

5 Days Salkantay Trek to Machupicchu
Explore the full itinerary for 5 Days Salkantay Trek to Machupicchu in Cusco, Peru. This hiking & trekking experience includes 5 stops over 5 days. Duration: 120 hours. Activity level: Extreme.

Our guide will pick you up at your hotel in Cusco at 4:30 am. We will drive together with the group to Mollepata, where we will have a breakfast. We will then drive one more hour to Challacancha (3,380 meters/ 11,090 feet), the starting point of our hike, passing the view point of Hornada Pata where the valley splits into two. The beginning of the trail will take us through some beautiful valleys. After a three hour hike, we arrive at our campsite in Soraypampa (3,900 meters/12,800 feet) at approximately 13:30 pm. We will have time to relax and enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by our cook. Later, we will finally visit the famous Humantay Lagoon! After 1.5 hours of hiking, we will arrive at the lagoon (4,220 meters/ 13,850 feet) with incredibly blue-green water and the snowy Humantay Mountain peak behind it, making it one of the most impressive places in the Andes Mountains. We will take some time to admire the breathtaking views and then descent to our campsite in Soraypampa.