| Duration |
4 days / 3 nights |
| Difficulty |
3 |
| Category |
Trekking |
| Starting point |
Cusco (your accommodation) |
| Ending point |
Cusco (your accommodation) |
| Type of service |
Private |
| Main attractions |
Salkantay lake and glacier, salkantay Mountain, Machu Picchu, Waina Picchu, Variety of vegetation and landscapes |
1 DAY: CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – SORAYPAMPA – SALKANTAYPAMPA (ABOUT 6H)
 Pick up at your hotel around 5AM and drive to Soraypampa (4 H) When more than 5 persons it’s a private bus, less than 5 persons local bus. Breakfast in Mollepata in a local restaurant. We continue by bus to Soraypampa from where we start our trek to the lake Tucarway a walk of 1,5 h. From here we have beautiful views of the lake and the glacier. Than we return to Soraypampa to take our lunch. After lunch we continue 2 h climbing to our first camp Salkantaypampa, where we have diner and first night at 4100 Mt.
campsite/dinner
2 DAY: SALKANTAYPAMPA – CHALLWAY – COLPACHACA (ABOUT 9H WALKING)
Breakfast around 5.30 AM. We start our trek at 6 AM. Physically a tough day, we start for the strong climb to the pass 2 h climbing/walking up to 4700 Mt altitude .Here we have stunning views over the Salkantay mountain range. After the top it’s 4 h going down where we lunch in Andenes 3300 Mt, along the way we have stunning views of snowy mountains. After lunch we continue 2,5 H to Colpachaca 2800Mt. Near the hot springs we will camp and enjoy a beautiful natural hot spring ( 10 sol entree fee ) /campsite Dinner and camp .
3 DAY: COLPACHACA – PLAYA – HYDRO – AGUAS CALIENTES (ABOUT 6H WALKING)
 Wake up and breakfast at 6.30 AM. Today most of the time walking down ,you see the different vegetation from forest to coca fields, 5 h walking down. Lunch in Playa. From here we take transport to hydro electric for 1 H 15 minutes. From where we take the train to Aquas calientes at 4.30 PM, its a 1 h ride. In Aquas cal we overnight in a hostal with private bathroom. Dinner in a restaurant in Aguas Calientes.
4 DAY: MACHU PICHHU - CUSCO
Breakfast at 05:00 a.m. approximately, we will take the bus which will transport us to Machu Picchu citadel, the ride takes 25 minutes, upon arriving at the sanctuary, we will start the visit with our guide for about 2 ½ hours (approx.) when we finish the guided tour, there is free time, enough to explore the place by your own and to ascend to Wayna Picchu, but be careful ,only 400 persons a day allowed . After this time, we will go down to Aguas Calientes (45 minutes), for lunch (not included) and to take the train to return to Cusco or Ollantaytambo where we will arrive in the evening. Finally we will transfer travelers to their hotel.
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• Hotel pick up
• Entrance ticket to Machu picchu
• Your official international passport and student card, if you forget, you can’t enter the trail!!