Salkantay Trek 3D/2N (With Camping)
Duration
1Day
Tour Type
Daily Tour
Group Size
10 people
Languages
English, Espanol
ITINERARY
DAY 01: CUSCO – SORAYPAMPA – SALKANTAY PASS – HUAYRACMACHAY
For this amazing trek we pick you up from your hotel at 4:00 a.m. to drive for about 3 hours to Soraypampa where we will start our Salkantay walk here, we will also have our breakfast before the start of the walk. After breakfast we start our trek to the snowy Salkantay, the first 3 hours will be a little uphill to get to Soyrococha where we will have lunch with panoramic views of the mountains (Humantay, 4120m / 13500 ft and Salkantay, 6271m / 20575 ft), then lunch we will restart our hike to the highest point that is 4600 meters high “the Salkantay pass”, after taking beautiful panoramic photos with the snowy Salkantay and receive a talk from our guide, we begin to lose about 3 hours to our Camp Huayracmachay (3800 m / 11750 ft, the highest and coldest camping of the trip).
Estimated time to walk: 6 to 7 hours.
Total distance: 16 km
Altitude of our camp: 3,800 meters above sea level.
DAY 02: HUAYRACMACHAY – CHAULLAY – LA PLAYA – AGUAS CALIENTES TOWN.
After lunch, we will take a private transport that will take us to a hydroelectric trip of approximately 1 hour, from this point we will make another hike of 2 hours and 30 minutes average until we reach the town of Aguas Calientes, we will walk along the side of the railway line bordering all the mountain of Machu Picchu, we can enjoy the first views of some terraces and Inca constructions of Machu Picchu, arriving at the town of Aguas Calientes we will have our dinner and spend the night in a very cozy hotel.
Estimated time to walk: 8 to 9 hours.
Total distance: 19 km
Altitude of our accommodation: 2,000 meters above sea level.
DAY 03: MACHUPICCHU – CUSCO
At the appropriate time, we will take the bus and descend from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes usual train departure to Ollantaytambo is in the afternoon, followed by car two hours drive to your hotel in Cusco.
Hotel night in Cusco.
End of our service.
Included / Excluded
INCLUDED
- Pick up from hotel 30 minutes before departure of Cusco.
- Private transport to Soraypampa, starting point of the tour.
- Spanish and English speaking professional tour guide.
- Entrance ticket to Salkantay Trail
- Entrance to Machu Picchu archaeological sanctuary.
- Porters and horses to carry all the equipment, tents, food, cooking equipment, dining tents and equipment passenger (7 kilos maximum)
- Permits and tickets for our porters and cooks.
- 3 breakfasts, 2 snacks, 2 lunches and 2 dinners. All these meals are prepared by our cook and his assistant.
- Coca tea is served every morning in your tent.
- Boiled water after breakfast, to refill their water bottles (1 liter per person).
- Lunch with hot drinks like coca, tea and coffee.
- Appetizers or snacks each morning.
- Oxygen and first aid kit.
- Vegetarian and special diets request.
- All equipment, including tents for personnel.
- 2 hours Guided tour in Machu Picchu.
- Train to return to Ollantaytambo and then by car to Cusco.
- Hotel 01 night in Aguas Calientes
EXCLUDED
- Lunch on the last day.
- Sleeping bag (can be rented in our office $ 15 for the entire trip).
- Trekking poles, you can rent in our office (the $ 15.00 USD for the entire trip).
- Entrance to Huaynapicchu or Machu Picchu Mountain ($ 35 USD optional).
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