Salkantay Trek Machu Picchu (4 Days)

We will pick you up from your hotel at 4:00 am to travel in the direction of Mollepata where we will have our optional breakfast at a local restaurant (not included), here we will purchase our entrance ticket to the Salkantay trail (Included) and then continue our journey towards Soraypampa where our hike begins.

From here we will walk about 1 hour hike uphill to the Humantay Lagoon at 4230m / 13,878ft. Once here our guide will explain the reason for the turquoise colors and you will have free time to explore and take pictures.

We will then return to Soraypampa at 3930m / 12,849ft for lunch, after we will continue for two hours to Salkantaypampa where is located our basecamp.

Here we will have our tea time accompanied with an amazing view of the peaks, followed by dinner before heading to sleep in our tents.

Today is the most difficult day of the entire route, 14 km, our staff will wake you up with a cup of coca tea in your tents, at 5am will be our breakfast and then begin our hike up to the Salkantay pass at 4630 m above sea level. This first stretch will take us 3 hours to reach the pass.

Once at the highest point our guide will explain the importance of the mountains for the Andean communities, and we will have free time to celebrate our conquest with a small Andean ritual based on coca leaves. Then we will start our way down for about 2 hours to WayraqPunku for lunch.

After lunch we continue our trek downhill for about 3 hours more to the village of Chaullay at 2900 m, from where we will board a local car to Llucmabamba our basecamp at 2000m, followed by our tea time, dinner, In this place you can take a hot bath for 10 soles.

Today we will wake up at 5:00 am again with a cup of hot tea, followed by our delicious breakfast. Around 6:00am, our hike begins, with a visit the local coffee plantation, where we will be instructed on the varieties of coffee that grown in this town.

Continues our hike uphill for 3 hours until we reach Llactapata from where we will have the first views of Machu Picchu in the distance and also our guide will explain the importance of the archaeological center of Llactapata.

After we will descend for about 2 hours to the village located next to the hydroelectric plant, here we will have our lunch. Finally, our hike continues for about 3 hours more along the train tracks towards the town of Aguas Calientes, where we will settle in a hotel in shared rooms followed by dinner at a local restaurant.

Note: today if you prefer we can continue from Hidroelectrica to Aguas Calientes by train for USD $ 30.

The big day has arrived, we will visit the archaeological park of Machu Picchu built by the Incas, you will wake up at 4:00 am so you can have breakfast at your hotel and then go by bus (included) for about 30 minutes to the park of Machu Picchu.

We will enter Machu Picchu to start the guided tour for about two hours to Machu Picchu, our guide will give you history lessons, will give you to know the functions of each place visited in the archaeological park, we will visit the most important places of Machu Picchu always following the new regulations of the Government.

After the guided tour, if you book an extra ticket for the Huayna Picchu mountain, you will start your additional hike. At the recommended time you will return to the town of Aguas Calientes by bus (included) for lunch at a local restaurant (not included).

Then you will have free time to explore the town of Aguas Calientes before departing by train to the town of Ollantaytambo. The train  leaves at 15:20, this trip lasts one hour and thirty by the Vilcanota river valley to Ollantaytambo.