The tour to Salkantay with Machu Picchu Trek is a new alternative to the traditional Inca trail. Since, it is easy to reserve the Inca trail due to the limits of tourists who enter daily, but there is also the other alternative Inca trail through Salkantay to Machu Picchu, to get to know better and walk slowly and calmly there is the tour to Salkantay 6 D / 5 N, where you will observe landscapes with lots of vegetation and birds of different species. It will also go through varieties of cold, semi-warm, warm climates. Then you will arrive at the Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu. Where, you will have the tour guided by our professional guide.
Pick up from your hotel at 04:30 a.m. We start our way in our tourist bus in the direction of the town of Mollepata for 4 hours, passing through several Andean towns, and we will observe farmland, of products typical of the place. Arrival at the town of Mollepata, where we will have a delicious American breakfast at the tourist restaurant "Casa Mollechayoq". Then we prepare to start the walk to Tres Cruces. Point where we will have lunch with a spectacular view of the Limatambo valley. We will continue the walk to Soraypampa. Place where we will have camping, dinner and overnight with an impressive view of the snowy Humantay and Salkantay
Breakfast to start the trek, we will pass by the foot of the Apu Salkantay or the snowy Salkantay. We will stop as usual at the Salkantay pass for a “pay Pachamama” or “pay the earth” ceremony, for permission to pass and have a smooth ride as we will walk through it. We continue the walk to Huayrac. Where we will have lunch, we will continue to descend towards Challhuaypampa. In this place we will camp also have dinner and spend the night
Breakfast to continue the walk where the path is already more stable. Where we will have the opportunity to enjoy the landscape that this part hides, the high jungle of diversity of species of flora and fauna (flowers, between orchids and ferns, birds of different colors). We will arrive at a place, the Beach, where we will have lunch. Then we will continue the walk to Lucmabamba, where we will camp, we will also have dinner and spend the night.
We will start with a good breakfast because we will make an ascent until we reach the Archaeological Ensemble of Llactapata, some recently discovered archaeological remains for about 3 hours (including the visit to the Archaeological Remains). Then we will continue with a descent to Hydroelectric, where we will have lunch. We will then take the local train for about 45 minutes to the town of Aguas Calientes, where you can enjoy a swim in the town's famous thermal baths and spend the night at your hotel. Our guide will organize everything for the next day to visit the Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu.
Buffet breakfast at the hotel, and you will have time to shop and walk in the town of Aguas Calientes because of the view of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. You will do the afternoon shift from 01:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. calmly, the bus ride at 12:00 p.m. with the tour guide for 20 minutes until the entrance control of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
Then we will have our guided tour for approximately 2 hours when the guide will take us through the most important places of the Citadel (Temple of the Sun, The Temple of the Three Windows, The Intihuatana, Agricultural Platforms and other Religious Centers) after our visit, We will have a few hours free to take photos and tour the Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu on our own. Return by bus to the town of Aguas Calientes, City tour at night in Aguas Calientes and spend the night at your hotel.
After breakfast, return train to Ollantaytambo. Expedition Service (to Ollantaytambo) and by bus to Cusco, we will be in Cusco at approximately 01:30 p.m. Finally, transfer to your hotel.
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Distance to travel: approximately 60 km
Walking time: From 30 to 40 hours including rest and stop for lunch.
Maximum Height: 4,540 m.a.s.l. Difficulty: Moderate and downhill.
Temperature: Cold with winds in the afternoon, semi-warm.
Tour duration: Tour 6 days and 4 nights.
Type of tour: Hike, adventure, archaeological and landscape.
Travel period: All the time.
Frequency of trips: Every day of the year.
Please ask for a personalized quote, The price is customized depending on the final accommodation options, travel dates and other preferences.