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Salkantay and Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 7 Day

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Tour Details

If you really want to enjoy the famous Humantay lagoon, the Salkantay snow-capped mountain and walk on the ancient Inca trail, this is your best option, a route specially prepared for those who want to disconnect from the classics but still be able to enjoy those magnificent constructions that the Incas did, this road starts from the Apurímac river basin in connection with the Urubamba river, with one of the most impressive views of one of the highest snow-capped mountains in Cusco, Salkantay (6,277 m / 20,577 feet). This road connects with the classic Inca trail enjoying the great biodiversity that this beautiful area has with final destination to the great stone city Machupicchu.

Why Explore Peru Treks?

We are a fully locally owned tour operator based in Cusco. Our guides are locals from the region. They have an excellent knowledge about the inca ruins, flora and fauna.

We offer the experience, both as a small group tour and as a private tour. We invite you to take a moment to check out our reviews on Tripadvisor.

Departure & Return Location

Cusco Hotel Transfer

Departure Time

0500 AM

Price Includes

  • Transfer from the airport to your hotel.
  • Pick up at your hotel on the morning of the trek departure.
  • Private transportation from Cusco to Soraypampa (start of the trek)
  • Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu
  • Experienced English-speaking professional guide
  • Private guided tour of Machu Picchu
  • Comfortable 4-season tents (for 2 people in a 4-person tent)
  • 3 Bus tickets from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu and return to Aguas Calientes
  • Camping equipment such as: dining tent, table, chairs, kitchen tent and bathroom tent
  • Equipment for our porters and cook
  • First aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle.
  • Expedition train ticket from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo
  • Private transportation from Ollantaytambo to your hotel in Cusco
  • Hotel in Aguas Calientes with private room and bathroom
  • Porters, riders and pack horses, to carry all camping and personal equipment (7 kilos of your personal items as extra clothing, it is necessary to include the sleeping bag in the 7kgs, which our horses and porters carry). ***
  • Provision of a horse in case of emergency, such as illness, to ensure that all participants can complete the trek
  • Comfortable foam mattress and pillow for camping
  • Water for drinking and washing
  • Taxes
  • *** In the Salkantay area, your camping equipment will be carried by pack horses and on the short Inca Trail your equipment will be sent directly to the town of Aguas Calientes via train.

Price Excludes

  • First breakfast and last lunch - in Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes after the tour of Machu Picchu.
  • Wayna Picchu Mountains: $75 USD and Machu Picchu Mountain $75 USD - This must be booked in advance.
  • VISTADOME train - $70 USD per extra person.
  • Tips for the crew, guide, cook and porters

Salkantay Trek Packing List

  • Sleeping bag - $20 USD per person
  • Air mattress - $20 USD per person
  • Walking poles: $15 USD per pair
  • Personal tent- $30 USD
  • Additional night in Aguas Calientes - from $60 USD
  • Vistadome train upgrade - $70 USD per person
  • Huayna Picchu Mountain - $75 USD per person (Request when you book your Trek)
  • Machu Picchu Mountain - $75 USD per person (request it when you book your Trek)
Itinerary

Day 1Cusco - Soraypampa - Laguna Humantay – Salkantaypampa

Our first day begins with the pick up from your hotel at 5:00 am bound for Soraypampa, which will be the beginning of our trek.

Once we arrive at Soraypampa we will have a spectacular breakfast prepared by our chef and with a majestic view of the Humantay (19,356 feet) and Salkantay (20,396 feet) mountains in front of us, later we start our 3 hour round trip trek to be able to Appreciate the spectacular Humantay lagoon and then continue to our Salkantaypampa camp where our appetizers and hot drinks await us with an incredible view of the Salkantay snow-capped mountain.

  • Meals included: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner.
  • Accommodation: camping
  • Distance: 13kms / 8.1 miles
  • Difficulty: moderate

Day 2Salkantaypampa – Pampajaponesa

There is nothing better than waking up with a hot cup of coffee in this magnificent place that will be served in your tent, to then organize ourselves and start our trek to our next camp. It will take us about 3 hours uphill, at this point we will be so close to the Salkantay mountain that we will have the sensation of having it in our hands with its colorful lagoons and snowy peaks, then we will have our lunch halfway up the road and continue towards the camp where our appetizers and a hot chocolate await us.

