DAY 01: CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – MARCCO QASA – HUMANTAY LAGOON – SORAYPAMPA
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Humantay Lake
In the Salkantay trek tour on our first day of trekking, we will have five hours of walking to the camp; During the walk we will be able to enjoy the majestic Humantay peak (5480 masl), walking in the Andes mountains until we reach the Soraypampa camp where we will have a delicious lunch and a short rest, in the afternoon we will visit a beautiful lagoon located very close from the “Humantay Lagoon” glacier, the walk to this lagoon is 1 hour to go up and 1 hour to go down, we will have an average of 45 minutes to explore the lagoon, take photos and have an informative talk by our professional guide.
Estimated time to walk: 6 to 7 hours.
Total distance: 16km
Altitude of our camp: 3,900 meters above sea level.
Duration: 3 hours
DAY 2: SORAYPAMPA – SALKANTAY PASS – HUAYRAQMACHAY – CHAULLAY
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After a succulent breakfast we prepare for our walk doing different stretching exercises, this will be a very long and hard day because we will reach the highest point of our tour, we have 04 hours of ascent from Soraypampa to the Salkantay pass (4,600m.a.s.l. ), during the ascent we will be able to appreciate different lagoons and we will appreciate the change of ecological floor from the Quechua zone to the puna zone, if the weather favors us we will be able to appreciate the majestic Apu Salkantay (6,271 masl) which is one of the most important mountains within the geography of the department of Cusco and one of the most important mountains within the Inka culture.
Like the day before, we will have tea time and later dinner and overnight.
Estimated time to walk: 8 to 9 hours.
Total distance: 21km
Altitude of our camp: 2,750 meters above sea level.
Duration: 5 hours
DAY 3: CHAULLAY – COLPAPAMPA – SAHUAYACO – LUCMABAMBA – AGUAS CALIENTES
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Aguas Calientes
This day will be unique and unforgettable, because we will see a great variety of flora and fauna during the walk, starting from CHALLAY, passing through the COLLPAPAMPA community and continuing the descent through the local vegetation, observing the hot springs in a valley. , near the course of the Santa Teresa river, where you can also see various varieties of orchids and large waterfalls, we will also feel the climate change, because this day you will enter the jungle area called "selva alta"
Estimated time to walk: 7 to 8 hours.
Total distance: 19km
Altitude of our AC Accommodation: 2,000 meters above sea level.
Duration: 8 hours
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Here we will then arrive at Sahuayaco where we will have lunch made by our chef.
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DAY 04: MACHUPICCHU – CUSCO
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Machu Picchu
Very early after breakfast (approximately 5:00 a.m.) we will begin the ascent for an hour of walking to the Inka citadel of Machupicchu, in this way we can be one of the first groups inside the Inka city which will allow us to enjoy the majestic sunrise, then we will have a guided tour of the most important Inka temples and palaces within the citadel of Machu Picchu, along with your guide for approximately 02 hours, then you can explore the mysterious Inka city on your own.
At the appropriate time we will descend from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes to board our return train to Ollantaytambo and from there by car to Cusco, our average time to arrive in Cusco will be 8:00 PM, and then we will transfer you to your respective hotels.
Duration: 7 hours
