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Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu (5 Days)

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Overview

    The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is an alternative to the Inca Trail and considered by most to be the best alternative route (and maybe even better!). This magnificent trail is perfect for adventurers who wish to become personally integrated in changing ecosystems from one day to the next. You will walk through sweeping, magical landscapes of a snowy mountain paradise to a tropical jungle where you will find a wide range of animals and medicinal plants and flower varieties. Witness with your own eyes a living, but ancient, culture in remote villages hardly ever seen by foreigners!

    The Cordillera Vilcabamba is an impressive mountain range extending over 260 km,. The snow-capped mountain Salkantay rises to 6271 MASL– 20574 FASL in height. It is an outstanding snowy peak, located less than fifty miles northwest of the city of Cusco in south-central Peru. Because of its proximity to the city, it is easily accessible by car and it has been climbed by professional mountaineers since 1952.

What's Included

  • Vegetarian/special diet options available
  • Transport back from Ollantaytambo to Cusco
  • Tourist train back to Ollantaytambo
  • First Aid kit
  • 7 kilos of your personal belongings to be carry by the horses
  • Professional bilingual tour guide
  • Thermarest(air mat) sleeping mat
  • Transport to Soraypampa ( trailhead)
  • Camping equipment (tent, cooking and eating tent. Chairs and tables)
  • Entrance fee Machu Picchu
  • Second day Andean ceremony, offering to the mother earth
  • Collection from your hotel (we pick you up from where you are staying)
  • Horseman, mules or porters (they just carry cooking and camping equipment) 7kgs your personal things
  • Entrance fees to The Salkantay Trek
  • Bio-degradable personal hand soaps and Bio-degradable dishwashing detergents used by our staff

What to Expect

    The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is an alternative to the Inca Trail and considered by most to be the best alternative route (and maybe even better!). This magnificent trail is perfect for adventurers who wish to become personally integrated in changing ecosystems from one day to the next. You will walk through sweeping, magical landscapes of a snowy mountain paradise to a tropical jungle where you will find a wide range of animals and medicinal plants and flower varieties. Witness with your own eyes a living, but ancient, culture in remote villages hardly ever seen by foreigners! The Cordillera Vilcabamba is an impressive mountain range extending over 260 km,. The snow-capped mountain Salkantay rises to 6271 MASL– 20574 FASL in height. It is an outstanding snowy peak, located less than fifty miles northwest of the city of Cusco in south-central Peru. Because of its proximity to the city, it is easily accessible by car and it has been climbed by professional mountaineers since 1952.

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