Salkantay Trek4 Days 3 Nights
Since $360Short Salkantay Trek, an adventure that allows us to enjoy this walk in a short time.
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We will pick you up from your Hotel between 05h00 to 05h15, we will travel by car for 2 hours and 30 minutes approximately from Cusco to Mollepata, during the route we will observe beautiful views of the mountains that surround the valley of Cusco including the mountain of Salkantay. We will arrive at the village of Mollepata (2,900 m.a.s.l) in this village we will have the option to have breakfast if not already done (not included)
Then we will take the transport again to travel for an hour more to Challacancha (3,675 m.a.s.l). In Challacancha we will know all our support team (cook, muleteers, horses) will give us a cordial welcome, then prepare for our adventure in the mountains, we have the option to put the backpack of 7kg in the horses, a brief explanation will be given Before the trek, the first part we will walk for 3 hours, during our walk we will observe the Humantay snowy (5,917 masl) the place to walk is flat Andean where we can acclimatise for the rest of the trek.
Arriving at our camp Soraypampa (3,850 masl) we will observe the impressive mountain of Salkantay, in the camp we will be waiting for our team and then proceed to have our lunch, after enjoying the lunch we will have a 30 minutes to nap and then start our walk towards The beautiful Humantay lagoon, approximately 1 hour and a half upwards to the Humantay lagoon, we will have time to enjoy the beautiful landscape of the lagoon and the glaciers in the mountain, then we will descend for 1 hour to the camp, we will arrive at the hour tea where we can talk with the group, then enjoy dinner and finally spend the night.
We will get up at 05:00 am and then enjoy a good breakfast, we will prepare ourselves to undertake the most difficult hike of the trip, we will enlist our luggage to start the trek for 1 hour approximately to the place called Salkantaypampa (4,100 masl) here we will have A short break and then continue walking upwards for 1 hour until reaching the place of Soyrococha (4,400 masl) ideal time to rest, rehydrate and enjoy the snack, the road continues for 1 more hour to the highest point of the walk the pass of Salkantay (4,632 masl) The highest point is located between the 2 imposing snow-capped mountains of Humantay (5,917 masl) and Salkantay (6,271 masl) "Wild Mountain" in the Quechua dialect, in this place we will observe the snowy, glaciers of Salkantay, We also appreciate the magnificent view of the whole chain of mountains and observe an original Inca Trail that over the years was collapsing, then descend for about 1 hour and 30 minutes to Wayracpampa where we will have our lunch. After enjoying the lunch we will start to descent to the cloud forest and observe the change of climate and vegetation, descend to Challhuay (2,900 m.s.n.m) where our camp will be, here we will have tea time and dinner. Here ends the longest and hardest day of the walk.
• We will get up at 5:00 am we will ready our luggage, then we will take our breakfast and start our walk, this day is memorable because along the way we will see a great amount of flora and fauna, the road is flat Andean by parts we will go up no More than 100 meters and the rest of the way is lowered, from the place of the camp we will walk for 40 min until arriving at the town of Collpapampa (2,850 msnm) from this place we will observe the beginning of the valley of Santa teresa and the Valley of Totora, also we will observe The mountain chain and we will feel another type of climate, we will walk for 2 hours and half to the town of Wiñaypoco, during the walk we will have beautiful views of waterfalls, as well as natural formations of thermal waters, also we will be able to observe Orchids and wild strawberry, in Wiñaypoco people harvest the Granadilla a tropical fruit of the area that you will be able to taste, after a rest we will continue descending by the eyebrow of jungle until arriving at the place called Beach or Sahuayaco (2,080 msnm) where we will have our lunch.
Then we will take the transport for 1 hour to Hidroeléctrica where again we will start walking for 2h and 30 min approx. until Aguas Calientes the road is completely flat, the Guide will accommodate us in a Lodging, Finaly we will have dinner / meeting, here we will give the last indications for the Best day of the trip, Visit to the citadel of Machupicchu.
• We will go up very early to Machupicchu walking to see the sunrise. After entering Machupicchu we will have a guided tour for 2h30min visiting the main points of Machupicchu and knowing more about the history of this great Inka city, then we will have free time to take photos and take more time of this beautiful place.
In the afternoon we will return to Aguas Calientes for the lunch and at 18:20 we will take the train back to Ollantaytambo and then a car to Cusco, we will arrive in Cusco approx. At 9:45 p.m.