  • Meals included: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner.
  • Accommodation: camping
  • Distance: 14kms / 8.7 miles
  • Difficulty: moderate

Day 3Pampajaponesa – Sisaypampa

After a well-deserved breakfast and as hosts the snow-capped peaks of Salkantay, we will walk uphill until we reach the highest point of the trek, the Incachiriaska pass (4,880 m / 16,010 feet) where the Salkantay route can be seen from a distance. used to get to Machupicchu and our route that deviates towards the Vilcanota river basin and connects with the great Inca trail, our trail is also used by great climbers who want to reach the Salkantay chasm, it is also characterized by the sighting of the great Andean condor, the largest flying bird on the planet, we will descend downhill until we reach our camp called Sisaypampa.

  • Meals included: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner.
  • Accommodation: camping facilities
  • Distance: 10kms / 6.2 miles
  • Difficulty: moderate

Day 4Sisaypampa – Wayllabamba- Llulluchapampa

After tasting our delicious breakfast, it will be time to say goodbye to our riders who accompanied us from the first day to this one, who will be replaced by the porters who will be in charge of carrying the camping equipment until the end of the trek.

This day we begin to find the first archaeological signs, we are entering Inca territory and as first evidence we find an Inca channel as a sample of their work in hydraulic engineering, we will follow the channel until it leads us to the following archaeological sites such as paucarcancha and wayllabamba , we have lunch in wayllabamba and then continue with our adventure, but this time within the classic Inca trail towards our Llulluchapampa camp.

  • Meals included: breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner.
  • Accommodation: camping facilities
  • Distance: 11kms / 6.8 miles
  • Difficulty: moderate

Day 5Lluluchapampa - Pacaymayu - Phuyupatamarca

Lluchapampa is a camp close to the highest pass of the classic Inca trail and majestic due to the greatness of the mountains that surround it, after having a majestic breakfast we continue our journey uphill for 2 hours until we reach warmihuañusca (4,217 m / 14,047 ft ), also called the passage of the dead woman because of the silhouette formed by the mountains, following the Inca Trail we pass through Sayacmarca, Chakicocha to end the day in one of the most spectacular camps of the entire trek with a magical sunset and sunrise in Phuyupatamarca .

  • Meals included: breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner
  • Accommodation: camping facilities
  • Distance: 16 km / 9.9 miles
  • Difficulty: Moderate / Challenging

Day 6Phuyupatamarca - Wiñay Wayna - Aguas Calientes

Waking up in a place surrounded by mountains in the open field with a spectacular 360-degree view and a privileged sunrise can only be enjoyed in Phuyupatamarca, we have our breakfast enjoying the sunrise and appreciating the Urubamba canyon and the Machupicchu mountain in the distance, our The day begins with a 3-hour descent through the cloud forest and the famous 3,000 thousand steps until we reach Wiñaywayna for our lunch,and then walk for 1 hour to Puerta del Sol, from here you can enjoy the Inca city of Machu Picchu and all the mountains around it. Then, we descend to the citadel to take as many photos as possible and then take our transport to Aguas Calientes, where we have dinner together in a restaurant, then spend the night in a hotel.

  • Meals included: breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner
  • 2* accommodation: hotel in Aguas Calientes
  • Distance: 12 km / 7.5 miles
  • Difficulty: moderate

Day 7Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu - Cusco

In the morning we will have breakfast at the hotel and then take the bus that will take us back to this magical place, we can enjoy it once again but this time in its maximum splendor and with enough time, your guide will give you a complete explanation. of this magnificent place, visiting the most important precincts and temples of the city of Machupicchu.

After the guided tour and finish the tour with your guide, the people who booked to visit the Huaynapicchu mountain or the Machupicchu mountain will have time to enjoy these magnificent places on their own, later after your tour please take the bus to to the town of Aguas Calientes for lunch (not included) and depending on the train’s departure time, it is possible that you can tour the small very touristic city of Aguas Calientes.

The train will take you to Ollantaytambo where our driver will meet you at the exit of the train station to take you back to the city of Cusco, exactly at the door of your hotel.

  • Meals included: Breakfast at the hotel
  • Difficulty: moderate

The option of the Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain Treks depends on availability, please let us know if you really want to add one of these additional treks at the time of your reservation.

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Mariana

Solo Traveller

It was a wonderful adventure I had on the Salkanaty mountain on the way to Machu Picchu.

June 26, 2022