Our services begin picking you up from your hotel in Cusco at 4:30 am, boarding the transportation will take us to the picturesque village of Mollepata (approximately 2:30 hours), once we arrive we will have breakfast and later we will start our trek to Soraypampa. En route we will stop in some viewpoints to enjoy magnificent views of the valley of Limatambo. At 1:00 pm we will make a stop to enjoy our lunch and afterwards we will walk upwards observing the varieties of flora and fauna of the region. After 4 hours of hiking we will arrive at Soraypampa located at 3900 masl, where we will enjoy a dinner and rest in our tents.
On our second exciting day, we will get up very early to see the sunrise and have breakfast, and we will continue our harder hike towards the Salkantay Pass where we will reach the 4700 meters of altitude (our highest point) from where we will observe the imposing snow-capped Salkantay. Here we’ll have an explanation of our guide, we will see the stone mounds called Apachetas and we will be able to take many photos.
After lunch and after this fascinating experience, we will begin our descent trek to the village of Chaullay. En route we will see the Santa Teresa valley, other snowy peaks and lakes, we will arrive around 5pm, we will have dinner and we will rest in our tents.
On the third day will start our trek into the tropical way descending from Chaullay until La Playa passing for the villages of Arranyanpata and Collpapampa until Winaypujio where we can enjoy our lunch and rest for a few minutes.
Then we will be continued to La Playa where we have dinner and slept.
Early we will get up, we walk for 10 minutes to take our transport to Santa Teresa where we will take our breakfast and continue with our trip walking until Hidroelectrica for approximately 2 hours, place where we will enjoy our lunch. Shortly afterwards, we will continue the trek along a flat road located at the side of the train tracks and surrounded by abundant vegetation until arriving at Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Pueblo). On the way we can also observe some waterfalls.
Arriving in Aguas Calientes around 4:30 in the afternoon, we will go to the hostel reserved to accommodate ourselves, you can pass by its thermal baths to relax from the long walk or to know a little more of this small tourist town. In the evening we will meet to have dinner together with the group in a restaurant.
If you prefer take the Zip Line activity option (surcharge), you will make it in the morning we will transport you until our Zip line instalations and you can enjoy of the freedom to flight. Once over this activity we will be transporting you in car until Hidroelectric where you will be meeting with the group.
This will be our last day of travel, in which we will visit the majestic Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. We will start with a short walk of approximately two hours by an Inca trail, towards the majestic ancient city of Machu Picchu, considered as one of the 7 wonders of the modern world.
Once in the citadel our guide will take us on a guided tour to know the most important places of the Inca city. Then we will have free time to take pictures.
Finally we will be back in the town of Aguas Caliente to take the train back to Ollantaytambo, where our tourist transport awaits us to take us back to the city of Cusco.
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