will pick you up between 04:00 hrs and 04:40 hrs from your hotels or accomodation places. Then we will take a local bus towards Mollepata, small town located over 2,850 m.a.s.l., with a tempered climate and vegetation from the Edge of the Jungle, in its surroundings we will be able to appreciate some snowcapped picks that belong to the chain of Salkantay, where we will enjoy the beautiful sight that is part of the snowcapped pick Salkantay which is at an altitude of 6,200 ms above sea level., contemplating this landscape we will begin our long/p> walk which will approximately last 7 to 8 hours. Likewise, we will observe the vegetation pertaining to the Edge of the Jungle, along the road we will have lunch, and then we will continue until we get to SORAYPAMPA, place of our first camping site.

Second Day:

At dawn, when we wake up our first sight will be the impressive of the majestic Salkantay. At 07:00 hrs. we will get ready to have breakfast and after that we will continue our trek, also, this time will take us 7 to 8 hours. Along our walking we will be able to observe the echo tones and the differences among the altitudinal floors, we will enter into a kind of canyon which will lead us to the to the foothills of the Salkantay, after 3 hours walking we will have lunch, to keep on our walking we will have to get through this pass in order to descend and contemplate the Edge of the Jungle. This day, we will arrive to CHALLHUAY where we will spend the night.

Third Day:

We begin a new day and a new landscape and a new temperature, because here begins the warm weather related to the Edge of the Jungle zone. After breakfast we will follow our route, today we will go along valleys, watching a variety

of birds, mammals, insects and other animals. Moreover, we will have the opportunity to observe the life of the settlers and enjoy of the thermal baths (collpampa), the rainfalls (waynapoco), if we really have some spare time. Then, we will continue walking for about 4 a 6 hours before lunch(sahuayacu o playa), next we will take the bus to get to Santa Teresa where we will spend the night.

Fourth Day

Waking up we will have breakfast and after it, we will walk for about 40 minutes to get to the edge of the river VILCANOTA, here we will have to use thehanging bridge after which we will walk for 3 more hours towards the Hidroelectrica, once there, we will be able to appreciate the valley of the Urubamba river, a huge rainfall that flows from the Machu Picchu mountain, on the northeast we will find an appropriate place where we can have lunch. Afterwards, visit the Intihuatana at Km. 121 (Small archaeological rest). At the end we will hike the hydroelectric to Aguas Calientes.

Fifth Day:

Today is the great day because we will be able to know the Historical Sanctuary of MACHU PICCHU. At 06:00hrs we will get ready to hike towards MACHU PICCHU, where we will have a guided tour.

Important:

• If you want to access to the Huayna Picchu mountain, must pay $ 20 (twenty dollars) additional.
• All the buses the coming back from the Inca Trail leave the passengers one block from the main square, you are going to return to the hotel by yourself.

PRECIOS DEL TOUR CAMINO INCA POR SALKANTAY - 2022

	Dólares	Soles
Precio por persona (adulto extranjero)	365
Precio por persona (estudiante y/o peruano)	340

Para el retorno directo a Cusco	Dólares	Soles
Para retornar en el Tren Expedition incrementar	65
Para retornar en el Tren Vistadome incrementar	75
Para retornar en el Tren Hiram Bingham incrementar	500

The service includes:

• 4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners
• Horses (only for equipment)
• Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu
• Train back from Aguas calientes to Ollantaytambo
• Bus fares (Cusco, molle pata)
• A professional guide ( English-Spanish)
• Tents
• A mattress
• Tents for dinning / cooking

Service does NOT INCLUDE:

• First breakfast
• Last lunch
• Bus fares from aguas calientes to Machu Picchu
• Sleeping bags