Day 01: Cusco - Soraypampa – Salkantay pampa.

Early morning, we pick you up from your hotel to take you by private transport for a 3 hour ride from Cusco (3,400 m) to Mollepata (2,803 m) where we have breakfast. Then, we continue our ride for one and half an hour until we reach Soraypampa(3,850 m),right here the minivan dropped us ,while our cook prepared lunch, we hike for 2hours to the Humatay lake (4200m-13778ft). and the campsite is in the valley of Salkantay pampa. we start a gentle hike there through a valley for 2hours.we get our campsite.

The trek goes steeply uphill first, then follows a Serie of zigzags. After a 3hour climb, we reach our campsite.

Day 2: Salkantay pampa to Collpa pampa.

We wake up early with a cup of coffee or coca tea. Them you must pack your staff and we enjoy our breakfast.we hike up hill for 3hours to reach the highest point of the trek - Salkantay and Huamantay Pass (4,550 m). There, we have an opportunity to observe a breathtaking scenery of the sacred mountains Humantay (5,917 m) and Salkantay (6,271 m)!! These views quite compensate our big effort reaching this top marked by a pile of stones growing daily as each traveler adds his/her pebble to thanks this "Apus" (a god of Salkantay Mountain) for a safe trip and good luck! To catch a breath after that, we drop down gently towards 3hours to the lunch spot. We continue downhill to the campsite Collpa pampa 3hours.

3Dia.-Collpa pampa - hidroeléctrica and
Aguas Calientes.

Wake up in your tent and have breakfast; start hiking through the cloud forest for 3 hours; it goes through some old villages of coffee and coca plantations, citrus tree orchids before extending to some exquisite high altitude meadows and then entering into an ancient forest.we visit the local villages and coffee farms; and prepare a unique Pachamanca barbecue, After lunch, we will hike for 3 hours from Hidroelectica to Aguas Calientes to spend the night in a hotel.
The Hydroelectric plant is also the end of the railway line from Cusco to Machu Picchu. Hydro is actually farther than Machu Picchu Town on the train. It is mostly used by locals. The hike to Aguas Calientes is down the railway tracks, 12 kilometers (7.5 miles). Its a fun trek, along the tracks, with a wide path and is sheltered by jungle vegetation, trees and flowers.
the great happiness when we finally reach the town of Aguas Calientes, you will notice for the first time in days people that look clean with fresh clothing..Day trippers!
We finally arrive to our hotel! Then we have dinner at a restaurant and plan the next day. Overnight in a hotel!

Day 04: Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Cusco

After an early morning breakfast, we continue for about 2 hours up to the mysterious city of Machu Picchu that we enter for the early morning best photos opportunities! Then our Tour Guide shows us around the Incan city and explains us about its history and purposes. After the guided tour, we can enjoy hiking Machu Picchu Mountain (1 and half and hour up and the same time down) or Huayna Picchu (45 minute climb), these are peaks above Machu Picchu that are used to take some panoramic pictures of the Incan city! Then, we are given time off to spend and explore Machu Picchu on our own.
In the afternoon, we return by train to Ollantaytambo, from where we are taken by van back to Cusco.

Machu Picchu is both, the best and the least known site of the Incas as it is not mentioned in any Spanish conquistador´s chronicle so that contemporary archaeologists can not do anything more than just speculate on its functions. Local Quechuan farmers had known about Machu Picchu for centuries before an 11-year-old boy showed the American historian Hiram Bingham (who was in a search of Vilcabamba) this site on the 24th of July 1911. At that time, all the rest of the world became aware of its existence. However, the site was covered with thick vegetation so Hiram Bingham along with his team returned and within the years of 1912 and 1915 cleared its surface. Over the years, plenty of work has been done on excavating and studying the site. Despite these efforts, many unanswered questions remain!

⦁ Pre-trek briefing with your Tour Guide
⦁ Early morning transfer by private tourism bus to Soraypampa (headtrail);
⦁ Accommodation: Camping (02 nights) and Hotel with private bath (01 night);
⦁ Professional English speaking guide;
⦁ Entrance fee to Salkantay and Machu Picchu;
⦁ Meals: 03 Breakfast, 03 Lunches, 03 Dinners and 03 afternoon hot drinks (please advice us in advance if you are a vegetarian; this option is for NO extra additional cost);
⦁ A cook;
⦁ Muleteer;
⦁ Horses for carry all heavy gear and 7kg for your personal belongings;
⦁ Camping equipment: Double tent;
⦁ Sleeping Therma-a-rest mattress and a synthetic roll mattress;
⦁ Feather Sleeping bag (-5 grades);
⦁ Duffel bag (for your personal belongings);
⦁ A T-shirt of the Salkantay Trek Map;
⦁ Communal dinner tent, cooking tent and toilet tent.
⦁ All eating and cooking stuff, stools and tables
⦁ Train ticket back from Machu Picchu to Ollantaytambo
⦁ Private transfer from Ollantaytambo - Cusco
⦁ First Aid Kit + Oxygen Bottle

⦁ The first breakfast and last lunch
⦁ Tourist bus up and down to Machu Picchu (U$ 24 and one way U$ 12)
⦁ Entrance fee to Huayna Picchu tickets (USD 25) or Montaña Machu Picchu (U$ 25)
⦁ Travel insurance
⦁ Tipping your trek stuff is optional but customary
Meals budget: Allow USD 20-30 for meals not included