FIRST DAY:
We
will pick you up between 4:00 and 4:40 from
your hotels or accommodation places. Then we
will take a local bus towards Mollepata,
small town located over 2,850 m above sea
level, with a tempered climate and
vegetation from the Edge of the Jungle, in
its surroundings we will be able to
appreciate some snowcapped picks that belong
to the chain of Salkantay, where we will
enjoy the beautiful sight that is part of
the snowcapped pick Salkantay which is at an
altitude of 6,270
ms above sea level., contemplating this
landscape we will begin our long walk which
will approximately last 7 to 8 hours.
Likewise, we will observe the vegetation
pertaining to the Edge of the Jungle, along
the road we will have lunch, and then we
will continue until we get to SORAYPAMPA,
place of our first camping site.
SECOND DAY:
At dawn, when we wake up
our first sight will be the impressive of
the majestic Salkantay. At 7:00 a.m. we will
get ready to have breakfast and after that
we will continue our trek, also, this time
will take us 7 to 8 hours. Along our walking
we will be able to observe the echo tones
and the differences among the altitudinal
floors, we will enter into a kind of canyon
which will lead us to the to the foothills
of the Salkantay, after 3 hours walking we
will have lunch, to keep on our walking we
will have to get through this pass in order
to descend and contemplate the Edge of the
Jungle. This day, we will arrive to CHALLWAY
where we will spend the night.
THIRD DAY:
We begin a new day and a
new landscape and a new temperature, because
here begins the warm weather related to the
Edge of the Jungle zone. After breakfast we
will follow our route, today we will go
along valleys, watching a variety of birds,
mammals, insects and other animals. Moreover,
we will have the opportunity to observe the
life of the settlers and enjoy of the
thermal baths (collpapampa), the rainfalls
(wińaypoco),
if we really have some spare time. Then, we
will continue walking for about 4 a 6 hours
before lunch (sahuayacu
o playa), next we will take the bus to get
to Santa Teresa where we will spend the
night.
FOURTH DAY:
Waking up we will have
breakfast and after it, we will walk for
about 40 minutes to get to the edge of the
river VILCANOTA, here we will have to use
the hanging bridge after which we will walk
for 3 more hours towards the Hydroelectric,
once there, we will be able to appreciate
the valley of the Urubamba river, a huge
rainfall that flows from the Machupicchu
mountain, on the northeast we will find an
appropriate place where we can have lunch.
Afterwards, visit the Intihuatana at Km.
121.
At the end of our visit, we will have to
wait for the train, that will take us to
Aguas Calientes, where we will rest in a
comfortable inn.
FIFTH DAY:
Today is the great day
because we will be able to know the
Historical Sanctuary of MACHUPICCHU. At 6:00
morning we will get ready to hike towards
MACHUPICCHU, where we will have a guided
tour.
IT INCLUDES
- 4 breakfasts, 4
lunches, 4 dinners
- Horses (only for
equipment)
- Entrance ticket to
Machupicchu
- Train back from Aguas
calientes to Cusco
- Bus fares (Cusco,
Mollepata), train (Hydroelectric - Aguas
calientes)
- A professional guide
( English-Spanish)
- Tents
- A mattress
- Tents for dinning /
cooking
IT DOES NOT
INCLUDE
- First breakfast
- Last lunch
- Bus fares from Aguas
Calientes to Machupicchu
- Sleeping bags
