Salkantay Trek to Machupicchu 5 Days, Camping & Hiking Tour
5 days
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Itinerary
Day 1: Journey Cusco - Mollepata- Soraypampa Campsite (16 km. of hiking)
Stop At: Humantay Lake, Cusco 08001 Peru
You will be picked up at 5.00 in the morning at your hotel in the city of Cusco. After 2 hours of journey by bus, you will arrive in the town of Mollepata around 7.00 where you will have chance to get a breakfast. Around 8:00 am we will take our bus one more hour in order to arrive to Mollepata town where the hike will start surrounded by a typical landscape of the Peruvian Andes. At noon the lunch is going to be ready at Soraypampa camp site, in the afternoon after a short break, you will hike to the HUMANTAY LAGOON located very close to the glaziers accompanied by your guide ,this last as a training for the next day. After this challenge you will be back at the campsite and past the night after a delicious dinner.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Camping in professional KAILA tents (DOITE 5931) designed for 4 people will be use only by 2 persons.
Day 2: Soraypampa - Salkantay mountain pass - Chawllay (22 km of hiking)
Stop At: Salkantay Trail, Peru
Early in the morning, you will taste our breakfast compound by some pancakes, beams cream, batter, marmalade, etc. this day you will get great altitudes 6464 meters above sea level at SALKANTAY PASS, and a distance of 24 km. your walk will be between high snow caped mountains, after passing the lands of llamas and alpacas you will enter to the inter Andean valleys where you will find some spectacular orchids, and observe the rapid hummingbirds and more. Arrive to the camp site and pass the night at the eyebrow of the amazon jungle
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Camping in professional KAILA tents (DOITE 5931) designed for 4 people will be use only by 2 persons.
Day 3: Chawllay - la playa - Santa Teresa (16 km. of hiking)
Stop At: Banos Termales de Cocalmayo, 4 Km from Santa Teresa, Santa Teresa Peru
After a hearty breakfast, very early we will begin to walk along a thin path that extends through a dense valley of vegetation where we can observe some birds among them some endemics, we will pass through passion fruit crops and coffee. At noon we will arrive at Sawayaco Beach for lunch and continue the trip this time in a mini bus that will take us to the camp in the town of Santa Teresa. (optional: you can go to the thermal baths of Cocalmayo to relax after staying at the camp. You will need 20.00 soles for your transportation and admission).
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Camping in professional KAILA tents (DOITE 5931) designed for 4 people will be use only by 2 persons.
Day 4: Santa Teresa village - aguas Calientes town
Stop At: Machu Picchu, 08680, Peru
A day full of extreme adventure and adrenaline. We will go to the longest Zipline park in Peru, we will slide along 4 steel cables that cross at a height of 200 m. over the great Urubamba river and the longest one with more than 1200 meters of length that extends over the treetops and finally you will have to pass through a bridge suspended on top of the trees with more 200 m. long Then a transport will come to find us and transfer us to hydroelectric where we can have lunch and recover energy. In the afternoon we will walk the last 11 km. To get to Aguas Calientes following the train route and spend the last night in a hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 2** hotel
Day 5: Machupicchu- Ollantaytambo - Cusco city (walk and visit the Inca citadel)
Stop At: Machu Picchu, 08680, Peru
At 4.30 am, we recommend leaving early in the morning in order to get to Machupicchu city quite early and perhaps with a lot of luck to be able to live the sunrise and without many tourists. We will walk along a zigzagging road full of bleachers that climbs from 2000 meters to 2440 meters when we reach Machupicchu. You will be accompanied by a professional tour guide who will give you an unforgettable experience during your visit to Machupicchu. In the afternoon you will return by train enjoying the beautiful landscape of wild forests and corn crops of the Urubamba river valley until you reach Ollantaytambo. From here our transportation will take you to your hotel in Cusco city.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
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Day 1: Journey Cusco - Mollepata- Soraypampa Campsite (16 km. of hiking)
Stop At: Humantay Lake, Cusco 08001 Peru
You will be picked up at 5.00 in the morning at your hotel in the city of Cusco. After 2 hours of journey by bus, you will arrive in the town of Mollepata around 7.00 where you will have chance to get a breakfast. Around 8:00 am we will take our bus one more hour in order to arrive to Mollepata town where the hike will start surrounded by a typical landscape of the Peruvian Andes. At noon the lunch is going to be ready at Soraypampa camp site, in the afternoon after a short break, you will hike to the HUMANTAY LAGOON located very close to the glaziers accompanied by your guide ,this last as a training for the next day. After this challenge you will be back at the campsite and past the night after a delicious dinner.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Camping in professional KAILA tents (DOITE 5931) designed for 4 people will be use only by 2 persons.
