Name: Salkantay Trek 4D/3N with Machu Picchu visit
Location: Cusco, Peru

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Duration: 4 days

Group size: 4 - 16

Salkantay Trek 4D/3N with Machu Picchu visit

Cusco, Peru

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Duration: 4 days

Group size: 4 - 16

Professional Trek Guide
Pre-Departure Briefing
Warm meals during the tr
3 Breakfast, 3 lunches, 3 dinners tea and snacks
Drinking water
Boiled Water at every campsite
Camp
Chef, muleteers & horses
Horses
to carry our belongings, duffels bag, food and equipment
1 hotel night
1-night hotel in Aguas Calientes
Bus
Round trip bus from Aguas Calientes to Machupicchu
Entrance tickets
Entrance ticket to Machupicchu, Salkantay and Humantay Lake
Train
Train ticket from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo (Expedition or Voyager service)
Transportation
Return transportation from Ollantaytambo to your hotel in Cusco
First-aid and oxygen kit
Duffel bag

Day 1
Day 1
CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – CHALLACANCHA – SORAYPAMPA– HUMANTAY LAKE - SORAYPA
We start this amazing adventure with the pickup from your hotel at 5am, this will be a ride of two hours approximately until we arrive to Mollepata community, where we will have our first breakfast, after breakfast we continue on transportation to Challacancha where is the started point of the hike.

Here we meet the chef and muleteers and need to check our luggage, pack the horses, and begin the long ascent to our campsite.

Three hours and a half approximately to arrive at our campsite, on the way you will hike the original Inca trail Canal. The experience is unique, you will be part of nature and see far away the Salkantay mountain which is breathtaking at first glance.
After this we will arrive to our campsite where we will be waiting for you, you will get the accommodation and we will wait for the lunch to recover energy after lunch, you will have some free time until we will start our hike up to Humantay Lake, this will take two hours to hike up and one hour on the way back approximately. You will enjoy the beauty of Humantay Lake which is located on the bottom of the snowcapped Humantay Mountain. It is quite cold as you can imagine but the view is unique and worthy.
Back to our campsite, you can change your clothes and then you will enjoy a delicious dinner.

After dinner, our tour guide will brief the itinerary for the next day, which is moderate to challenging.

MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
NIGHT: Soraypampa Campsite.
ACTIVITY LEVEL: Moderate to Challenge
WALKING DISTANCE: 10 km/6.21 mi
WALKING TIME: 5 or 6 hours
MINIMUM ELEVATION: 3,800 m/12,467 ft
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 4,200 m/13,780 ft
BASECAMP ELEVATION: 3,900 m/12,975 ft
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Day 2
Day 2
SORAYPAMPA – SALKANTAY PASS–WAYRACMACHAY- CHAULLAY
This day, you will wake up early, be ready and prepared for this beautiful experience. Then You will enjoy the delicious breakfast and start the hike up to Salkantay Pass.

You will pass through the Salkantay Pampa and continue zig zag up to the Summit. We will take some breaks along the way to enjoy the nature of the stunning mountains, time for pictures and a proper guiding explanation and of course recover some energy. Once you arrive at the pass you will reach 4,630m/15,228 ft. Now you can take beautiful pictures with the snowcapped Salkantay mountain.

Then we will continue our hike to Wayracmachay all the way down the landscape will change a little bit and you will notice once there you will have a delicious lunch our chefs will surprise you , after recovering some energy.

After lunch we need to continue all the way down you will find that the temperature will improve considerably because of the of the low altitude our campsite is located at 2900m/9514 ft so is quite nice in contrast to the first base camp- we will be waiting for you. You can get it and break for a while to get ready for dinner, where our tour guide will brief the itinerary for the next day.

MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
NIGHT: Chaullay Campsite
ACTIVITY LEVEL: Challenging
WALKING DISTANCE: 24 km/13.67mi
WALKING TIME: 11/12 hours
MINIMUM ELEVATION: 2,900m/9,514ft
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 4,600 m/15,190 ft
BASECAMP ELEVATION: 3000m /9,842 ft
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Day 3
Day 3
CHAULLAY - LORETA LA PLAYA - HIDROELECTRICA – AGUAS CALIENTES
After a challenging day, we will wake up early in the morning to have a delicious breakfast. This day will be for relaxing, the trail is beautiful and the vegetation is very dense and we will see a variety of orchids and impressive waterfalls approximately 80 meters high. We will hike all the way down through the Santa Teresa Valley to Lucmabamba where we will have lunch and board the transportation to Hifroelectrica.

In the afternoon, we continue walking towards Aguas Calientes for 2 hours (12 kilometers) where we will spend the night in a proper hotel. The dinner is Included and your tour guide will give you the important information for the next day. The main reason for this program is Machupicchu.

MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
NIGHT: Hotel in Aguas Calientes (Standard).
ACTIVITY LEVEL: Difficult
WALKING DISTANCE: 27km/16.78mi
WALKING TIME: 8 or 9 hours
MINIMUM ELEVATION: 2000m/6,560 ft
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 3,000m/9,842 ft
AGUAS CALIENTES ELEVATION: 2,040m /6,693 ft
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Day 4
Day 4
AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO
We wake up early in the morning (depending on the time of our admission ticket).

Some of you will want to hike to the entrance to Machupicchu which can take one hour and a half some of You will want to take the first bus (5:30am) from Aguas Calientes to the Machupicchu Citadel, usually 30 minutes by bus.

Our guide will thoroughly guide you through the Machupicchu archeological site for about 2 hours, then time to come back to Aguas Calientes town where you can get lunch (not included in the program) and in the afternoon we will take the train to Ollantaytambo, you need to be at the Aguas Calientes train station 30min in advance.

A representative of our company will meet you at the train station in Ollantaytambo town then we will take You back to Cusco in proper tourist transportation. We will drop you at your hotel.

MEALS: Breakfast
NIGHT: Not included
WALKING DISTANCE: 7km/ 3.11mi
WALKING TIME: 2 hours approx.
MINIMUM ELEVATION: 2040m/ 6690ft
MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 2430m/ 7970 ft
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Day 1

CUSCO – MOLLEPATA – CHALLACANCHA – SORAYPAMPA– HUMANTAY LAKE - SORAYPA

Review for Inspired Routes & Crossover Peru Trekking to Machu Picchu with my son and brother was truly a bucket list dream come true. I was in awe of the spectacular scenery, the physical challenge, and the chance to connect with the incredible Incan culture. Sharing that journey with my family made it all the more meaningful. Inspired Routes, led by Nancy, made the experience seamless from start to finish. Her care, professionalism, and attention to detail gave us complete confidence and allowed us to simply enjoy every moment. On the trail, our guide Luz was outstanding—caring, thoughtful, and deeply knowledgeable. She brought history and culture to life in a way we’ll never forget. Chef David amazed us with delicious meals prepared in the middle of the mountains, and the porters inspired us with their strength, dedication, and unfailing good spirits. This trip was everything I had hoped for and more—a perfect balance of adventure, challenge, and wonder—thanks to an exceptional team that made it all possible. Thanks again, Nancy and Crossover Peru

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