Salkantay & Machu Picchu
Altitude: 2050 - 5200meters
High Season: April to December
Duration: 06 days and 05 nights

This trek combines perfectly the cultural and natural attractions where we'll be able to fully enjoy the magnificent sights over Salkantay snow-peak, It's the domain of the Apu The Mountain Gods that watch over Machu Picchu. This road will lead us straight back to Inca times, accompanied by Apu Salkantay and Apu Humantay.
Not only will we be amazed by the enormous variety of plants and flowers on this trek, it is also the natural habitat of three important spiritual and symbolical animals in the Andean culture The snake represents the world below, the puma that represents the earthly world and of course the condor, the largest bird of prey in the world, representing the heavenly world.
We will also be able to appreciate meeting with local people that continue to live and work their lands the ancestral way. They hold on to their ancient traditions and wear typical clothes that seem to be out of time.
Passing by Huayllabamba we'll continue on the famous Inca Trail that will lead us through a giant garden filled with an incredible amount of different orchids.
The river that runs through the landscape, which was known by the Incas as Wilkamayu, will lead us through a gigantic garden with an incredible amount of orchids until we reach the majestic Inca ruins of Machu Picchu (2400m) A historical and religious capital, an agricultural and astronomic center floating in the sky, hidden by clouds Mystic and wonderful.

1st Day - Cusco - Mollepata (Cruz Pata) - Soraypampa - Salkantaypampa
Transfer from your hotel in Cusco (3280m) in direction to the little village of Mollepata (3000m), where we shall start our hike on the Inca Trail.
We'll pass through the small village of Cruz Pata (3400m) where we'll have the most spectacular sights over the Mollepata Valley .
Our campsite for the night is at the feet of the most majestic and impressing mountains of this area such as Salkantay (6264m) and Humantay (5217m). The campsite is called Salkantaypampa and it's situated at 3900meters. We'll be hiking about 6 hours in a rather cold weather. Breakfast, lunch and diner are included.

2nd Day - Salkantaypampa - Salkantay Pass- Sisay Pampa
The colder morning temperatures will be excellent to ascend to the highest and toughest part of this trek, in the snow over the Salkantay pass (5200m). This pass is a wonderful spot for sightseeing because it's surrounded by majestic snow-peaks such as Humantay (5459m), Tucarhuay (5910m) and Soray Hill (5428m). After the pass we'll be hiking down until the Sisay pampa (3700m) where our campsite is.
Our hiking-time will be about 8 hours in a cold weather. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

3rd Day - Sisay Pampa - Canal Inca - Huayllabamba
We will hike down by Incan canals and original paths in order to enter Huayllabamba (3000m). There we'll have our connection over the Inca trail to our campsite. Breakfast, lunch and diner are included.

4th Day - Huayllabamba - Warmiwañusca - Pacaymayu
In the morning we'll hike up to the pass of Warmiwañusca (Dead Woman's pass at 4200meters) at a calm pace. After a short rest on the Warmiwañusca-pass we'll continue our trek downwards and camp at Pacaymayu (3500m). Our hiking-time will be about 7 hours in a cold weather. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

5th Day - Pacaymayu - Chaqui cocha - Wiñayhuayna
This will be a special day because of the large number of archeological sites we'll come upon during this day’s trek, such as Runkuraqay (3800m), Runkuraqay-pass (the beginning of the high-jungle at 3900meters), Sayacmarca (3600m), Phuyupatamarca (3580m) and finally the magnificent ruins of Wiñayhuayna (2650m) just next to our campsite. We'll be hiking about 7 hours in a temperate to cold weather with some mosquitoes.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

6th Day - Wiñayhuayna - Machu Picchu - Cusco
We'll leave very early in the morning with our torch-lights to hike the last couple of hours that separate us from the historical, spiritual and agricultural Inca-capital of Machu Picchu (2400m). We'll pass through the Inti Punku (the Sun Gate at 2730 meters) where, with clear weather, we'll have the breathtaking sight of a sunrise over Machu Picchu. A few moments later we'll enter this untouched Inca sanctuary to have a guided tour with a professional guide. After this tour that will last for about two hours you'll have plenty of time to wander around the ruins by yourself and, for the bravest among us there is always the ascension to Huayna Picchu or the nearby Temple of the Moon. We'll all meet afterwards to go down to Aguas Calientes (2050m) where we'll take our train back to Cusco. Our trekking-time will be about 3 hours in a warm weather with mosquitoes. Breakfast is included.

INCLUDED:
·  Transfer from Cusco to Mollepata
·  Professional Guide
·  Cooking
·  Food (6 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 6 dinners), optional vegetarian food
·  Entrance fees for the Inca Trail and for Machu Picchu
·  Camping equipment (tents, air-mattresses, dining-tent, tables and stools)
·  Porters for the food and camping equipment
·  Horses and horsemen
·  First-Aid-kit and oxygen bottle
·  Train back from Aguas Calientes to Cusco

NOT INCLUDED:
·  Bus from Machu Picchu to Aguas Calientes
·  Lunch in Aguas Calientes