In this classic Andean trek, you experience some of the world’s most breathtaking mountain scenery along with some of its finest archeological sites. 

On the Salcantay Trek, you discover the Vilcabamba Cordillera, an exhilarating range of steep valleys, lacy waterfalls, and towering granite snowpeaks.  Five hundred years ago, the Incas united each valley and pass with a network of exquisitely crafted stone highways.  Life in these mountains has changed little: the Quechua-speaking peasants scattered through these high green valleys nurture their herds, till the soil with traditional tools, and make coca leaf offerings to the powerful Apu (mountain spirit) residing in the sacred peak of Nevado Salcantay (6,271m/ 20,600′).