Day 2: Soraypampa - Salkantay mountain pass - Chawllay (22 km of hiking)
Stop At: Salkantay Trail, Peru
Early in the morning, you will taste our breakfast compound by some pancakes, beams cream, batter, marmalade, etc. this day you will get great altitudes 6464 meters above sea level at SALKANTAY PASS, and a distance of 24 km. your walk will be between high snow caped mountains, after passing the lands of llamas and alpacas you will enter to the inter Andean valleys where you will find some spectacular orchids, and observe the rapid hummingbirds and more. Arrive to the camp site and pass the night at the eyebrow of the amazon jungle
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Camping in professional KAILA tents (DOITE 5931) designed for 4 people will be use only by 2 persons.
Day 3: Chawllay - la playa - Santa Teresa (16 km. of hiking)
Stop At: Banos Termales de Cocalmayo, 4 Km from Santa Teresa, Santa Teresa Peru
After a hearty breakfast, very early we will begin to walk along a thin path that extends through a dense valley of vegetation where we can observe some birds among them some endemics, we will pass through passion fruit crops and coffee. At noon we will arrive at Sawayaco Beach for lunch and continue the trip this time in a mini bus that will take us to the camp in the town of Santa Teresa. (optional: you can go to the thermal baths of Cocalmayo to relax after staying at the camp. You will need 20.00 soles for your transportation and admission).
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Camping in professional KAILA tents (DOITE 5931) designed for 4 people will be use only by 2 persons.
Day 4: Santa Teresa village - aguas Calientes town
Stop At: Machu Picchu, 08680, Peru
A day full of extreme adventure and adrenaline. We will go to the longest Zipline park in Peru, we will slide along 4 steel cables that cross at a height of 200 m. over the great Urubamba river and the longest one with more than 1200 meters of length that extends over the treetops and finally you will have to pass through a bridge suspended on top of the trees with more 200 m. long Then a transport will come to find us and transfer us to hydroelectric where we can have lunch and recover energy. In the afternoon we will walk the last 11 km. To get to Aguas Calientes following the train route and spend the last night in a hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 2** hotel
Day 5: Machupicchu- Ollantaytambo - Cusco city (walk and visit the Inca citadel)
Stop At: Machu Picchu, 08680, Peru
At 4.30 am, we recommend leaving early in the morning in order to get to Machupicchu city quite early and perhaps with a lot of luck to be able to live the sunrise and without many tourists. We will walk along a zigzagging road full of bleachers that climbs from 2000 meters to 2440 meters when we reach Machupicchu. You will be accompanied by a professional tour guide who will give you an unforgettable experience during your visit to Machupicchu. In the afternoon you will return by train enjoying the beautiful landscape of wild forests and corn crops of the Urubamba river valley until you reach Ollantaytambo. From here our transportation will take you to your hotel in Cusco city.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Included
- 4x Breakfast
- 4x Dinner
- 4x Lunch
- Accommodation included: 4 nights
- Journey back to Cusco (Machupicchu - Olantaytambo by train then transfer to Cusco city by bus)
- Entry/Admission - Humantay Lake
- Entry/Admission - Machu Picchu
Not included
- Sleeping bag
- Mineral water during the trip (you will be able to by on the way)
- Walking sticks
- Breakfast (day 1), Lunch and Dinner (the last day)
- Bus up & down in Machupicchu (Our groups goes walking)
- Entry/Admission - Banos Termales de Cocalmayo
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Features
Tourism
60%
Sport
40%
Cultural
25%
Aquatic
20%
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