5 Day Salkantay Trek – Hike to Machu Picchu & Andean Landscapes
Overview
The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu offers an alternative route to the Inca Trail and is often regarded as the best alternative. Adventurers will traverse diverse ecosystems, from snowy mountain landscapes to tropical jungles.
- 🏞️ The trek features magical landscapes and a variety of animals, medicinal plants, and flowers.
- 🌄 Salkantay peak stands at 6,271 MASL (20,574 FASL) and is part of the impressive Cordillera Vilcabamba range.
- 🏔️ Located less than fifty miles northwest of Cusco, the mountain is accessible by car.
- 👣 This trek allows for personal integration into remote villages rarely seen by foreigners.
- ⚠️ It has been climbed by professional mountaineers since 1952; proper preparation is advised.
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Pickup included
- First Aid kit
- Thermarest(air mat) sleeping mat
- Tourist train back to Ollantaytambo
- Vegetarian/special diet options available
- Entrance fees to The Salkantay Trek
- Collection from your hotel (we pick you up from where you are staying)
- 7 kilos of your personal belongings to be carry by the horses
- Entrance fee Machu Picchu
- Professional bilingual tour guide
- Transport to Soraypampa ( trailhead)
- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Horseman, mules or porters (they just carry cooking and camping equipment) 7kgs your personal things
- Lunch
- Camping equipment (tent, cooking and eating tent. Chairs and tables)
- Transport back from Ollantaytambo to Cusco
- Second day Andean ceremony, offering to the mother earth
- Bio-degradable personal hand soaps and Bio-degradable dishwashing detergents used by our staff
- Extra horse to ride or for any extra backpack
- Entrance fees to Huyanapicchu