THE SHORT SALKANTAY TREK TO MACHUPICCHU 4 DAYS
the short walk salkantay trek to machupicchu is a good alternative to get to machupicchu, in which we will be able to observe very beautiful places along this route.
This walk has four days, three of which we will pass snow-capped peaks, valleys and rivers to finally reach Aguas Calientes town, and the last day we visit Machupicchu.
The classic salkantay trek to Machupicchu is designed for nature lovers, for those who like to enjoy a true adventure in the mountains, in the high jungle. The tour takes place through valleys, streams and snow-capped mountains, at the foot of the majestic Apu Salkantay, through natural forests to finally reach the famous Inca citadel of Machupicchu, after having made a journey for three days.
And finally after having enjoyed the immense beauty of the entire trek, on the fourth day we will enjoy the unique beauty of the famous Inca citadel of Machupichu.
A majestic and enigmatic citadel located on the top of a mountain, which is surrounded by sacred mountains considered as its guardians whose protectors or guardians take care of it.
After a two or three hour guided tour you will have some time alone in this spectacular citadel before returning to Cusco.
We start the day by picking you up from your hotel at approximately 04:00 AM. we will travel for two and a half hours until we reach a small town called Mollepata where we will stop to have our breakfast which will be optional and fast.
Then, we will continue for another hour to reach Challacancha, the starting point of our walk. while we are traveling in the car, we will see the wonderful landscape and some mountains, the white snow-capped peaks of Apus Salkantay and Humantay, two sacred guardians
Of the Incas.
Upon arriving at Challacancha we will meet our Support staff such as the cook who will accompany us during the tour providing us with the food that we will need throughout the walk, the muleteer who will be in charge of transporting all the equipment, food that we will use during these days which will be carried by mules and horses.
Finally, after introducing our staff we will begin the trek to Soraypampa (3850 MASL – 12631 FASL), our first camp on the first day which is located at the foot of the Humantay Mountain and close to the Salkantay Mountain.
We will start with a three-hour walk towards our first camp, the first thirty minutes will be a little steep, until we reach the irrigation canal that is in the place, then we will continue along the path through a forest of native trees, also from there we can see two of the mountains that are close to our camp, Salkantay and Humantay, two impressive and majestic mountains which are considered sacred, guardians and protectors for the Andean man.
finally, after three hours of walking we will arrive at our soraypampa camp (3850MASL – 12631 FASL), there we will have our lunch which will be prepared by our cook.
After lunch we will have time for a small nap of about thirty minutes and after this nap we will continue with our activity of the day which will be to visit the Humantay lagoon (4200 MASL –
13779) are about 3 km of round trip in total, with a duration of one hour uphill and one hour downhill, when we arrive at the place we will see a beautiful lagoon with turquoise waters, a true natural wonder at the foot of the Humantay mountain range.
We will be for about forty minutes to an hour enjoying the beauty of the place taking many photographs to immortalize the moment.
and finally it will be time to return to our camp we will begin the descent downhill with a duration of one hour, upon arrival at the camp your cook will wait for us with a delicious cup of tea or a cup of chocolate etc, it will be snack time and then We will have our dinner, it will also be prepared by our cook.
This day will be a hard day, because the route that we will do will be about ten hours approximately and the distance will be about 22 km / 13.67 miles in total, this day we will get up very early in the morning with a cup of coca tea, the awake will be at 5:00 AM, breakfast will be ready at 5:30 AM later from this very nutritious breakfast we will start with the uphill walk for three hours with a distance of 7km / 4.34 miles towards the Salkantay pass (4650 mals – 15255 fals).
Arrived at the highest point of the Salkantay Pass hike, we will be able to appreciate the magnificent view of the place and the surroundings, we will also be very close to the majestic Salkantay snow-capped mountain (6271 mals / 20.574 fals) we will have enough time to enjoythis beauty of the place, to be able to contemplate these sacred mountains of the Incas.
A We will start with a 5 km route (3.1 mile) downhill for two and a half hours in the direction of huayracpampa which will be our lunch place, arrived at the place we will have a delicious lunch prepared by our cook.
After lunch we will continue walking downhill for two to three hours with a distance of 10km / 6.2 miles towards our Chaullay camp (2900 mals – 9514 fals) which is located in the high jungle or is also called as cloud forest ,after a brief explanation of the place we will continue with the tour, and finally we arrive at our second camp where we will spend the second night.
This day will probably be the hardest and longest day, since we will do a journey of approximately thirty kilometers and about ten hours of walking but the good thing is that it will be at low altitude, we will start our walk in Challhuay (2900 masl / 9.1514 fasl) and we end up in the town of Aguas Calientes (2100 masl /6,889 fasl).
This morning we will walk for approximately five to six hours through a very beautiful valley in which we will see a landscape typical of the high jungle and during this tour we will also have the opportunity to enjoy some fruits from the area and also the delicious organic coffee that occurs in this valley.
Finally, after having traveled the first eighteen kilometers in the morning we will have arrived at the place of lunch, which will be the town of Sahuayacu, there we will have our lunch for about an hour and then have time to taste the coffee, a 100% organic coffee of very good quality that is only produced in this valley.
After the coffee tasting we will take a transport from the Sahuayacu lunch place in the direction of hydroelectric with a duration of one hour by car, when we arrive at hydroelectric we will continue walking for three more hours until we reach the town of Aguas Calientes, we will do this Travel along the train track which will be about twelve kilometers more, where you will finally be dropped off at your hotel before meeting for dinner.
Finally, this day will be the most important day because we will visit the famous citadel of machupicchu.
After having walked these three days through mountain valleys, we finally reached our destination, the sacred citadel of Machupicchu.
This day we will visit Machupicchu early, for which we have two options to get to Machupicchu. the first is to walk along a path that goes to the citadel with a duration of one hour of walking all uphill. the second option is to go by bus that lasts about twenty-five minutes. Arrived at the citadel, the guide will give you a tour explaining the history of Machupicchu and showing you the most important places with a duration of three hours of guidance, after the guide you can stay a moment more before returning to Aguas Calientes from where you will take the train that You will return to the Ollantaytambo station with a journey of approximately two hours. Upon arriving at the Ollantaytambo station, our driver will wait for you and finally you will return, you will take a transport to Cusco which will take two hours of travel. Upon arrival in Cusco, you will be dropped off at the hotel and our trip ends there.
