Salkantay Trail to Machu Picchu - 5 day tour
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Salkantay Trail to Machu Picchu - 5 day tour
By PaRa Travels
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By most argued to be the best alternative route to the famous Inca city of Machu Picchu. This beautiful but strenuous hike brings you across one of the highest and most imposing mountains of the Peruvian Andes; the sacred mountain of Salkantay (6271 masl). According to some authors the name of this mountain is a contraction that comes from ‘Salqa’’= ‘huraño’ or ‘wild,’ and ‘Antay’ = to produce ‘celajes’ or ‘avalanches.’
The trek offers a wide variety of magical landscapes including Quechua communities, Inca ruins, jungles with a wide range of animals and medicinal plants and overwhelming snowy mountain peaks with breath-taking sights. The trek requires a reasonable level of fitness. However, age should not be a barrier for anyone! With the highest point of 4650 masl, the most important factor is to be well-acclimatized to the high altitude. With professional guides, we guarantee a life changing experience during this tour!
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Ages 0-120, max of 18 per group
Duration: 5 days
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Mobile ticket
Meets animal welfare guidelines
Live guide: English, Spanish
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- Transportation to Soraypampa (place where the hike starts)
- Transportation back from Aguas Calientes to Cuzco
- Camping equipment and kitchen equipment
- Professional, English speaking guide
- First aid kit and oxygen kit
- Chef
- Horses/muleteer to carry general items and up to 5kg of personal items
- Tickets to Machu Picchu
- Hotel in Aguas Calientes
- Food (4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners)
- Entry/Admission - Humantay Lake
What's not included- Bus up and down from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu (12 USD one way)
- First breakfast and last lunch
- Sleeping bag (15 dollars)
- Hot springs (25 soles)
- Ziplining (100 soles
- Mule for carrying personal luggage more than 5kg (150 soles extra)
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- All passengers are picked up at their ho(s)tel before the start of the tour. The exact time will be told some days before the start of your tour. Make sure to be ready!
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Not wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 208546P3- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Not recommended for pregnant travellers
- Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 18 travellers
- All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 208546P3
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- 945stefk0 contributionsSalcantay trekTrip was really nice, on demand communication was very smooth during the trip and Jose helped us out in Cusco with all our questions.Written 17 October 2024
- Mobile656111628000 contributionsWould recommend!!!We had an amazing experience doing the Machu Picchu trip with PaRa Travels. We had very limited time to make the trip from Cusco. Everything was very well arranged and they were very adaptive to our wishes for the trip. When we arrived at the airport of Cusco someone was waiting for us to drop us off at the hotel; we got a lot of information about our travel to Aguas Calientes, which all went very smooth. Once we arrived by train, our guide was waiting for us and took us to the wonderful Machu Picchu. Our guide told us a lot of stories about the Inca’s and off course the stonework in Machu Picchu. On our way back, which again went super smooth due to the very clear explanation of the guides, we were picked up to be driven to the hotel. Since everything was so well organised we could enjoy the country of Peru to its maximum for the limited time we had.Written 24 May 2024
- koenw1350 contributionsBeautiful tourTour was arrangd perfectly by Para travel and the colleagues in Colca Canyon. Perfect nature, food, stay and hike!Written 4 November 2022
- Stephanie T0 contributionsCustomized Peruvian Travel! Highly recommend! 😁I highly recommend PaRa Travels for a customized travel experience in Peru! The tour organizers, drivers, and tour guides are top notch! I can't wait to return! 😁Written 24 April 2022
- lizrJ2867IZ0 contributionsGreat communicationOur tour was canceled due to corona. The communication with the company was excellent! They came to our hostel to explain about the tour and again to return our deposit after the tour was canceled (on their initiative).Written 19 March 2020
- iesv20200 contributionsAmazing trail!What an amazing trip this was. I really looked forward to this trip and it was even more breathtaking than I imagined. The downhill ride was a very pleasant start of the trail. It wasn't too hard, so we could really enjoy the ride. The hiking the second day was amazing. Such a nice views and look into the jungle. The zip-lining was really fun to do, a nice break from the hiking. And the view over Machu Pichu at day 4 is the most amazing thing I've seen in my life. We went on mountain Pichu and were the very first at the top in the early morning. Exceptionally experience!Written 10 February 2020
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Max G
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Sept 2024 • Couples
This was a fantastic experience for us! Everything was super arranged by PaRa Travels. From communication in advance, to food and accommodation. An Honorable Listing to our Guide Ricardo who did everything to make our experience as good as possible.
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Written 1 October 2024
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Super om te horen en wie weet zien we jullie terug!
Written 4 October 2024
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Tim E
Arnhem, The Netherlands6 contributions
Dec 2021 • Couples
It was a beautiful experience!! A must do when you are in Cusco. The trip was well organized, a very nice and good guide, good food and we had some great sleeping facilities.
Tiny misunderstanding with Machu Picchu tickets, so double check this! With regards of communication, Paul of ParaTravels was very helpful and always quick with answers!
Tiny misunderstanding with Machu Picchu tickets, so double check this! With regards of communication, Paul of ParaTravels was very helpful and always quick with answers!
Written 19 December 2021
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julian
Cusco, Peru3 contributions
Communication beforehand was very good and the 5 days trek was perfect, the guide was a nice guy and spoke English/Spanish.
Written 20 October 2021
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Good to hear you have enjoyed the Salkantay Trek!
Written 22 October 2021
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