| Duration |
6 days / 5 nights |
| Difficulty |
3 |
| Category |
Trekking |
| Starting point |
Cusco (your accommodation) |
| Ending point |
Cusco (your accommodation) |
| Type of service |
Private |
| Main attractions |
Mollepata valley, Warmiwañusca pass, archaeological site of Runkuracay, archaeological complex of Sayacmarca, Phuyupatamarca, Wiñaywayna, Machu Picchu and Wayna Picchu. |
DAY 1: CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – CRUZPATA – SALKANTAYPAMPA (5H)
 The hotel pick up is at 5:00 a.m. heading off for Mollepata (3000 m / 9842 ft) and later towards Cruzpata (3400 m / 11155 ft) all this way is made by bus. We start our walk at this place. This zone shows impressive landscapes throughout the Mollepata valley, after 5 hours of walk we will arrive at our camp site in Salkantaypamapa (3800 m / 12467 ft)
DAY 2: SALKANTAYPAMPA – PASS SALKANTAY – SISAYPAMPA (8h)
Early in the morning we will have a delicious breakfast, before continuing with our ascent to the highest pass of our walk (4700 m / 17060 ft) from this pass we will observe the imposing snowed cap mountains of this range, such as the Humantay (5217 m / 17116 ft) and the Soray Hill (5428 m / 17810 ft) we will continue our long walk descending towards Sisaypamapa (3700 m / 12140 ft) where we will spend ours second night.
DAY 3: SISAYPAMPA – CHANNEL INCA – WAYLLABAMBA (6H)
 We will continue the walk after breakfast; descending through an original Inca Trail and a canal that was constructed at the Incan time, soon we will arrive at Wayllabamba, we will leave the muleteers and the horses and will take the services of the porters, and we will have dinner and finally we will camp here.
Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Time of walk: 6 hours.
DAY 4: WAYLLABAMBA – WARMIWAÑUSCA – PACAYMAYU (7H)
After breakfast, we start our journey towards the Warmiwañusca pass (4200 m / 13780 ft) this day we will ascend up to 2400 meters / 7784 ft from this part we will enjoy an impressive panorama of the Vilcanota mountain range, after a brief rest we will descend to Pacaymayu, where our camping site is.
DAY5: PACAYMAYU – RUNKURACAY – WIÑAYWAYNA (8H)
 We will begin the day with a consistent breakfast, soon after we will continue with our trek, after 30 minutes walking we will come across the archaeological site of Runkuracay, after a brief stop we will continue the walk towards the archaeological complex of Sayacmarca, we will pass through an Incan tunnel, observing the impressive nature and humid forests and abundant vegetation and a conserved Inca Trail which show us the type of architecture used by Incas. Soon we will arrive at the Phuyupatamarca, we will continue descending towards Wiñaywayna (2650 m / 8695 ft) one of the most important legacies than can be appreciated over the Inca Trail surrounded by abundant vegetation, is an imposing construction since it is located in a rough place, here we will spend our last night.
DAY 6: WIÑAYWAYNA – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO (2H)
Our breakfast will be ready approximately at 4:30 a.m. with the purpose of continuing our way towards Intipuncu (The Door of the sun), from this place we will have a magnificent panoramic view of Machu Picchu citadel. After another 20 minutes walking we will arrive at Machu Picchu where our guide will take the travelers on a very interesting route by approximately 3 hours, when the guided tour is finished for about 2 to 2,5 h, the travelers will have free time , sufficient to explore and walk around by themselves and ascent to the Wayna Picchu hill. (If desired and if you get a ticket to enter )
Then we will go down to Aguas Calientes (45 minutes) to have lunch (not included) and finally we will take the train to return to Cusco and we will transfer to their hotels.
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• Bus to Mollepata - Cruzpata.
• Personal horse US$45.00