We will get up early at 5:00 am with coca tea brought to your store. Afterwards, we quickly pack up, enjoy our breakfast and immediately start hiking to the highest point of the Salkantay trail (4620 masl). The distance is 7 km that we should cover in approximately 4 hours. During the ascent through a rocky valley, we can see the magnificent Salkantay peak and we can even see chinchillas on the trail. Once we reach the top of the trail, we will enjoy spectacular views of the mountains and the imposing snow-capped peaks of Salkantay, Humantay and Pumasillo.
Salkantay is considered the second highest mountain in the Cusco region and one of the main Inca gods known as ”Apu Salkantay”. Getting to the top is the hardest part of the entire hike. The next 3 hours will be a downhill trek along the snake trail along a rocky and gravel path to reach Huayracmachay, our lunch spot. In the afternoon we will arrive at the top of the rain forest, also called “cloud forest”. We will travel 9 km in 3 hours until we reach Challway Village (2900 masl) which is the place of our camp.

We will get up early at 5:30 am with a coca tea. Next, we have breakfast and then start walking directly towards the Beach, walking through the thick jungle and following the bank of the Salkantay River on a gradual path. Along the way, we stop at several family farms to enjoy the fruits of the area (passion fruit, banana, coffee, avocado, mango, orange, and papaya). If we are lucky, we will be able to observe the famous bird called “the cock of the rocks”.
The distance of the trail is 16 km and the walking time is 7 hours until we reach Lucmabamba, where we camp. Lucmabamba is a small town surrounded by coffee trees and can provide the basic facilities (toilets, electricity, shopping and souvenirs) and serves as our lunch point. After lunch we take a local bus for an hour to Hidroeléctrica from there, we will continue walking along the train tracks until we reach Aguas Calientes. Once in the city, we check into our hotel, go out for dinner, and then spend the night.

On the fourth day of our tour we will visit the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. We will wake up very early at 3:30, to take the first bus to Machu Picchu and see the sunrise over the ruins. The guide will spend around 2 hours explaining the highlights of Machu Picchu. Then, he will have time to explore the ruins himself and hike up Huayna Picchu Mountain if he has booked this option. Finally, we will return to Aguas Calientes and take the train back to Ollantaytambo, and then the bus back to Cusco. Once in Cusco, we will transfer you back to his hotel.