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- 8 Days
- Salkantay tek to Machupicchu
Email: Info@machupicchutravelcity.com || Atención al cliente: +51 967 051 467 || WhatsApp: +51 967 051 467
From US$ 850 per person
A.M. Reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel in Cusco, where an aromatic coca-leaf tea for the height of the city will be served for you, and then you can relax and have lunch before the tour of the city.
1:30 PM City Tour: We will visit the Temple of the Sun or Koricancha, Main Square, main streets ,also visit the 04 nearby ruins city, the Fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca Pucara, finally "Los Baños del Inca" Tambomachay 6:00 PM Transfer to the hotel.
Night hotel in Cusco.
The tour starts at 8:00 AM with the pick up from your hotel in Cusco, then we will make the trip to the "Sacred Valley of the Incas", we'll start by Corao, and then travel over the Vilcanota River for a panoramic view of the Inca citadel of Pisac and visit a typical Indian market of Pisac where we will have the opportunity to learn about the customs of its inhabitants . Lunch at a local restaurant in the Sacred Valley of the Incas (optional $ 20 USD). In the afternoon, we'll visit the Fortress and Citadel of Ollantaytambo, built to guard the entrance to this part of the valley and protect it from possible invasion from the tribes of the jungle.
We will have the opportunity to walk on the streets of the town and get a clear idea of what this military, religious and cultural center during the Inca Empire was.
On the way back to Cusco, we'll visit the picturesque village of Chinchero where there are the remains of the "Royal Hacienda of Tupac Inca Yupanqui". You will admire its well preserved Inca Wall in the Main Square and visit the beautiful colonial temple with interesting frescoes on the portico, this temple was built on the foundations of an Inca building.Here we can also visit its artisan market and enjoy the demonstration of the natural dyeing of wool and tissues.
Once the visit completed, we'll return to Cusco, we'll arrive to the city at approximately 06:30 p.m.
Hotel night in Cusco.
We leave Cusco at 05:00 a.m in a private transport of the company to reach Mollepata (3,850 masl), passing before through Izcuchaca and Limatambo, we'll arrive at Mollepata our destination at around 07:30 a.m where we will stop for 40 minutes to have breakfast and submit to the carrier and the muleteer who will accompany us for the next 03 days of the tour, Then we will have 30 more minutes by car to get to Marco Qasa. Here we are going to start our first day of hiking, we will have 04 hours of walking to the camp; During the trek we can enjoy the majestic snow of Humantay (5480 masl), walking in the mountains of the Andes until we reach the camp of Soraypampa where we will have lunch, after a delicious lunch and a short break, in the afternoon we will walk 45 minutes to appreciate a beautiful lagoon located very close to the glacier "Laguna Humantay". After visiting and exploring the lagoon we will return to Soraypampa camp (3900 masl), in the afternoon we will have our "tea time" where our guests can enjoy the famous coca tea to counteract altitude sickness and where our tour guide will explain a bit more from the area where we are, then we will enjoy the Andean night sky to understand a little more about Andean astronomy. After having a delicious dinner, we will go to rest to be ready the next day which will be the hardest of all the trekking.
Camping night in Soraypamma.
After a succulent breakfast, we'll prepare ourselves for our trek doing different stretching exercises, this will be a good long hard day, we'll get to the highest point of our tour, we have 04 hours of ascent from Soraypampa to Salkantay Pass (4,600 masl) during the ascent, we will enjoy different lagoons and appreciate the change of ecological floor Quechua area to the high mountain area, if the weather favours us, we could enjoy the majestic Apu Salkantay (6,500 meters) which is one of the most important mountains in geography department of Cusco and one of the most important in the Inca culture, after an explanation of the area by our specialized tour guide and giving time for the passenger to enjoy their snacks mountains (from the agency), we will start the descent to the village of Huayracmachay where we will have lunch, after a deserved nap, we'll continue our descent to the village of Chaullay, place where we're gonna spend the second night in the latter part of the day, we will enjoy the geographical shift between cold and dry area where we were in the days to the moist tropical zone, we will also enjoy the change in the flora and fauna, we will see different types of birds as well as different orchids, we will reach the point of camping at around 05:00 p.m . Like yesterday, we'll have teatime and then dinner and overnight.
Chaullay night camp.
Night Camping in Chaullay
This day will be unique and memorable because we'll see during the walk a great variety of flora and fauna, starting from CHAULLAY, passing through COLLPAPAMPA community and continuing our descent through the local vegetation, watching hot springs in a valley, near the course of the river of Santa Teresa, where several varieties of orchids and beautiful waterfalls is also observed, we'll also feel the grate climate change because this day, we will enter the jungle area called high forest, then we will reach to Sahuayaco where we will have the lunch made by our way chef.
After lunch in the area called "the Beach", We will continue the walk for 1 hour more until we reach our camp Lucmabamba where we will spend the night, in the afternoon we will make an exploration of the area to visit and know the plantations of coffee and coca.
Night Camping in Lucmabamba.
Very early after breakfast we will start our trek ascending towards the archaeological complex Llactapata, the hike is a little hard it will take an approximate 3 hours to get to Llactapata, but once here we will have a very beautiful panoramic view of Machu Picchu, after take photos of the entire valley we will visit and explore this inka rest of Llactapata, then start the descent 2 hours walk to Hidroelectrica where our cooks will be waiting for us with a delicious lunch, after lunch and a short break we continue the walk of some 2 hours and 30 minutes more to reach the town of Aguas Calientes, in this last part of the walk we will go around the valley or the canyon that surrounds the citadel of Machu Picchu, we will have the opportunity to see some agricultural terraces that are at the top of the mountain and also we will be able to appreciate the flora and fauna of this valley and great variety of plantations of coffee, banana, coke and other tropical fruits, we will pass by Mandor and its Waterfall, also known for its botanical gardens showing beautiful and colorful flowers, arrival at Machupicchu Pueblo where we will spend the night in a comfortable hotel with private rooms, hot shower, cable television and wi- fi.
Around 7:00 pm we will have dinner and final coordination for the most important day of the tour: The visit to the sacred city of the Inkas "MACHUPICCHU" !!!.
Hotel night in the town of Aguas Calientes.
After an early breakfast (Approximately 05:00 a.m), we'll begin the ascent by an hour of hike to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, in this way, we can be one of the first groups within the Inca city allowing us to enjoy the majestic sunrise, then we will have a tour of the most important compounds and Inca temples inside the citadel of Machu Picchu Palaces, with your tour guide for approximately 02 hours, then you will be able to explore the mysterious city on your own (Optional climb of the Mountain of Huayna Picchu, cost $25 per person).
At the appropriate time, we'll descend from Machu Picchu to "Aguas Calientes" to board the train back to Ollantaytambo and then by bus to Cusco.
Hotel night in Cusco.
At the appropriate time, pick-up from the hotel and transfer to the airport to take your flight back to Lima.
End of the services.
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