Express Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu (4 days)

Prices of the programs with entrance fee to Machu Picchu for type of accommodation in Aguas Calientes Calientes until December 31st, 2024:

• Without accommodations:
• Adult non-resident in Andean Community: US$ 319 per person.
• Adult resident in Andean Community: US$ 299 per person.
• Hostel Eco Mapi with shared room:
• Adult non-resident in Andean Community: US$ 329 per person.
• Adult resident in Andean Community: US$ 309 per person.
• Hostel Vista Machu Picchu or similar with private room:
• Adult non-resident in Andean Community: from US$ 359 per person.
• Adult resident in Andean Community: from US$ 339 per person.
• Hotel Jaya or similar with private room:
• Adult non-resident in Andean Community: from US$ 404 per person.
• Adult resident in Andean Community: from US$ 384 per person.

If you select a program without entrance fee to Machu Picchu, you must have a ticket at the latest with entrance from 6:00 am to 7:00 am (ingreso de 06:00 a 07:00), and a discount will be applied as follows:

• Adult non-resident in the Andean Community: US$ 40 off.
• Minor non-resident in the Andean Community: US$ 20 off.
• Adult resident in Andean Community: US$ 20 off.

*Andean Community: resident citizens in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia.

*Discount for minors: you can access to the prices for minors (age 14 to 17) directly in the passengers’ number selector.

• Pickup at the hotel in Cusco.
• Transportation:
• Shared transportation by bus from Cusco to Challacancha.
• Shared transportation by train in Expedition category, from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo.
• Shared transportation from Ollantaytambo to Cusco.
• Accommodations:
• 1^st night in Soraypampa Campsite (double shared hut).
• 2^nd night in Chaullay Campsite (shared lodge).
• Meals:
• Breakfast (except the first day).
• Lunch (except the last day).
• Dinner (except the last day).
• Campsite and cooking equipment transportation.
• Luggage bearing service the first two days (up to 5 kg per person).
• Entrance ticket to Salkantay Route.
• Bilingual guide (Spanish and English).

• Shower at Soraypampa Campsite (no access).
• Shower at Chaullay Campsite (S/. 10 per person).
• Access to bathrooms on the way.
• 3^rd night of accommodations in Aguas Calientes, in case you choose the option without accommodations.
• Sleeping bag (US$ 15 per person).
• Trek poles.
• Extra weight for luggage (S/. 10 per kg, per day, maximum 12 kg).
• Breakfast the first day (S/. 10 per person).
• Lunch nor dinner the last day.
• Drinks on dinner of the fourth day.
• Water.
• Entrance fee to the Cocalmayo Hot Springs (optional activity, S/ 10 per person).
• Round trip transport to the hot springs:
• 1 person: S/ 180.
• Group of 2 people: S/ 90 per person.
• Group of 3 to 6 people: S/ 50 per person.
• Group of 7 to 10 people: S/ 40 per person.
• Group of 11 people or more: S/ 30 per person.
• Travel insurance.
• Health-care coverage.

• Train upgrade to the Vistadome category from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo (return trip): $ 80 per person.
• Entrance ticket to the Machu Picchu Mountain: $ 60 per person.
• Entrance ticket to the Huayna Picchu Mountain: $ 60 per person.
• Round trip bus between Aguas Calientes and Machu Picchu: $ 24 per person.

*It is not possible to climb both mountains, Machu Picchu Mountain and Huayna Picchu, on a same tour.

1. Select the departure date from the calendar.
2. Select the number of people.
3. Click on "Add to cart".
4. Pay the full price of the tour online.

• 30-liter backpack to bring things you will be using during the day.
• Waterproof backpack cover.
• Waterproof jacket and pants (Gore-Tex or similar).
• Fleece clothing (Polartec or similar).
• Thermal clothing (base layer).
• Short and long-sleeved t-shirts.
• Hiking shoes.
• Plenty of batteries (there are no electrical sockets to charge batteries).
• Earplugs.
• Flip-flops (for showers and resting).
• Bathing suite.
• Towel.
• Headlamp.
• Lock.
• Winter hat and gloves for the cold.
• Cap to protect yourself from the sun.
• Sunscreen.
• Sunglasses.
• Ziploc bags (to store garbage).
• Trekking poles.
• Sleeping bag.
• Toiletries.
• Toilet paper.
• Insect repellent.
• Water (1 liter per person for the first day; you will be able to buy water during the trek).
• Snacks.
• At least S/. 200 for extra expenses not included in the trek (the amount considers optional activities).
• Travel insurance.

• Minimum age required of 14 years to make this activity.
• Not allowed for pregnant women.

