Salkantay Trek To Machu Picchu 5 Days And 4 Nights
from $690.00
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Overview
This trek runs beneath the magnificent Salkantay mountain (20,569ft), one of the highest and most stunning in the Andes. The Salkantay Trek was recently named on the National Geographic Ultimate Adventure bucket list – defined as “The 20 most extreme, hair-raising, legendary adventures on the planet.” It is a trek open to everybody, and the most popular alternative to the Inca Trail trek.
This offers 4 days of trekking through various landscapes including highlands, cloud forest, rain forest and dry mountain. Throughout the trek you have amazing views of Apu Salkantay, Pumasillo Mountain and Humantay Mountain, three of the most stunning peaks of the Vilcabamba Mountain range.
Our trek includes the services of lodging in a very nice hotel on the fourth night of the trek, a very unique coffee plantation tour in the afternoon of day 3, and dinner at great local restaurant in Aguas Calientes.
5 days
Pickup offered
What's included
- Dining tent with tables and chairs
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Four-person tent for each two persons
- Breakfast
- Toilet tent with portable toilet
- Bilingual English speaking tour guide
- Expedition train from Aguas Calientes to either Ollantaytambo or to Poroy
- Mattress and pillow
- Hot water for washing.
- Pick up from your hotel and transportation to Soraypampa on day 1
- Pre-Departure Briefing at your hotel 1 or 2 days before your trek.
- Emergency oxygen bottle and medical kit.
- Wranglers and horses to carry all the equipment (food, tents, chairs, table, etc)
- Private transport from Ollantaytambo to Cusco
- Daily morning boiled and cold water to fill the water bottles.
- Emergency horse in case we need it
- Coffee plantation tour in the afternoon of day 3
- Kitchen tent
- Horse to carry 8 kg of your personal belongings
- Expert chef and assistant chef
- Duffle bag to pack your personal belongings
- Lodging in Aguas Calientes on night 4 of the trek (double occupancy)
Not included
- Sleeping bag
- Day 5 lunch in Aguas Calientes
- Tips for the crew (muleteers, chef and guide)
- Hiking poles
- Round trip bus ticket to Machu Picchu
Good to know
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- What to bring:
- Original passport (if you have acquired a new one after you made your booking, bring both)
- Down or synthetic feather sleeping bag (can be rented from us)
- Clothes (trekking boots, warm fleece jacket, a few t-shirts, socks, sun hat, warm underwear, light long pants, gloves, rain jacket)
- Toiletries (toilet paper, wet wipes, personal towel)
- Sunscreen SPF 35+ recommended
- Head lamp
- Sunglasses
- Camera with spare batteries (batteries run down faster at high altitudes)
- Binoculars
- Book to read (you will have some spare time at every camp to read your favorite book)
- Trekking poles (recommended especially for the steep descents, can be rented from us)
- Insect repellent
