Salkantay trek 5 Days

Abra Salkantay

We will start the day with a coca tea in our camps, then we will start the ascent through the mountains, seeing the difference in the landscape with the previous day.

Our destination will be Abra Salkantay, at 4650 mnm, for lunch. 

After enjoying lunch and recovering our energy, we will start descending, passing from a cold and mountainous landscape to a warm and jungle one, until the Chaullay camp (2900 m of altitude).

Altitude of Laguna Humantay : 4.100 m.a.s.l.

Salkantay - > Playa Sahuayaco

The next day after breakfast we'll start walking. In the route we will see different plantations, among which are the quinoa and the pomegranate. The guide will give us explanations about some flowers and their importance in the Andean culture. After 5 hours of walking, we will arrive at Sahuayaco beach, where we will have our lunch.

Thermal Baths of Cocalmayo

After lunch, we follow the bus route to Santa Teresa, where we spend our third night. In the afternoon you can go to the thermal baths of Cocalmayo, complexes with 3 pools of different temperatures, and recover the muscles of the walk of the previous days. During the night we will have dinner.

Zip Line Santa Teresa

After breakfast we will start the 3-hour walk that will take us to the Hydroelectric. There we will eat and after a short rest we will continue on foot for another 3 hours following the train line until we reach Aguas Calientes, where we will have dinner. We will go to bed early because the next day one of the most special moments of our tour, the imposing fortress of Machu Picchu, awaits us.

sunrise to Machupicchu

At dawn we get up around 4:00 a.m. where we will receive a small Box Lunch, to go to the Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu, the walk will last an hour and a half (if you feel tired you can skip the walk and take the bus). We will enter the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and enjoy a guided tour of the main points of Machu Picchu for approximately two hours. At the end you will have time to visit Machu Picchu individually or climb the mountains (Machu Picchu or Huayna Picchu) if you have your reservation made.

Bus tickets to Machu Picchu can be purchased in the town of Aguas Calientes or can be purchased in advance with us.

Machu Picchu Cusco

At the end of the visit we will return to Aguas Calientes (if you want you can return by bus to avoid the walk, buying the ticket there for 12 usd per way), we will have time to eat and take the train that will take us to Ollantaytambo, where we will be waiting our transport that will take us to Cusco.