Salkantay Trek 4D/3N

Overview

Salkantay Trek 4 days is a short version of the entire trail that takes you to Machu Picchu if you don’t have enough time to make the five-day version, this option is perfect for you because you will enjoy the best part of the Salkantay Trek. The first three days are the same as the 5-day walk. The whole group on the third day arrives at the Santa Teresa camp at around 1:00 p.m. for lunch, people who have four days of walking after lunch will continue by car to the hydroelectric plant for 45 more minutes, then they will walk 3 hours along the train tracks to Aguas. hot town. Once you get to the village, we take you to the accommodation, and at dinner, you will join another group that started the hike a day before you, for dinner and the next day’s tour at Machu Picchu. Sometimes we have enough people to make groups of 4 days only people. In this case, you will travel only with people and guides who are doing only the four-day program. This option is excellent for those adventurers who want to take the Salcantay and Machu Picchu trek in 4 days. You will enjoy the mountains, lagoons, glaciers are jungle and much more the only difference between the 5-day program is that you do not have time to do the thermal baths of Santa Teresa and there is no time to do trekking Llactapata that takes you to the Inca site of Llactapata to see Machu Picchu a day before.

Itinerary

Day 1: Mollepata – Chalacancha – Soraypampa

We will pick you up starting at 4:30 AM from your respective hotels, departing from Cusco at 5:00 AM, passing through the towns of Izcuchaca and Limatambo, and arriving at Mollepata where we will pay the entrance fee of s/ 20.00 to the Humantay Lagoon. We will arrive around 8:00 AM, where we will have breakfast, and then we will hand over 5 kilos of luggage to our muleteer.

We will board the bus again from Mollepata to Marqoq’asa (approx. 1 hour). From there, we will begin our hike to the viewpoint where we can appreciate the Humantay snow-capped mountain and Inca water channels. We will then continue for about 3 hours and 30 minutes to the lunch and campsite point at Soraypampa.
Marqoq’asa – Soraypampa (14 km, approx. 5 hours).

Humantay Lagoon: Ascent and visit to the Humantay Lagoon, located at 4,220 m.a.s.l. The ascent takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes, and the descent about 40 minutes. Our tea time will be approximately at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner, and finally we will head to our cabins to rest.

Day 2: Soraypampa – Salkantay – Colpapampa

Being 05:00am we will be ready to taste the breakfast and then continue with our walk at 06.30 am, making a gradual ascent of 04 hours to the point of the Salkantay pass located at 4650 m.s.n.m. On that journey we will be able to go through 02 important points of history (Salkantay-Pampa and Soyroq’ocha) In the step we will make a small offering with coca leaves towards our Pachamama and the Salkantay Apu, and we will talk about the history and religion of the Incas. We make the descent from 02.30 minutes to the Huayrac-Pampa lunch point where we will be 01.30 minutes tasting lunch, we continue the walk of the 4100 m.s.n.m at 2900 M.S.N.M for the time of 03.30 minutes all this journey in Ceja de Selva arriving at the Colpapampa name camp where we will have our tea and dinner Soraypampa – Salkantay – Colpapampa(22km. 10 hours)

Day 3: Colpapampa – Sahuayaco Beach – Hidroelectrica

We will take our breakfast at 06:00 am, then we will walk for the time 05.30 hours all by jungle eyebrow with plain ascents and descent, on this route we will appreciate coffee plantations, orchids, begoneas, bromeliads and many Natural plants used for natural medicine, arriving at our lunch point Sahuayaco Where we will have lunch, then we will take a transport to Hydroelectric and then walk for 3 hours to Aguas Calientes, where we will spend the night in a hostel and we will have the last dinner in a restaurant. Colpapampa – Playa-Hydro-Hydro-Aguas Calientes

Day 4: Aguas Calientes – Machupicchu – Cusco

We will wake up very early in the morning to visit Machu Picchu, where we will have a guided tour of the citadel, visiting temples, terraces, palaces, and agricultural platforms. Afterwards, you will have time to take photos and explore on your own. Then, we will return to the town of Aguas Calientes to wait for your Expedition train at 14:55 or 18:20, depending on availability.

