salkantay is a snow-capped mountain 6372 meters of altitude with a presence of perpetual ice.

we will begin our trip to salkantay very early by car to the apurimac river valley until we arrive at mollepata; from here we will begin our trek to the rio blanco valley and arrive at soraypampa, where we will spend the night.

trekking hours: approximately 07 hours.

after breakfast we will ascend until the humantay trail where we can observe the salkantay, lagoons and the santa teresa valley. our descent will be to challhuya, where we will camp.

trekking hours: approximately 08 hours.

after our breakfast we will begin out descent to the village of santa teresa which is located on the banks of the vilcanota river; here we will spend the night, the accommodation can be in tents or basic accommodation.

trekking time: approximately 6 hours.

we will continue our trekking to the vilcanota river valley, and then later to a place called the hydro electrics of machupicchu; in the evening at 4:00pm we will take the train to the town of aguas calientes. where we will spend the night in basic hotel. in the evening we will be able to visit the thermal baths.

trekking time: approximately 5 hours.

finally we will go leave aguas calientes to visit the sanctuary of machupicchu, we will be with the guide for approximately two hours, and you are able to add two more hours to see the site thoroughly. we will then return to aguas calientes and from here take train to cusco.