Overview:
Hike the second most popular trek to Machu Picchu, stay in the less crowded campsites, a camp for 1 night on a mountain in front of Machu Picchu. Our premium treks include Pachamanca, coffee tours, and Panoramic Trains.
Highlights:
- Travel with a local trekking expert from Cusco
- PACHAMANCA barbecue & Cooking lessons
- Authentic camping experience with tents and hot showers
- Camp at Llatapata on day 3, a mountain in front of Machu Picchu
- Return the panoramic trains (Vistadome or 360°)
Itinerary:
Day 1: Cusco – Humantay Lake – SalkantayPampa (16km, 8hrs)
- Pick you up from your hotel in Cusco at 4.30 am
- Breakfast, snacks, lunch, tea time, dinner
- Visit Humantay Lake & camp next to Salkantay Mountain.
- Camping with comfortable tents at 3900m
Day 2: SalkantayPampa -Hayrajpunku – Collpapampa (18km, 9hrs)
- Wake up tea or coffee in your tent
- Breakfast, snacks, lunch, tea time, dinner
- Conquer Salkantay Pass, hike into the cloud forest
- Camping with comfortable tents at 2800m
Day 3: Collpapampa – Lucmabamba – Llactapata (16km, 8hrs)
- Wake up tea or coffee in your tent
- Visit coffee farms at Lucmabamba
- Pachamanca Barbecue and cooking lessons
- Camping on a mountain in front of Machu Picchu
Day 4: Llactapata – Hydroelectric – Aguas Calientes (14km, 6hrs)
- Wake up tea or coffee in your tent
- Breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner
- Visit Mandor Gardens & hike around Huayna Picchu
- 3-star hotel in Aguas Calientes
Day 5: Machu Picchu (Beat the crowds!) – 4hrs
- Breakfast in hotel
- Machu Picchu early morning tour
- Panoramic train to return (arrival - 7.30 pm to 8:pm)
Included:
- Safety briefing the day before the tour at 6:00 pm
- Pick up from your hotel on the morning of the tour
- All transportation during the duration of the trek
- Duffle bag up to 8 kilos for your stuff carried by horses
- Professional, highly trained mountain tour guides
- Experience chefs, porters, and horsemen
- Pachamanca barbecue and cooking lessons
- Organic coffee farms tour
- 3 nights camping with comfortable equipment
- 1 night in a 3-star hotel in Aguas Calientes
- All meals during the trek with local ingredients
- Entrance ticket to Salkantay and Machu Picchu
- Buses up and down to Machu Picchu
- Panoramic Exclusive train to come back to Cusco
- First Aid Kit, Oxygen tank, Satellite phones
- Private toilets, hot showers
- All taxes and booking fees included
Not Included
- Last day Lunch
- Sleeping bags, air mattresses, or trekking poles
- Huayna Picchu or Montaña entrances
- Tips for porters, chefs, guides