Note: If you have tickets for Machu Picchu Mountain or Huayna Picchu, you will enter between 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM. Please note that in this case you will not have the guided tour of Machu Picchu, as there will not be enough time. You will go directly in front of the aforementioned mountains.

Included:

Transport The following required transport services are included within the tour:
- TOURIST TRANSPORT Cusco – Mollepata. Approximate trip: 2 hours and 30 minutes.
- Transportation Mollepata – Challacancha, approximately 45 minutes trip.
- Tourist transport Ollantaytambo station – Cusco (Regocijo Square).
Entrance ticket Entrance ticket to the Inca city of Machu Picchu.
Train tickets The schedules we work with are the EXPEDITION TRAIN at 14:55 or 18:20.
Camp infrastructure We have established campsites in each camping area, within which:
- In Soraypampa: we have rustic cabins, with 13cm thick mats.
- In Colpapampa: we have domes, with 13cm thick mats.
Accommodation The accommodation included in the package is a basic hostel in the town of Aguas Calientes.
- All rooms have a private bathroom and a private shower.
- Hot shower.
- Wi-Fi
- Snack breakfast to go (includes juice, cheese sandwich, biscuit, and 1 fruit).
NOTE:
- If you want to book your own hotel or work with a specific hotel, let us know so we can coordinate the details, or we can also make your hotel reservation.
- Maximum load of 5kg per horse rider.
Support staff
- Official Tour Guide – Certified by Dircetur with a minimum of 3 years of experience. Maximum groups of 10 people due to biosecurity protocols.
- Chef specializing in high mountain cuisine – equipped with unique surgical steel cookware.
- Muleteers and horses to carry all camping and kitchen equipment.
- 5 kilos of personal belongings per passenger – Passenger’s luggage must also include the weight of their sleeping bag.
Meals All required meals during the tour are included. All meals we offer are buffet style (except for the first breakfast, the fourth lunch, and the fourth dinner which are in tourist restaurants).
- 03 Breakfasts
- 03 Lunches
- 02 Snacks (Soraypampa, Chaullay and Santa Teresa – includes chocolate, coca tea, coffee, milk, tea, popcorn, cookies).
- 03 Dinners
- We wake you up every morning with a cup of coca tea.
Security
- Oxygen
- First aid kit (only generic items; passengers must bring their personal medications).
- Communication radios.

Not included:

Last day lunch.
First breakfast
Entrance to Mollepata + Laguna Humantay S/ 20.00
Transportation Beach – Hydroelectric
Transportation Hydroelectric Backpacks- Aguas Calientes
Service and extra expenses. (Water along the way, snack)
Sleeping bag 15 USD
Trekking poles 15 USD

Recommendations

Take with you:
- Original passport and student card of your university
- essential insurance card
- Waterproof hiking boots (with ankle guards)
- Waterproof jacket or rain poncho
- Sleeping bag
- Take hot
- Hat and gloves
- tshirts
- Comfortable pants
- Rain pants
- Sun hat, swimsuit (for hot springs in Santa Teresa and Aguas Calientes)
- Sun protection cream (factor 35 is recommended) the sun is strong
- Insect repellent 40% DEET (for mosquitoes)
- Water bottle
- Water purification tablets (Micropur recommended)
- toilet paper
- personal medication
- camera and movies
- Torch with spare batteries (lantern)
- Suggested extra contribution Money for tips porters, cook and guide. and for any emergency (300 soles)
- Walking poles (Black Diamont or Leki brand)

Optional items to carry

Shorts
Walking poles (with rubber tips) can also be rented with us. $10 USD The entire trip.
Sleeping bags $20 USD the entire trip.
plaster and bandage.

Salkantay Trek 4D/3N