Start: Day 1 at 4:30 am at your hotel in Cusco.

End: Day 4 at 8:00 pm in downtown Cusco.

Day 1: Cusco – Mollepata – Marqoq'asa – Soraypampa (8.7 miles of trek, 5 hours).

We will pick you up at your hotel to take our transportation and leave Cusco to Mollepata, place where we will be able to have breakfast. In addition, we will deliver our luggage, so the herder can take it, and we will meet our guide, who will take us through the tracks during the next four days. After listening some directions, we will take our vehicle again to go to Marqoq'asa, from where we will start our trek. We will have the first views of the mountain landscape, if the weather allows it, while we advance to our first campsite: Soraypampa. Here we will be able to rest, settle down, have lunch and then begin a 1 and a half hours trek to the Huamantay lagoon, located at 13,451 ft. of altitude and from where it is possible to see a glacier with the same name, if the clouds allow it. After that, we will go back to rest, have dinner and prepare for sleeping.

Day 2: Soraypampa – Abra Salkantay – Chaullay (13.7 miles of trek, 10 hours).

We will get up very early to have breakfast and prepare our things to leave at dawn. We will start the trek by the ravine between the mountains that will take us to the Abra Salkantay, the highest point of our trek at 15,092 ft. of altitude, from where we will have views of the Humantay Glacier and the Salkantay snow-capped mountain. After a small ceremony to thank the Apu Salkantay, we will continue walking to Huayracpampa, where we will make a pause to have lunch and get some rest.

During the afternoon, we will go on to our next campsite and we will see how the landscape changes from the low temperatures of the mountain to the warmer temperatures of the pre-jungle. We will reach Chaullay Campsite where we will rest and have dinner to recover energy for the next day.

Day 3: Chaullay – Sahuayaca Beach – Aguas Calientes (6.8 miles of trek, 5 hours).

We will have breakfast early to start the trek of the day, going on by this new landscape, different to the one in the mountain. We will have access to explanations about the vegetation of the area and we will see coffee and quinoa plantations, while we continue to Sahuayaca Beach. Here we will have our lunch and then we will take a vehicle that will take us directly to Hidroeléctrica. From this last place, we will walk by the train rail to Aguas Calientes, where we will settle down in our corresponding accommodations. After that, we will gather for dinner and receive the last directions from our guide for the next day.

Day 4: Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Cusco.

Today we will get up especially early, so we can have breakfast before taking the bus or take a box lunch with us to eat after climbing the stairs that will take us to the entrance of the archaeological site. In this place, we will gather with our guide and have a 1-hour tour in which he will give us interesting details about this place. After that, we will have the rest of the time for going over on our own or for climbing one of the mountains, if you add the ticket as optional service: Machu Picchu Mountain or Huayna Picchu. Then, we will leave the archaeological site to go back to Aguas Calientes, pick our things up, have lunch and then wait for the train that will take us back to Ollantaytambo. Here the transportation will be waiting for us and take us to downtown Cusco, where we will end our activity.

Visit to the archaeological site

To enter to Machu Picchu archaeological site, you must have the so-called Llaqta Machu Picchu entrance ticket. Remember that, in case you select a program without entrance fee, you can buy it in the Ministerio de Cultura website.

The entrance will give you access to the archaeological site following one of its 4 circuits, which you will have to choose once you are in the citadel entrance:

• Circuit 1: high and low part of the archaeological site, as well as the platforms and terraces area for 3 hours.
• Circuit 2: high and low part of the archaeological site, as well as the routes to the Inti Punku and the Inca’s Bridge for 4 hours.
• Circuit 3: low part of the archeological site including the agricultural area, Temple of the Sun, Inka House, Sacred Rock, and Archaeological Reserve for 1 and a half hours.
• Circuit 4: low part of the archeological site including the agricultural area, Temple of the Sun, Inka House, Sacred Rock, and water mirrors for 2 hours.

Our recommendation for you to tour the citadel is choosing the circuit 2, because it will allow you to visit a bigger number of attractions inside Machu Picchu and taking the classic pictures. On the other hand, in case you decide add the visit to Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain as an optional service, you will have less time in the citadel, depending also on the time in which your visit to one of the two mountains is confirmed.

In case we cannot confirm the visit to the mountain as early as possible, the only possibility to visit the citadel will be with circuits 3 and 4.

• The cancellation or reschedule of this tour does not have full refund.
• If you cancel or reschedule with more than 6 days in advance, we only will give you US$ 40 per person of the advance deposit paid for booking.
• If you cancel or reschedule with less than 6 days in advance, we will not make any refund of the advance deposit paid for booking.