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Experience one of Peru's most picturesque landscapes around Cusco. This 5-days trekking expedition will take you at the base of the sacred Salkantay snow peak (6,271 meters; 20,700 feet), considered by the local natives to be the "Guardian Spirit of the Jungle" and will provide you with the opportunity to experience remote native communities and the region's ecological biodiversity, before reaching the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu.
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Day 1: Cusco - Soray – Huayracmacha
Early morning pick up at your hotel to after doing a 3 hour bus ride from Cusco (3400m)- to Mollepata (2700m), and one and a half hour drive more to Soraypampa (3750mt). Briefly stop in Limatambo or Mollepata to have breakfast and then carry on our journey to the trailhead in Soraypampa.
We start a gentle hike at the head of the valley. The trail goes steep uphill and comes to a serie of zigzags. All around, you will enjoy a breathtaking view of Humantay and Salkantay. Then, to catch our breath, we will drop gently down to the small laguna Soirococha where we stop for lunch.
After walking 4 hours up, we reach the highest pass (4,550m) from where we can have stunning scenery of the sacred mountains in the Peruvian Andes Humantay and Salkantay. That will compensate the great effort in reaching the top which is marked by a pile of stones that grows daily as each traveler adds his pebble to thank the Apus (mountain spirits) for a safe trip and good luck. Then we descend to our First campsite at Huayracmachay (3750m).
Day 2: Huaracmachay – Collpampa
After an early breakfast, we will leave the beautiful pyramid shaped peak of Salkantay behind us. From now, the fauna and flora change as we enter the tropical cloud forest and discover its lush vegetation of wild orchids, bromilias and also beautiful birds. This level is known as a cloud forest. Continuing our descent through the groves of bamboos; don't forget to keep looking back at the snow-peaks behind you, framed by bamboo fronds.
After 4 hours of heading down we arrive in the tiny settlement of Collpapampa where you set up our camp site, and have lunch and afterwards take a relaxing bath at the natural hot springs and take the same way back up to the camp site at Collpapampa.
Day 3: Collpampa - La Playa
After a healthy breakfast, the trail continues down the valley into the forest, from increasingly tall trees and groves of bamboos, providing some bird watching opportunities without missing the view on the chaotic river.
You will be going across some amazing untouched path where strawberries grow at your feet and passion fruit are above your head in a decor of begonias and purple orchids! To finally arrive to our Camp site in La Playa.
Day 4: La Playa - Llactapata - Hydro - Aguas Calientes
We wake up early this day to start a nice way up hill which will give us some amazing views on the valley. After 3 hours, we will enjoy a break in a Pampa overlooking one of the main highlights in South America Machu Picchu. It s a magical view given to us that the main part of tourists will never see!
A 3 hours going down the path easily leads the hikers to the bamboos groves and into a forest of increasingly thick vegetation and tall trees. Some excellent bird watching opportunities!
Reaching to la hidreoelectrica we follow the rail tracks heading up the Urubamba valley to our last site in Hostal (Aguas Calientes).
Day 5: Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Cusco
After an early morning breakfast we will take a bus up to Machu Picchu sanctuary and enter early for the best photos opportunities and then spend the rest of the morning visiting and exploring the ruins. Before leaving, let s take the time to climb up to Huaynapicchu (45 min) before heading down to Aguas Calientes to aboard the backpacker train to Cusco
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Notes for price Information |
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Price Includes:
- Transportation by bus
- Meal (4 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 3 dinners)
- Camping equipment (Bipersonal tents, sleeping roll mat, cutlery)
- Communal dinner tent, cooking tent, toilet tent
- Horses for carrying backpacks (7kgs per person including sleeping bag and mattress)
and all heavy gear,.
-Hostal in Aguas Calientes
- Cook, porters
- Machu Picchu entrance fee
- Return Train ticket back to Cusco
- Bus up and down Machu Picchu
- Professional English speaking tour guide
Price Excludes:
- Lunch day 5
- Sleeping bag (4 USD a night)
- Tipping your trek staff!!
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