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adventures trek peru

Plateros #399

Cusco - Peru

Testimonials

Excellent trip! well organised - sun gate tours were reliable, trustworthy, thoughtful (eg going through menu prior to departure: proper alternatives for the vegetarian in our group) and reasonably priced. guide maria (contact above) fun, friendly, knowledgeable, sensitive to the needs of the group and spoke excellent english. terrain varied - challenging but not too strenuous, interesting local communities. thoroughly enjoyable!. I would recommend both her and the trek highly.

Salkantay To Machupicchu 5 Days / 4 Nights.

Adventure Trek Salkantay To Machupicchu Introduction:

Duration of the trek: 5 Days / 4 Nights

Distance of the trek: 70 km

Level of difficulty:

Season: From April to December

The maximum height: 4525 m.a.s.l

Itinerary:

DAY 1: CUSCO/ MOLLEPATA/ SORAYPAMPA

Early morning. Collection from your hotel to drive at around 02 hours until Mollepata village (2800 m.a.s.l) getting a direct contact with the rustic and nature landscape. Once in Mollepata we will get ready all our equipment meeting boy horse who will help to carry tents, meals, and all equipment .Afterward we start to walk over trail used by the andean people arriving to Cruz pata where we will have the lunch after a one hour rest we continue untill Soraypampa campsite (3.850 m.a.s.l) where we will enjoy a nice view of Humantay snow capped mountain and where we will spend the first night.

DAY 2 : SORAYPAMPA/ SALKANTAY PASS/ CHALLWAY

After a good breakfast we begin the trekk going up slowly until Salkantay pass (4525 m.a.s.l) where we will have the opportunity to admire the extraordinary beauty of the nature and the marvelous snow-covered mountain called Salkantay (5600). Along with it we will also be able to appreciate the snow-covered mountain of Humantay (5917m.a.s.l) After a short break in the pass we go down for around 4 hours through a nice trail to Challway campsite, this is over lower and warm than first campsite 2.900 m.a.s.l where we have the dinner spending the night there too.

DAY 3: CHALLWAY/ PLAYA

This day we will walk over tropical zone and cloud forest appreciating small water volcanoes, some orchids and different kinds of plants, and of course will enjoy also the passion fruit (granadillas) then we will see the most beautiful waterfall on the trail. After 5 hours walking we will arrive to Playa campsite.

DAY 4: PLAYA / AGUAS CALIENTES

arly morning we begin to walk throught a small hill that will leads us to one of the small dispersed archaeological groups called Llaqtapata, in this place we will see a figured rock that was worked to use it with astronomical purposes. Then we will arrive to hydroelectric train station to have the lunch there, after two hours more on foot we will arrive to Aguas Calientes town where we will enjoy the hot spring, spending the night in a hotel.

DAY 5: AGUAS CALIENTES /MACHUPICCHU / CUSCO

We wake up early to walk for one hour until Machupicchu sanctuary getting an extensive guided tour. Then you will have free time to explore by your self the ruins climbing also until Huaynapicchu (top of Machupicchu ruins) on afternoon we take a return bus to Aguas Calientes where our guide wait for us to take the train with direction to Cusco city arriving there around 08:00 pm.

The tour includes:

Pick up at hotel in Cusco
Bus to Mollepata town.
Professional Bilingual Guide (2 guides for groups over 09 people).
Horses to carry the equipment (meals & camping equipment).
Cook & meals (04breakfasts / 04lunches / 04dinners).
Camping equipment (tents, mattresses, tables and seats kitchen tent and dinner tent).
First aid kit and Oxygen balloon.
Bus down from Machupicchu to Aguas Calientes.
Entrance fees to Machupicchu ruins.
Train ticket from Aguas Calientes to Cusco (back packer service).

optional items:

Breakfast on first day and lunch on last day in Machupicchu.
Tips for the guide, cook and porters
Sleeping bag (can be hired in our office U$ 03 per day).
Entrance to visit the hot spring in Aguas Calientes town ($ 04).
Horses to carry your personal items 15 kilos (U$ 25 per day).
Vistadome train service (U$ 55).

Recommendations things to bring:

Backpack and sleeping bag.
Hiking shoes or boots
Rain coat or poncho.
Warm clothes.
Insect repellent.
Sun block, sun glasses and hat.
Water bottle.
Water purifying tables.
Flash light and knife.
Towel and toilet paper.
Snacks (chocolates, candies, cookies and others).
Personal Medical Kit.
Extra national currency (soles).
Original passport (if you are student don’t forget the ISIC Card).

Price : US$ 320. US$ 20 Discount for student with INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CARD (ISIC)