Salkantay Trek 4D/3N
This is an alternative route to the classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu that takes you through incredible landscapes and beautiful nature with local flora and fauna. The trek includes crossing valleys and mountains before reaching “The Lost City of the Incas”, Machu Picchu. Connecting the city of Mollepata with Machu Picchu, the Salkantay Trek is an antique and remote trail located in the same region as the Inca Trail where huge snow-capped mountains crash with the lush tropical jungles.
Itinerary
Day 1: Cusco – Soraypampa – Huayracmachay
We pick you up around 4:30 a.m. and leave Cusco at 5:00 a.m… Passing through the villages of Izcuchaca and Limatambo before arriving in Mollepata where we will arrive around 8:00 a.am. and have breakfast. We board our bus from Mollepata to Marqoquasa from where we will begin to walk to a viewpoint from where we will have a stunning view over the snow-capped Humantau and Incan canals, from here we keep walking 3.5 hours until we reach Soraypampa where we will camp and have lunch.
Day 2: Soraymapa – Salkantay – Chaullay
At 05:00 a.m. we have breakfast before we continue our trek at 6:30 a.m., we make a 4 hour ascend until reaching the Salkantay pass at 4650 m.as.l. where we pass for 2 important historical points (Salkantay Pamapa and Soyroq’ocha) where we will have a small coca leaf offering to Pachamama (Mother Earth) and Apu Salkantay while taking about Incan history and religion.
We descend for 2.5 hours until reaching Huayracpampa where we will have lunch before continuing our trek from 4100 m.a.s.l. to 2900 m.a.s.l. which will take us to the high jungle in around 3.5 hours. We reach our campsite Chaullay where we have tea and dinner.
Day 3: Chaullay – Playa Sahuayaco – Santa Teresa
We have breakfast at 6:00 a.m before we start walking for 5.5 hours on small ups and downs, along the road we can see coffee plantations, orchids, begonias, bromelias and many other natural plants used in natural medicine before reaching Playa Sahuayaca where we will have lunch. After lunch we take our transportation to Hidroelectrica from where we walk 3 hours before reaching Aguas Calientes. We sleep in a hostel and have our last dinner at a restaurant.
Day 4: Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Cusco
At dawn, around 4:30 a.m., we ascend towards the majestic Incan city of Machupicchu where we will have a 2 hour guided tour and then the rest of the day free to visit Huayna Picchu, Inti Punku, the moon temple or just stroll around the citadel. In the evening we return to the village where we’ll take the train back to Cusco.
Include / Not Included
Included
- Transportation from Cusco to Mollepata
- Entrance fee to Machupicchu
- Professional guide (English/Spanish)
- Meals (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners)
- Bus ticket Machupicchu – Aguas Calientes
- 1 night in hotel
- Train ticket Aguas Calientes- Ollantaytambo
- 1 night in hotel in Aguas Calientes
Not included
- Lunch the last day
- Breakfast the first day
- Hot water during the tour
- Sleeping bag
- Entrance fees to Huayna Picchu or Machupicchu mountain
