Name: Salkantay + Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 7 days
Start: 2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2029-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Machu Picchu Pueblo, Perú

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Duration: 7 days

Group size: 1 - 12

Salkantay + Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 7 days

Machu Picchu Pueblo, Perú

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Duration: 7 days

Group size: 1 - 12

Salkantay Inca Trail Expedition 7 days

Combine the 2 most epic treks in Peru; the wilderness hike of Salkantay and the Iconic Classic Inca Trail. For this hike, travelers need to be in good physical conditions and have experience camping.

Trip details:

Duration: 7 days
Depart: Challacancha
Difficulty: Challenging
Season: All year round, except in February
Destination: Machu Picchu
Total Distance: 86 km / 53 miles

Highlights of Private Inca Trail to Machu Picchu:

Explore Humantay Lake in the afternoon
Camp near Salkantay Mountain
Join The Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Help Local children's education with TreKero

Full Itinerary of Salkantay Inca Trail Expedition

ITINERARY
Day 1: Cusco - Mollepata – Marcoccasa – Soraypamapa (Dec 8th)
We will pick you up early from the airport, then drive for 3 hours to the trailhead near the town of Mollepata. After an early breakfast, we will start our expedition crossing the Valley of Mollepata with amazing views of the Humantay and Salkantay Mountain.

Approximate time: 7 hours
Campsite altitude: 3900 m /12790ft
Considered: Moderate
Total distance: 14 km / 8.6 miles
Meals: B, L, D
Camping

Day 2: Soraypampa - Humantay lake – Salkantaypampa – Pampa Japonesa
After an early breakfast, start with a gentle uphill towards Humantay Lake and the Salkantay mountain. Enjoy the amazing view of the Vilcabamba Mountain range that separates the Andes from the Cloud Forest. The total hike takes about 8 hours to Pampa Japonesa (4280 m /14041 ft). Camp next to the great Salkantay and beautiful glacier lakes.

Approximate time: 8 hours
Campsite altitude: 4280 m /14041 ft
Considered: Moderate to Challenging
Total distance: 16 km / 10 miles
Meals: B, L, D
Camping

Day 3: Pampa Japonesa – Sisaypampa – Canal Inca
Wake in your tent with a cup of coffee served by your trekking team and get ready to conquer the highest point of this expedition, the Incachiriasca pass (5100 m / 16732 ft). Once you reach the top, enjoy the amazing views while enjoying a hot cup of coca tea to help you with the altitude. From the pass, you will start descending through the Pampacahuana Valley, following the meandering streams to the third campsite next to a small village.

Total distance: 14 km / 8.7 miles
Approximate time: 8 hours
Campsite altitude: 3670 m /12040 ft
Considered: Challenging
Meals: B, L, D
Camping

Day 4: Canal Inca – Wayllabamba
Enjoy an energetic breakfast and start with a 3-hour downhill trek to the Incan ruins of Paucar Cancha (3143 m / 10410 ft), a beautiful archeological complex but rarely visited. Next, continue for 30 minutes to Wayllabamba to visit another Inca Site of the same and camp in the village.

Total distance: 15 km / 89.3 miles
Approximate time: 7 hours
Campsite altitude: 3300m / 10826ft
Considered: Moderate
Meals: B, L, D
Camping

Day 5: Wayllabamba – Warmiwañuska – Pacaymayu
Early wake up for the most challenging day, we conquer Death Women Pass, the highest of the trek with 4200m.

Total distance:16km, 10 hrs
All meals included
Visit Runqurakay, Sayaqmarca, Conchamarca sites
Camping

Day 6: Pacaymayu – Phuyupatamarca – Wiñaywayna
Conquer the second mountain called Runqurakay Pass with 4000m.

All meals included
Visit Phuyupatamarca, Intipata, Wiñaywayna
Camping

Day 7: Wiñaywayna – Machupicchu – Cusco (Dec 14th)
Wake early to arrive with the first ones to the Sungate (Intipunku), from where you will have the first and most amazing view of Machu Picchu.

Total distance: 6km, 2 hrs
Visit Sungate, Machu Picchu
Meals: Breakfast only
Expedition Train to come back to Cusco.
You need to book a hotel in Cusco

Included on Salkantay Inca Trail Expedition

All transportation Included
Duffle bag for 8 kilos of your stuff
Mules and muleteers for Salkantay área
Personal porter for Inca Trail
Admission tickets to Salkantay, Inca Trail, and Machu Picchu
All meals included except last day Lunch
Tea time, wake up tea, snacks, every day
6 nights campings
4-man Eureka tent for each 2 trekkers
Sleeping foam mattress, pillows, hot water bags, extra blankets
Drinkable water every day
Portable toilets, hot showers, warm water to wash
Souvenir t-shirt
Professional English speaking Tour guide
Second tour guide for groups 9+
All taxes and booking fees included

Not Included Salkantay Inca Trail Expedition

Sleeping bags, inflatable mattress
Last Lunch in Aguas Calientes
Huayna Picchu admission tickets
Travel insurance
Tips to staff

We had a really great time on the Inka Trail with our guides José and Sara and the whole group! The food was really delicious and always on time! 🤩 We loved every moment of the trip!

By Kilian I for Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 4 Days - TreXperience on Apr 19, 2024

Great trip thank you. We saw the numerous interesting Inca sites and an alpaca farm, with a very nice buffet lunch. The day was packed with content. Particular thanks to our guide Katya, whose enthusiasm and knowledge seemed to be boundless. She is proud of her beautiful country and heritage, and rightly so. Thanks again for providing this experience.

By Robert H for Sacred Valley Full day tour - TreXperience on Apr 17, 2024

Trexperience were amazing for the Inca Trail. Great food. Amazing the work the porters do. But our guides were next level in looking after us.

By Jacinda L for Rentals 4 days trek (Sleeping bags, poles, air mats, trekking poles) on Apr 14, 2024

The company did an outstanding job getting our group through 4 days of hiking. The breakfast, lunch, and dinners they served were unexpectedly very good and plentiful. Sleeping inside the tents was made comfortable with foam and air mattresses along with sleeping bags and pillows. Unfortunately the government is in charge of the bathroom facilities which were pretty bad, they only had flour toilets and in some cases they were quite dirty, not the fault of the company. A lot of the companies that use the Inka trail don't properly pasteurized the drinking water many hikers get diarrhea so bring anti-diarrhea medicine and consider bringing something that can filter the bacteria our of the drinking water they provide. I think I was the only one in my group who got diarrhea, fortunately I brought medicine with me and I started using my filter once it started. Fortunately it only lasted two days and it wasn't bad. The floors of one bathroom facility was covered in diarrhea by another company's group by the time we got there, that was pretty bad. There was only one cold shower facility available at the end of the third day hiking, however, all the bathrooms at the camping sites have large sinks which you can use to at least wash your hair and face. I packed baby wipes, which worked well at cleaning the rest of me and that I used to when I went #2. We saw so many archeological sites along the 4 days hiking, it was amazing. I would definitely do this hike again but would use filter/straw that removes bacteria from the drinking water they provide. Also it's very important to be in Cusco (or high altitude town) at least 3 days before the hike to get acclimated to the altitude. Taking one aspirin (325 mg) and one ginkgo biloba (120 mg) per day starting one week before you arrive at high altitudes towns like Cusco (11,000 ft above sea level) and throughout your stay will help prevent altitude sickness (headaches, nausea, etc). Bring rain gear and use the plastic poncho they provide. My rain gear didn't work that well but the poncho did.