NEW SALKANTAY TREK + INCA JUNGLE TRAIL 5D – 4N

The second day of the trek is a little hard because it takes you up to the top the highest point of the whole Salkantay trail to enjoy the fantastic views of the mountains an also you will visit the Salkantay Lake. The cooks will wake you up around 5:00 am with a cup of hot coca tea then you have time to repack and get ready for the nutritious breakfast, which serves, around 5:45 am. After is time to start hiking up to the highest point of the Salkantay trail, which is 4630 m that takes from 3 to 4 hours all uphill hike with a regular and slow pace. Once you are at the highest point, you have time to enjoy the mountains, to take pictures and the guide will teach you about the mountain gods you will be part of the small Andean ritual for the Apus the mountain gods. Then you walk back to Soraypampa for 2.5 hours downhill where you will have a delicious lunch. Afterwards you will take the car from Soraypampa to OLLantaytambo for around 4 hours once in OLLantaytambo you will sleep in the hotel, once there you will have time for showering then in the evening dinner then if you like you can explore a little bit of Ollantaytambo.

After breakfast in the hotel, we take you by car to Abra Malaga 4300m. For 1.5 hours approximately from where you will do downhill biking for 3 hours (if you do not want to the biking you can continue in the car) after the biking you have lunch then you start hiking along the car route for about 45 minutes. Then we get into the original Inca trail that used to be to connect Machu Picchu with Vilcabamba considered the last Inca capital. On the way, we appreciate many plantations of bananas, Coca, yucca, coffee, etc. 3 hours hiking on the original Inca trail with magnificent views of the Vilcanota valley and panoramic views of the hills covered on a different type of plantations from the jungle. After you end the Inca trail hike you will take a transportation for 30m to Santa Teresa where you will sleep in the hotel also you will a delicious dinner.

After breakfast in Santa Teresa, we go to the zip-lining base to start doing the activity for about 2 hours zipping through the six different cables that there is for the zip lining then we catch the transportations to the hydroelectric power plant to have our lunch. After lunch, we hike along the Vilcanota River to Aguas Calientes town. On the way, we see the power plant of Santa Teresa and Hydroelectric, and we see beautiful waterfalls. Before to continue the hike we stop in Intihuatana (sundial) to have an explanation of this small Inca ruins and to have the first view of Machu Picchu then we hike along the train truck for 3 hours approximately an easy hike to get to Aguas Calientes town. Once in the city, we go to the hotel to get ready for our last supper all the group together.

The last day of the tour, you are going visit Machu Picchu. You need to wake up around 4:00 am to get ready for the hike to Machu Picchu main entrance. After you grab your pack breakfast, you start walking to Puente Ruins checkpoint for 30 minutes, which is open at 5:00 am where you have to show your passport and your Machu Picchu tickets. After you pass the first checkpoint, you will hike all upstairs for one hour to Machu Picchu main gate to be there around 6:00 am. Once everybody meets at the gate, you go into Machu Picchu for the guided tour for 2.5 hours to learn everything about the lost city of the Incas. After the guided tour, you have free time to explore on your own the Inca city of Machu Picchu. The time that you will spend in Machu Picchu will depend on how you like to go back to Cusco and will depend if you want to climb the Machu Picchu Montaña or Huayna Picchu Mountain which must book it in advance.
We offer you two options to go back to Cusco after visiting Machu Picchu.
TRAIN OPTION:
You can visit Machu Picchu for a longer time and have enough time if you are planning to do HUAYNAPICCHU or Machu Picchu MOUNTAIN, which require a minimum of 3 hours approximately. After visiting the area of Machu Picchu for 7 to 8 hours, you have to return to the town of Aguas Calientes to take a train at 18:20 to Ollantaytambo for 1.5 hours then by car to Cusco for 2 hours more to arrive in Cusco around 10:30 pm
CAR OPTION:
You arrive at Machu Picchu around 6:00 am for the guided tour for 2.5 hours then you have free time to explore the site on your own. If you take this option, and you are thinking to do HUAYNAPICCHU or MACHU PICCHU MOUNTAIN is possible but will be too tight and rush because you need to leave Machu Picchu at 11:30 to walk back to Hydroelectric for 3 hours in order to be in Hydroelectric at 2:30 pm to take a car for 6 hours back Cusco. If you are considering doing this option and doing one of the mountains, we recommend you stay one more night in Aguas Calientes and return the 6th day to Cusco by car.