Salkantay Trek to Machupicchu

The Salkantay trek begins with the pick-up from your respective hotel at the predetermined time usually 5:00 in the morning, we will take a trip of 3 and a half hours approximately in a private tourist transport towards the district of Mollepata place where we will supply breakfast and where we begin our walk of approximately 7 hours until arriving at the town of Soraypampa.

This will be one of the most difficult days of the whole tour because we will have to ascend to the highest point of the route “Salkantay Pass “4600 masl” the walk to the top lasts approximately 3 hours and after a short rest we will descend towards the eye of the jungle, there we can feel the change of weather quite abrupt so it is essential to take some coca leaves for altitude sickness, we will arrive at Huayrac, place where we will have lunch for the lapse of an hour and a half, then we will continue with our walk towards Collpapampa where we will spend the second night.

This day is basically characterized by the amount of vegetation that can be seen, plantations of coca, tea, coffee, fruit trees and wildlife will be part of our walk along the 6 hours of hiking then we will take the local public transport to drive us to the district of Santa Teresa, the journey lasts about 1 and a half hours, once we arrive in the district we can leave our belongings in the camp and we will go to the hot springs of Cocalmayo, a very important and necessary place to relax after the arduous hike that we did, we normally spend 2 hours in the thermal baths and then we return towards the camp.

After breakfast, we will have two options for you, the first is to do the Zip Line activity for approximately 2 hours followed by a private transportation to Hidroelectrica and the second is that we can walk from Santa Teresa to Hidroelectrica for about 4 hours, we will have 2 hours of lunch and rest, then continue walking through the railway line towards Aguas Calientes, there we will have a hotel where we will spend the night.

The big day arrived, we wake up very early in the morning to start with the ascent to the citadel of Machu picchu, the journey takes 2 hours and we will have to be in the control of the citadel no later than 6:00 in the morning, the tour with the guide begins at 6:30 approximately and has a duration of 3 hours, once finished the tour you can enjoy more of the Archaeological Center for the rest of the day and according to the train schedule for the return to Cusco, takes 2 hours of train transportation and 2 hours in a tourist bus, we will arrive at the City of Cusco after 11:00 pm.