SALKANTAY TREK 4 DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS TO MACHU PICCHU BY CAR RETURN
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Stop At: Machu Picchu, 08680, Peru
salkantay with machupicchu by car 4 days and 3 nights itinerary
DAY 1: Cusco - Soraypampa - Humantay Lake - Quiswarniyoc Private Camp
We will pick you up from 5 am to 5:15 am to all of your respective hotels, we leave Cusco around 5:45 am to the city of Mollepata by car for 2 hours. Once in Mollepata, we stop for a delicious breakfast and also pay an entrance fee of 10 soles to the local municipality. Then we continue by car another hour to Soraypampa, where we will meet the muleteers and horses that will carry all the luggage, food and the 7 kilos of personal belongings of each hiker that we will give them in duffel bags. We started the hike uphill towards Lake Humantay for 2 hours. When you arrive at the lagoon, you will have enough time to explore, photograph the place and the guide will explain all the meaning of the Humantay lagoon. After a couple of hours at the lake, we started to descend to the exclusive Quiswarniyoc camp for 2 hours to have a healthy lunch. After lunch you have free time to explore the beautiful area and also, if you like hiking more, you can go to the Mirador de Salkantay to enjoy a panoramic view of the whole region. If you are tired, you can rest in the huts with a glass door, inside there is a pillow, to sleep and the lighting of the night.
DAY 2: Quiswarniyuc - Salkantay Pass - Huayracmachay - Chaullay Camp.
The second day of the hike is the most difficult because it takes you up to 4630 m and 20 km of walking. The cooks will wake you up around 5:00 am with a cup of hot coca tea, then have time to repack and prepare for the nutritious breakfast served around 5:45 am. Afterwards, it is time to start climbing to the highest point of the Salkantay trail, which is 4630 m, which takes 3 to 4 hours, all uphill trekking with a regular and slow pace. Once you are at the highest point, you will have time to enjoy the mountains, to take pictures and the guide will teach you about the gods of the mountain and will also be part of the small Andean ritual for the gods of the Apus mountain. Then a 2-hour walk to the lunch place begins to rest and enjoy a delicious lunch. After continuing down for three more hours until the second camp that is Chaullay.
The camp is called Chaullay, it is located at 2900 m at the beginning of the area of the Peruvian Amazon.
DAY 3: Chaullay - Santa Teresa - Hidroecetrica - Aguas Calientes.
On the third day, you will already be in the jungle area. We wake you up around 6:00 am with a cup of coca tea, then we offer you a delicious breakfast. Around 7:00 am, the trek to Sahuayaco Beach begins for approximately 5 hours along the Santa Teresa Valley, which is formed by the Salkantay River. Along the valley, you have the opportunity to see a coffee plantation, bananas, avocados, coca, passion fruit and much more. Five hours of walking, you will arrive at La Playa Sahuayaco, from where you will take the local transport for one hour to Santa Teresa, where you will stop for lunch, then continue by car for 45 more minutes to Hidrolectrica and then 3 hours more along the way. train tracks to the city of Aguas Calientes on the flat road. Then we take him to the hotel to shower and relax, in the afternoon around 7.
DAY 4: Machu Picchu - Cusco
The last day of the tour you will visit Machu Picchu. You should get up around 4:00 a.m. to prepare for the hike to the main entrance of Machu Picchu. After you take your breakfast package, you will start walking to the bridge checkpoint ruins 30 minutes, which will be open at 5:00 am, where you will have to show your passport and your Machu Picchu tickets. After passing the first checkpoint, you will climb the entire top floor. For an hour to the main gate of Machu Picchu to be there around 6:00 am. Once everyone gathers at the door, you enter Machu Picchu for the guided tour for 2 hours and 30 minutes to learn all about the lost city of the Incas. After the guided tour, you will have free time to explore the Inca city of Machu Picchu on your own. The time you will spend in Machu Picchu will depend on how you want to return to Cusco and also if you want to climb the mountain of Machu Picchu
After visiting the Machu Picchu area from 6:00 am to 9:00 am at approximately 10:30 pm you will have to walk for 3 hours back to the city of Hidroeléctrica to take your transportation which will take you to Cusco arriving at 10:30 pm.
What it includes
• Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu.
• Pre-departure briefing for Salkantay Trek, presented by the guides at 7:00 p.m. in the office the previous day
• Canvas bag to enlist 7 kilos of your belongings carried by horses.
• Professional guide in English / Spanish.
• Guided visit to Machu Picchu.
• Transportation to the head of the salkantay trail.
• 2 nights of camping
• 1-night hotel in Aguas Calientes.
• Four breakfasts
• Three lunches
• Three dinners
• Transportation from the beach to Santa Teresa.
• sleeping cabins
• Personal pad (double foam - 2.5 inches thick).
• Pillows in the first camp.
• Cooks Kitchen equipment.
• By car transport
• Vegetarian food is available upon request at no additional charge.
•First aid kit. Bottle of oxygen for emergencies.
• Horses to carry - 7 kilos of each hiker.
What is not included:
• The entrance fee of ten soles from the local municipality of Mollepata, each person pays the ten soles directly to the local government, which is approximately 3 dollars.
• Sleeping bags, if you do not have one, you can rent us.
•Expenses
• Additional features
• tips
• gratitude.
You can rent
• Sleeping bag USD 10 for the entire walk.
