5-DAY SALKANTAY TREK AND MACHU PICCHU TOUR:
Price: £345.
Includes all your food and accommodation.
This sensational 5-day/4nights trek takes you into the heart of Peru – you’ll experience
first-hand the fantastic landscape that this beautiful country has to offer. Most
nights you’ll get the chance to camp out – enjoying a wonderful adventure around
the camp fire with great food, great wine and great company! The trek culminates
in a visit to the awe-inspiring Machu Picchu!
Day 1: Cusco – Mollepata – Marcocasa - Soraypampa
The tour starts at 06:00 a.m. with private transportation from the city of Cusco.
The tour will pass the localities of Izcuchaca and Limatambo and after a two-hour
drive, you will arrive to Mollepata (2950m/9676ft). You'll then drive for an hour
until you reach the small settlement of Marcocasa at 3300m/10824ft. From here you
will start our first day of trek (5 hours) towards the camp at Soraypampa (3850m/12628ft),
an Andean valley located at the foothills of the beautiful Mount Humantay (5910m/19385ft).
Day 2: Soraypampa – Huayracmachay
From Soraypampa you start the 4 hour trek towards Soyrococha at 4400m/14432, where
you will have our first lunch while enjoying great views of the impressive west
face of Mount Salcantay. After lunch, a three-hour hike will take us down to our
camp at Huayracmachay. During our hike you will have the permanent view of the amazing
Mount Salcantay. With luck, you may also observe the flight of the amazing condor
known as the “King of the Andes”. You'll also see the remains of an ancient Inca
Trail, a road of approximately 6 meters wide.
Day 3: Huayracmachay camp – Winaypoko Camp
After a hearty breakfast, at 08:00 a.m., you will be ready to continue our seven-hour
trek heading northeast down to the Colpapampa´s Valley (3200m/10496ft). As soon
as you leave the Huaracmachay plain, you will start an impressive descend into the
deep canyon of the Salcantay river. The highland landscape suddenly turns into an
amazing cloud forest with the typical grass, bushes and trees covered with beautiful
bromelias. After 3 hours you will reach Challway and from here one more hike (40
minutes to 1 hour) will take you to Colpapampa village, where you will enjoy lunch.
After a good rest, you will continue our descend to the shores of the Totora River
where you will enjoy the nearby hot water springs. After this, you will follow the
north side of the Santa Teresa River, walking for three hours until you reach the
next camp at Winaypoko settlement (2800m/5904ft). Just 30 minutes before Winaypoko
you will have the opportunity to observe the beautiful Coripacchi waterfalls. In
the evening, you will enjoy a good meal and wine around a camp fire.
Day 4: Winaypoko - La Playa (Cochapampa) Village - Hydroelectric – Aguas Calientes
During this last day of trekking and you will hike for 3 hours down to La Playa.
This trek takes you along the north side of Santa Teresa River. You'll observe plantations
of banana, coffee, granadillas (a typical fruit from the area), avocado trees, etc.
The sound of flocks of parrots will accompany you during the hike. Then you'll cross
the river to finally reach Cochapampa village, where a truck will be waiting to
transport you to Santa Teresa village (1500m/4920ft), where some porters will help
you carry your bags to La Oroya, where you will cross the turbulent Urubamba river
using a cable basket. After that, you'll board another local truck (thirty-minute
drive) which will take us towards La Hydroelectric (operation area of the hydroelectric
power plant). Here you will board the local train to the town of Aguas Calientes,
where you will arrive after one hour. Hotel in Aguas Calientes is not included.
Day 5: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Cusco
An early breakfast in the hotel, then you'll catch the public bus to the main entrance
of Machu Picchu (2400m/7872ft). A guided tour will show you this beautiful Inca
City, one of the most famous in the world. You will visit the Intihuatana, the Temple
of the Three Windows, the Temple of the Moon, the terraces, the ceremonial fountains,
the Sun Gate and the sectors of the impressive citadel. In the afternoon you will
take the public bus down to Aguas Calientes and take the train back to Ollantaytambo,
where our transport will take you back to Cusco. Transfer to your hotel.
Included:
- Group services
- Bilingual Guide
- Bus from Cusco to Mollepata (beginning of the trail)
- Horses to carry the equipment
- Cook and horsemen
- Camping equipment (tents, mattresses, tables and seats cooking tent and eating tent)
- Meals (04 breakfast / 04 lunches / 04 dinners)
- First aid kit and Oxygen balloon
- Bus up from Aguas Calientes to Machupicchu
- Entrance fees to Machupicchu
- Hotel in Aguas Calientes
- Train from Aguas Calientes to Cusco
Not included: Sleeping bag, Lunch the last day in Aguas Calientes
Town
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