Day 1 CUSCO – SORAYPAMPA – CAMPSITE: Departing very early in the morning from the hotel located in the city of Cusc, we will take a transport for a 2-hour journey until reach the town of Mollepata, a place to enjoy a short rest and buy what you need. The Salkantay trekking continues until reach Challacancha, starting point of a hike of two hours and a halfuntil reach Soraypampa at 3,800 meters above sea level. Here, the campsite is made up of igloos with transparent roofs so you can admire the starry sky during the night. After enjoying a lovely picnic, we are going to visit the Lake Humantay, starting a trek of one hour and a half one way, and the same time to come back. We will back to the campsite at Soraypampa to rest and enjoy the first dinner together, and spend the night.
Day 2 SORAYPAMPA – SALKANTAY PASS – COLLPAPAMPA:This day you will wake up very early to have breakfast and drink a hot tea, to then start the most challenging day of the entire tour. The hike starts going uphill for 4 hours until reach the highest point known as Salkantay Pass located at 4,650 meters above sea level. Later, we are going downhill for 3 hours and a half until reach Wayracmachay to enjoy lunch and have a short rest. The Salkantay trail continues going downhill for about 3 hours until reach Collpapampa. Here we are going to spend the night in igloos with transparent roofs to enjoy the starry night again.
Day 3 COLLPAPAMPA - AGUAS CALIENTES:After breakfast, you will start a hike going downhill for 5 hours to the beautiful valley of Santa Teresa along a path full of vegetation. Arriving to “La Playa Village”, you will take a transport that will take you to the train station of hydroelectric plant. From this point, you can take the train ride to Aguas Calientes for 40 minutes (optional) or you can still be hiking along the Urubamba River for 3 more hours.After the check in at the hotel, we are going to have the last group dinner with the tour guide.
Day 4 AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO:This is a special day because you are going to visit Machu Picchu. We will wake up very early in the morning to take the bus to the entrance of Machu Picchu, and from the best point known as Guardian’s House you will get the most amazing views of this Inca site. Here, we will haveguided tour of 1 hour. Later we are going to return to the city of Cusco.
