Salkantay Trek To Machu Picchu 5 days a different alternative to the traditional Inca Trail, considered among the 25 best treks in the world by the magazine National Geographic Adventure, an adventure surrounded by glaciers, besides the mixture with tropical cloud forests. the snowy Salkantay with a height of 6.271 meters, was revered by Andean cultures and respect for the mountain Salkantay in Quechua language means wild mountain persists.