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Day 1: Visit Humantay lake & sleep close to Salkantay peak
Day 2: Crossing the Salkantay Pass & descend to the Cloud forest
Day 3: Coffee farms & first views of Machu Picchu
Day 4: Visit Machu Picchu & Back to Cusco
From Your Hotel of Cusco.
7 am, after breakfast at your hotel.
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 buy our entrance ticket to the Salkantay trail (Included) and then continue our journey to Challacancha where our hike begins.
From here we will walk about 2 hours to Soraypampa through an Inca canal with impressive views of the snowy Salkantay, upon arrival we will have lunch in Soroypampa followed by a short rest.
Then we will begin our 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 our tea time followed by dinner before heading to our tents to sleep.
like every morning, our staff will wake you up with hot tea inside the tents and get ready to enjoy the day. After breakfast approximately at 7:30 am after the big groups, we will start our trek with a slow ascent for 2 hours until the Salkantay Pampa for short break, later continues our hike for another two hours until Suyrococha for the lunch.
After lunch and a short break starts another uphill for 1 hour until the Salkantay Pass, where we will have the opportunity to get a little closer to the Salkantay peak and lake to have the best view and appreciate the lake formed by landslides.
Then we will start descending for about 2 hours more until we reach our campsite located at Wayracmachay, today again we will have incredible views of Salkantay.
in the night after our dinner, we are going to see some Inca constellations before to go to bed.
After wake up, and leave our things ready for a delicious breakfast, we are going to hike 4 hours down until Colpapampa for lunch, along this trail will see beautiful nature, local farms, rivers, and waterfalls.
Later we will drive a local comfortable transport to the place called Hidroelectrica and we will say goodbye to our cook showing our appreciation. Then we will continue another 3 hours by the side of the rail train to the village of Aguas Calientes, where we will have dinner at a local restaurant and spend the night in the hotel.
Note: today if you prefer we can continue from Hidroelectrica to Aguas Calientes by train for USD $ 30.
We get up early to try to be the first to board the bus that will take us to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. We will have a nice guided visit of approximately two hours along with our guide for the most important places, then we will have free time in a certain place to appreciate this amazing and magnificent Inca construction.
At the recommended time you will need to go to the bus station to board and go back to the village of Aguas Calientes so that you can have lunch and board the train that will take you to the station of Ollantaytambo or Poroy, from there you will be transferred to your hotel in Cusco in our private transportation.
Here is What is Included in the price.
Walking sticks with rubber tips are highly recommended to make easy your hilke. If you dont have, dont worry, we can rent them US$ 15.
The Salkantay Trek can leave on any day of the week, from March to January. we dont leave on february because rain a lot.
The departured are 100% guaranted, because we operate since two travelers.
Group Service Price: $ 470.00 US$ 430 per person.
Required Deposit: To book, you need to make a pre payment of US$ 150.00 per person by PayPal.
Please after deposit send us to booking@doadventuresperu.com the transfer number. Only with this we will be able to confirm your pre payment and reservation of the trek.
Balance: The remaining balance can be paid online by Paypal in advance, or in Cusco at briefing with cash (recommend) .
Notice: If your are going to pay the balance with credit or debit car is a charges 5%. that have to be covered by the clients, this tax is jus for the remaining balance, or can be pay in Cusco with cash without tax before the tour.
!If you wish you can book this tour in private service only for your group, for that contact us.!
On this tour the last night will be spent in the town of Aguas Calientes before visiting Machu Picchu. For which we include a three star hotel with double, triple or triple rooms.
If you want to upgrade the quality of the hotel or prefer a single room, there will be an additional cost.
Here are some intens that you can include in this tour if you don’t have them, here are the rental prices.
These Mountains can be visited after finishing the guided tour of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
These extensions you can include to your tour, each one needs an additional day.