The Salkantay 5 days trek is one of the best itineraries to enjoy the magnificent of the mountain range in hardest journeys and challenging on the route taking your own pace till get the end, the 2 first day is the most impressive views to the country site and bottom of the White Mountains.
The Salkantay Mountain is one of the Incas God (APU), actually it is the highest peak of the cordillera de los Andes and Cusco area, the National geographic choose the main destination to Machupicchu crossing the wild land and deep valley of the amazon, on the trail is biodiversity of flora and fauna and colorful landscape, hike on the base of the glaciers surrounded the lakes.
This Package is for outdoor people who want to connect with the nature and have the most incredible experience with other hikers from the entire world, the most beauty base camp and explore the wild jungle with a great final in Machupicchu.
• Meals: Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Camping
• Maximum Altitude: 3850 masl
• Minimum Altitude: 2850 masl
• Distance travelled: 14km approx.
Three hours driving by truck until the trailhead, on the car driving short break to shop, breakfast and facilities. Following a wide, well established track we will gently make our way up the side of the valley covering a distance of about 16km /9.9 miles and climbing 1200m /3937ft. hiking by the upper part of the valley and clearly pointing the snowcapped mountains, 4 hours hike towards the Lunch spot afternoon 3 hours plus to get a great sunset over the highest peaks, along the path are a wide variety of native plants and flowers with birds flitting in and out and towards the end is bottom of Humantay and Salkantay Mountains.
Our base camp called Soraypampa (3900m / 11,800ft.), the nights can get campfire bottom the stars.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Camping
• Maximum Altitude: 4650 masl
• Minimum Altitude: 2900 masl
• Distance travelled: 22km to Chaullay
The longest day of the trek, early wake up and quick packing your staff and breakfast to soon start the hike up to highest point of the trail, the first 4 hours is slop up with some narrow and switch back trail, on the way up is covert by white hills and the spectacular sceneries to the real highland, this is the hardest part of the trail, some wild life on the close the path like Chinchilas, Andean Deer, foxes and pumas, over Salkantay pass where everything is rock and ice and then descend the far side down to the warm and lush cloud forest below. Half way to lunch spot and the afternoon hike on the dense vegetation and thick jungle, last three hours hike on the amazon and the weather and sceneries change radical.
Our campsite for tonight is called Chaullay option to shower and souvenirs (2900m / 9514ft), it is recommended you put on insect repellant from this point on as the mosquitoes in the area have a nasty bite.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Camping
• Maximum Altitude: 2900 masl
• Minimum Altitude: 1600 masl
• Distance Travelled: Approx 16km
Around 6 am wake up and make ready your bag to continue the journey on the jungle, mostly this day is with several stops along the trail to observe the birds and orchid as well clear to see nearly the trail many type of fruit plantations chance to buy some fruit and vegetable of the farmers, during the year weather is hot and sunny and less cloud and rain.
The trailside is cover by dense vegetation and crossing the old bridge and bottom of waterfall, which is, make enjoyable day before toward La Playa for our lunch.
One hour drive to Santa Teresa the next base camp, early afternoon optional time to go at hot spring to relax and refreshing our muscle to continue the next days.
At night on the campsite share some drinks around the campfire.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Hotel.
• Maximum Altitude: 2000 masl
• Minimum Altitude: 1600 masl
• Distance travelled: 18km aprox.
Late wake up to enjoy the breakfast, on this day is optional to do Zipline for 2 hours before the hike, walking alongside the river following the dust road toward Hydroelectric there are observe the main plant of electricity, and enjoyable time with snack and box lunch, the last 3 hours hike is surrounded lower valley of Machupicchu complex where exist a lot biodiversity of plants, orchid and wild life like bear, capiso and jungle Puma.
Following the train line side toward Aguas Calientes town, we will walk around the majestic Mountains Huaynapicchu and Machupicchu, Early afternoon install the accommodation in comfortable hostal in Aguas Calientes.
• Meals: Breakfast,
Tour: Visit to Machu Picchu
Waking up early morning to get the sunrise over the mountains. We will have a 2 hour guided tour of the site during which you will learn about the Incas and visit all the most important areas of the citadel. After your tour, you will have free time to explore the site by yourself and if you have, permits to climb either Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain. In overall, you will stay more than 7 hours or if you want all day until the sunset, afternoon you will take the train back to Ollantaytambo from where you will carry on by bus back to Cusco.
Please Note: We always do everything in our power to follow the set itinerary; however, it can change occasionally based on temporary park restrictions, campsite availability, weather, road closures, guest ability/injury, and natural events like fires and flooding.
Please refer to the trip packet for a recommended clothing list (we email you a detailed trip packet when you inquire and when you register). All trips require a sturdy pair of hiking shoes or hiking boots (reliable brands include Montrail, Lowa, Merrell, Vasque, and Salomon), rain gear, and non-cotton and cotton clothing layers. A minimum of three pairs of wool or synthetic hiking socks are also required, and we recommend Neoprene socks and water shoes for this trip.
Your safety is our top priority. Our hiking tours are led by professional hiking tour guides, all of whom are wilderness-certified and Cruz Roja-certified, each with years of guiding experience. We have developed comprehensive risk management protocols that our guides adhere to in case of an emergency.
All of our hiking tours include a diversity of tasty meals packed full of critical carbohydrates, proteins and fats. We carry foods that travel well in the backcountry – rice, pastas, lentils, beans, couscous, packaged meats, nuts, breads, oatmeal, granola, and more.
For optimal taste and energy, we supplement all our meals with spices, herbs, oils, cheeses, butter, sugar, and fruits and vegetables (fresh and dried). In addition, we provide you with with an assortment of trail mix, snacks, and dried fruits to eat at your own discretion.
We regularly accommodate vegan, vegetarian, kosher and non-gluten diets and will make adjustments for food allergies. These and other special dietary requests may require an additional fee.
