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Salkantay Mollepata Santa Teresa Machupicchu 5days / 4nights
Itinerary
Day 1: Cusco – Mollepata – Soraypampa
We’ll leave Cusco at around 4:30am. To 5:00am. Heading to Mollepata village (9570 f.a.s.l.) in our private transportation, were we will arrive approximately at 9:00am. for our breakfast. This day we’ll have a beautiful and panoramic trip to Limatambo, during the trip we’ll be able to view the majestic Salkantay Mountain and the Apurimac river valley. Once in Mollepata we will meet our support personnel which will load the camping equipment and supplies on the horses to start with the hike towards Cruz Pata (10,560 f.a.s.l.), we’ll hike for a 3 hour period through the Andean communities of Cruz Pata and Challa Cancha were we will stop for lunch around 12pm. And after a short break we’ll continue to the Soraypampa villages (12705 f.a.s.l.), arriving approximately at 5:30pm. For camping and dinner.
Day 2: Soraypampa – Challway
After a good breakfast we’ll Start the hardest stage of the trail leaving at 7:00am. we’ll hike through the place called Pampa Salkantay then head to the left side of the Umantay mountain located near the Salkantay mountain around 12:00pm. We’ll be at the highest point named Salkantay Umantay Pass (14850 f.a.s.l.), Appreciating spectacular views of the mountain and the impressive Salkantay white peak (20671 f.a.s.l.), It’s known as the second highest peak in the Cusco region same as the Umantay and Huayanay mountains, after an tour of resting we’ll have our lunch in the area known as Huayrac Punku continuing with our trek we’ll hike headed to the camps of Rayanniyoc (9537 f.a.s.l.), or the Chaullay Camp (9636 f.a.s.l.), where we will camp for the night and have dinner for the second day.
Day 3: Challway – La playa
At 7:00am. After breakfast, we’ll start our hike for 5 hours passing through villages such as Collpabamba also called the cloudy jungle eyebrow where we can appreciate waterfalls, fruit trees, a variety of flora and fauna, coca plantations and birds here we can appreciate the banana harvest, if we’re lucky we can see the “Rooster of the rocks” (gallito de las rocas), following we’ll have our lunch in Wiñaypoko plus an hour of rest and then continue the hike for approximately 3 hours to arrive to the area named Playa (7755 f.a.s.l.), appreciating a great variety of orchids and camping for the night, dinner.
Day 4:La playa – Aguas Calientes
After breakfast at 7:30am. We’ll start our hike heading to the archaeological site of Llactapata where we’ll hike through a pass at (9735 f.a.s.l.) here we’ll appreciate some Inca traces. From this place we’ll have a view over the Machupicchu mountains and other peaks of the area, we’ll enjoy free time to rest after which we’ll descend for 2 hours towards the hydroelectric compound (6171 f.a.s.l.), after lunch we’ll leave at 3:20pm. Boarding the train to Aguas Calientes village (6600 f.a.s.l.), you can visit the thermal pools (optional) which are at 1.2 Kms from the village, we’ll check–in at the hotel and have our dinner in a local restaurant.
Day 5:Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu
This last day after breakfast we’ll board the bus up to the Machupicchu sanctuary where we’ll arrive in 30 minutes, the guided tour will last around 3 hours, after which we will have time to take pictures or climb to the Huaynapicchu or visit the moon temple or the sun gate. Lunch in Aguas Calientes and return to Cusco city where we will arrive at 8:30pm.
End of our services
Our services include:
- Pick up from your hotel transfer to the head of the trail in Mollepata
- Return ticket from Aguas Calientes to Cusco via Ollantaytambo.
- Entrante ticket to Machupicchu.
- Transfer train station to Hotel.
- Professional guide in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, or Portuguese according to the group participants request.
- Meals: 4 Breakfast, 4 Lunch, 4 Dinner.
- Camping equipment (tents, kitchen, dinning tent, chairs, tables, mattresses).
- First aid kit
- Emergency oxygen tank
- Cook and assistant cook/waitress
- Horseman and horses in charge of loading and transportation of the camping equipment
- ONE night hotel in Aguas Calientes.
Our services does not include:
- Breakfast the first day (usually hotels have this service).
- Lunch and dinner for the last day (after visiting Machupicchu you’ll have time to enjoy the citadel and have lunch in Machupicchu or in Aguas Calientes, arrival to Cusco approximately 8:30pm.)
- Entrance fee to Salkantay.
- Visit to the thermal pools in Aguas Calientes (entrance fee S/. 10.00, clean towels and swimsuits can be rented in the entrance office)
- Sleeping bag (can be rented in our offices).
- Extra horse for carrying personal equipment from the first to the 4th day.
What you should bring:
- Backpack
- Original passport
- Extra clothing
- Warm clothes
- Well fitted trekking shoes
- Small towel
- Swim suit
- Plastic poncho
- Canteen or bottle
- Snacks: cookies, sweets, chocolates, energizing bars (optional)
- Camera and extra batteries
- Bug Repellent, Sun screen and hat
- Purifing water pills
- Walking sticks with rubbers endings
- Flashlight
- T.P.
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