Our trek from Salkantay trek 5 days to Machu Picchu 5 days is one of the famous walks in Cusco– Peru you will be accompanied by our native guide who speaks English,Spanish and Quechua and will also teach you our customs in the salkantay pass. and the best alternative route after Inca Trail Classic to reach Machu Picchu. It takes you through different types of landscapes, from the typical Andean landscape to the snowy mountains and to the tropical forests, and finally takes you to the Inca jungle, Salkantay Classic trek called among the 25 best Treks in the world, by National Geographic Adventure Travel Magazine.
The first day we pick you up from your hotel at 4:30am to drive for 2 hours until Mollepata town where we will meet with muleteers and horses, also we will have breakfast here. Then we will drive 1 hour more until arriving the hiking point Challacancha. This day not will be so hard because most of the route will be on flat surface, during the first 3 hours you will observe unique Peruvian Andean landscapes, high snow capped mountains, streams and dwarf forests of the sierra, to lunch arriving to our first campsite Soraypampa. and lucnch place (1:00 pm).This day tourists will be able to go to Umantay Lake, turquoise lagoon, surrounded with an imposing snow capped mountain that will make you feel you are in a magic place.
In the morning your hiking crew will wake you up early with a hot drink, served to you at your tent. This will be the longest and hardest day, we will uphill 3 hours where we will see amazing mountains; flora and fauna until arriving to the Salkantay pass (4600 m.a.s.l).Where we will have a guided tour about andean apus and pachamama and at Inca’s time,we decent 2 hours below to the lunch place we will have lunch and resting time. We will continue hiking 3 more hours downhill, through beautiful streams and high jungle landscapes until arriving to our second campsite Chaullay.
After a delicious and nutritive breakfast, we will begin hiking. During the first part of the route we will be able to observe different kinds of plants such as: bromeliads, orchids and ferns of high jungle until arriving to la playa or sahuayaco where we will have lunch and resting time, part of the course will be flat , up and down intercalated until arriving Playa Sahuayaco town after lunch where will catch a car that will transport us to our last campsite Santa Teresa. In the afternoon option to relax going to people can go to the Cocalmayo`hot springs.
Our cooker will wake you up early with a hot coca tea. we will walk for 3 hours by road until we reach the hydroelectric plant lunche place and option to do canopy in the morning . Hydroelectric named like this because very near of it is located the hydroelectric power plant that provides electricity to Cusco region. After lunch The path is really wonderful from crystalline creeks, dwarf forests of the high jungle until arriving we will continue 3 more hours hiking next to the train railway with view that are amazing until arriving to Aguas Calientes, where we will spend the night in a accommodation.
Today we arrive at the long-awaited end of our hike, one of the New 7 Wonders of the Modern World and UNESCO World Heritage Site: Machu Picchu! We’ll wake up early after a refreshing night at our lodge to beat the crowds to the top of Machu Picchu and enjoy its serenity under the soft morning light. The entrance control to Machu Picchu is open from 06:00 am to 17:00 pm.
Here we will have a 2-hour guided tour through this incredible ancient city. Be amazed by the engineering ingenuity of the Incas, which was so ahead of its time and which is still partially a mystery today!
Without having modern tools or even steel and iron to work with, the people who built this city were brilliant at organizing this community in a beautiful and sustainable way on the side of a mountain, even carrying water through canals through its streets to that people would use it. wear.
When a Peruvian guide showed this site to Hiram Bingham, it was almost unrecognizable, covered in thick vegetation and in poor condition. It has since been cleaned and restored and is now protected and treasured by the world at large.
After this tour, you will be able to climb Huayna Picchu (the top of the mountain we see in all the Machu Picchu photos; 2720 MASL/8890 FASL) or Machu Picchu Mountain (Be sure to book in advance to get tickets for these!) .
The hike to Huayna Picchu is a 50-minute walk up and 50 minutes down. Machu Picchu mountain takes approximately 3 hours to climb and descend.
If you come down early enough, you can have lunch (not included but can be added to the package), visit the town’s hot springs, go to a museum or shop at the artisan market.
We will take our train trip at 16:22 hrs (subject to availability) to Ollantaytambo. A private bus will pick up our group and drop you off in Cusco at approximately 8:00 p.m. Rest your feet and your body now, but we can assure you that your heart will continue to race for weeks and years to come!