• Walking cane USD 10 for a pair
Duration: 1 day
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Machu Picchu, 08680, Peru
salkantay with machupicchu by car 4 days and 3 nights itinerary
DAY 1: Cusco - Soraypampa - Humantay Lake - Quiswarniyoc Private Camp
We will pick you up from 5 am to 5:15 am to all of your respective hotels, we leave Cusco around 5:45 am to the city of Mollepata by car for 2 hours. Once in Mollepata, we stop for a delicious breakfast and also pay an entrance fee of 10 soles to the local municipality. Then we continue by car another hour to Soraypampa, where we will meet the muleteers and horses that will carry all the luggage, food and the 7 kilos of personal belongings of each hiker that we will give them in duffel bags. We started the hike uphill towards Lake Humantay for 2 hours. When you arrive at the lagoon, you will have enough time to explore, photograph the place and the guide will explain all the meaning of the Humantay lagoon. After a couple of hours at the lake, we started to descend to the exclusive Quiswarniyoc camp for 2 hours to have a healthy lunch. After lunch you have free time to explore the beautiful area and also, if you like hiking more, you can go to the Mirador de Salkantay to enjoy a panoramic view of the whole region. If you are tired, you can rest in the huts with a glass door, inside there is a pillow, to sleep and the lighting of the night.
DAY 2: Quiswarniyuc - Salkantay Pass - Huayracmachay - Chaullay Camp.
The second day of the hike is the most difficult because it takes you up to 4630 m and 20 km of walking. The cooks will wake you up around 5:00 am with a cup of hot coca tea, then have time to repack and prepare for the nutritious breakfast served around 5:45 am. Afterwards, it is time to start climbing to the highest point of the Salkantay trail, which is 4630 m, which takes 3 to 4 hours, all uphill trekking with a regular and slow pace. Once you are at the highest point, you will have time to enjoy the mountains, to take pictures and the guide will teach you about the gods of the mountain and will also be part of the small Andean ritual for the gods of the Apus mountain. Then a 2-hour walk to the lunch place begins to rest and enjoy a delicious lunch. After continuing down for three more hours until the second camp that is Chaullay.
The camp is called Chaullay, it is located at 2900 m at the beginning of the area of the Peruvian Amazon.
DAY 3: Chaullay - Santa Teresa - Hidroecetrica - Aguas Calientes.
On the third day, you will already be in the jungle area. We wake you up around 6:00 am with a cup of coca tea, then we offer you a delicious breakfast. Around 7:00 am, the trek to Sahuayaco Beach begins for approximately 5 hours along the Santa Teresa Valley, which is formed by the Salkantay River. Along the valley, you have the opportunity to see a coffee plantation, bananas, avocados, coca, passion fruit and much more. Five hours of walking, you will arrive at La Playa Sahuayaco, from where you will take the local transport for one hour to Santa Teresa, where you will stop for lunch, then continue by car for 45 more minutes to Hidrolectrica and then 3 hours more along the way. train tracks to the city of Aguas Calientes on the flat road. Then we take him to the hotel to shower and relax, in the afternoon around 7.
DAY 4: Machu Picchu - Cusco
The last day of the tour you will visit Machu Picchu. You should get up around 4:00 a.m. to prepare for the hike to the main entrance of Machu Picchu. After you take your breakfast package, you will start walking to the bridge checkpoint ruins 30 minutes, which will be open at 5:00 am, where you will have to show your passport and your Machu Picchu tickets. After passing the first checkpoint, you will climb the entire top floor. For an hour to the main gate of Machu Picchu to be there around 6:00 am. Once everyone gathers at the door, you enter Machu Picchu for the guided tour for 2 hours and 30 minutes to learn all about the lost city of the Incas. After the guided tour, you will have free time to explore the Inca city of Machu Picchu on your own. The time you will spend in Machu Picchu will depend on how you want to return to Cusco and also if you want to climb the mountain of Machu Picchu
After visiting the Machu Picchu area from 6:00 am to 9:00 am at approximately 10:30 pm you will have to walk for 3 hours back to the city of Hidroeléctrica to take your transportation which will take you to Cusco arriving at 10:30 pm.
What it includes
• Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu.
• Pre-departure briefing for Salkantay Trek, presented by the guides at 7:00 p.m. in the office the previous day
• Canvas bag to enlist 7 kilos of your belongings carried by horses.
• Professional guide in English / Spanish.
• Guided visit to Machu Picchu.
• Transportation to the head of the salkantay trail.
• 2 nights of camping
• 1-night hotel in Aguas Calientes.
• Four breakfasts
• Three lunches
• Three dinners
• Transportation from the beach to Santa Teresa.
• sleeping cabins
• Personal pad (double foam - 2.5 inches thick).
• Pillows in the first camp.
• Cooks Kitchen equipment.
• By car transport
• Vegetarian food is available upon request at no additional charge.
•First aid kit. Bottle of oxygen for emergencies.
• Horses to carry - 7 kilos of each hiker.
What is not included:
• The entrance fee of ten soles from the local municipality of Mollepata, each person pays the ten soles directly to the local government, which is approximately 3 dollars.
• Sleeping bags, if you do not have one, you can rent us.
•Expenses
• Additional features
• tips
• gratitude.
You can rent
• Sleeping bag USD 10 for the entire walk.
• Walking cane USD 10 for a pair
Duration: 1 day
Included
- Breakfast
- Entry/Admission - Machu Picchu
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
60%
Sport
40%
Aquatic
25%
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