Lima & Salkantay Trek Machu Picchu

On this day our staff will be waiting for you at the airport to transport you to your Hotel. Also you will have the day free to acclimate for the next day. We suggest you to visit some interesting atractions around Cusco as Sacsayhuaman, Qoricancha, the Cathedral. You can take for this trips a city tour in Cusco (extra service).

The Salkantay trek is a hiking trail that takes you to the Inca City of Machu Picchu. The total distance of the walk is approximately 70 kilometers (5 days of route). Also known as Salkantay, snow capped peak of Peru located in the department of Cusco; It constitutes one of the main elevations of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, an extension of the Eastern Cordillera, a mountain branch of the Peruvian Andes. It reaches an altitude of 6,271 meters. It presents two summits covered by snow, known as China Salkantay and Salkantay female, separated by a port that opens to the Santa Ana Valley in the province of Urubamba. Both the mountain pass and the fluvial course that is born there are called Salkantay. This river pours its waters into the Urubamba on its left bank.

• DAY 1: CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – SORAYPAMPA: Pick up from the hotel (5:00 am approx.) We board the car to the town of Mollepata about 2.5 hours, upon arrival at the town breakfast then continue by car until you reach CHALLACANCHA to start our walk 2 3 hours approximately BY A ROAD AND INKA CHANNEL, TO ARRIVE TO SORAYPAMPA where we will have our lunch. In the afternoon you can take the opportunity to visit the Humantay Lagoon (4200 masl), it is 2 hours uphill and 1 hour down to the Soraypampa camp (3850 meters above sea level) and there we will spend the night after our dinner.
• DAY 2: SORAYPAMPA – CHAULLAY: Very early in the morning we will leave our camp, after a fortifying breakfast with direction to the snowy Salkantay (4,620 masl) which is the highest point of the whole route for approximately 4 hours we will ascend this first step where we will have a short break to be able Take the breathtaking views that will be appreciated from this point. During the journey we will find several mounds of stones called Apachetas. Then we will descend for approximately 2 hours to Wayracmachay where we will have lunch and then continue walking for 3 hours approx. until we reach Chaullay where our second camp is located. Dinner and overnight.
• DAY 3: CHAULLAY – THE BEACH (Sawayaco) – SANTA TERESA: After our breakfast we leave from chaullay at 7:00 am. approx. to continue with our walk towards Collcapampa where we will pass through narrow paths with abundant flora typical of the area such as the different types of orchids and waterfalls that will be seen during the whole journey. After 5 hours of walking we will finally arrive at Sawayaco, also known as the beach where we will have lunch and then we will take a car to Santa Teresa, located at 1,645 meters above sea level, for approximately 45 minutes we will be in Santa Teresa around 3.00 pm where we will settle. After a short rest we will go to the medicinal baths (not included) which is located at 4.5 km approx. of Santa Teresa. Dinner and overnight.
• DAY 4: SANTA TERESA – HYDROELECTRIC – AGUAS CALIENTES: At 8:00 am. Approx. In the morning after having our breakfast, we will go by car for approximately 30 minutes until arriving at Hidroeléctrica, after arriving at Hidroeléctrica we will continue walking approximately 3 hours until we reach Aguas Calientes. Arriving at hot waters where we will have lunch and we will settle in the lodging and we will coordinate the ascent of the following day to the city of Machu Picchu.

Remember that you can choose visit Santa Teresa or continue with the classic path through Llactapata.

Very early in the morning (5:30 am) we will take our breakfast to transport us in the first bus that will take us to the sanctuary of Machu Picchu for approximately 30 minutes. Then we will have our guided tour for about 2 hours where the guide will take us to the most important places of the citadel, after our visit we will have the rest of the hours free to take pictures and tour by our account in Machu Picchu (time It depends a lot on the train schedule given since it has to be half an hour before the departure of your train in the station), the other option is to go up Huayna Picchu or Mountain (not included) to appreciate the impressive view of the whole citadel. Finally we will take the bus back to Aguas Calientes to then go to the station and wait for our train that will take us back to the town of Ollantaytambo and then by bus to Cusco.

Hope you have the best experience with us, this is the end of our service. Thanks for choosing Tierras Vivas.