Machu Picchu – Salkantay Trek - 5 Days

We start the day by picking you up from your hotel on a tourist bus, then heading to Soraypampa passing through the towns of Izcuchaca and Limatambo arriving at Mollepata (9,515ft) where we will have our first breakfast. Then we will take another bus to Challacancha(12,795ft) for approx. 1hour, from that point we will begin our walk for approx. of 3 hours arriving at Soraypampa (12,795ft) at around 1.30 pm. There we will have our first lunch.
After lunch we will go to the beautiful Humantay lake(13,845ft) ascent for 1: 30 minutes where we will be able to appreciate the turquoise color of the lake band and the snow-capped Apu Humantay.
Then starting to descend for 40 minutes to our Soraypampa camp where we will have dinner and stay overnight.

In the morning we will have breakfast and then continue with our walk.
We start from the point of Soraypampa to the highest point Abra Salkantay(15,255ft) approx. 3 hours, where we can appreciate the imposing snow-capped mountains of Salkantay, Humantay, Tucarhuay and Pumasillo.
Passing through Salkantaypampa and Soyrococha where we will enjoy a small lagoon then we will begin the descent (approx. 3 hours) to Huayracmachay (12,470ft) where we will have our lunch.
After lunch we will continue the walk, you will notice a dramatic change in the landscape that opens beautiful views of the valleys and mountains.
We continue down 3 hours to Colpapampa (9,515ft) where it will be our second camp. Dinner and preparing for the night.

After breakfast we will walk (approx. 05.30 hours) through the jungle with flat, ascents and descents type of landscape. On this journey we will appreciate coffee plantations, orchids, begonias, bromeliads and many natural plants used for natural medicine. Getting at our lunch point Playa Sahuayaco where we will have lunch and board a bus to the Lucmabamba camp. Arriving at our camp we will have the option of visiting the thermal baths located in Cocalmayo (Santa Teresa) that are not included in our package and we return to our camp, for our tea and dinner.

The sunrise will be within a tropical view full of history and nature, we will have our breakfast ready to enjoy.
This day we will continue our trip towards Llactapata for 3 hours to the ruins, then we will descend to the hydroelectric plant for 2 hours where we have lunch at the restaurant. Then we will continue with our walk through the tropical zone towards the town of Aguas Calientes for 3 hours and we will settle in the hostel and go for our dinner in a restaurant.

Today is the big day! We will get up very early in the morning to visit Machu Picchu. We will have a guided tour of the citadel of Machu Picchu to visit temples, terraces, palaces and the platforms, then you will have time to take photos and explore on your own. After you will return to the town of Aguas Calientes to wait for your Expedition train that will take you to Ollantaytambo and then hop on a bus that will take you back to Cusco (approx. 3 hours).