The new Inca Trail - Salkantay Trek

The Salkantay trek, also known as the "New Inca Trail", is located north of the city of Cusco. It reaches a height of 4,600 meters above sea level at its peak. The Salkantay trek consists of a total of 5 days, which are walked for 3 days and camped for the same number of nights. On the fourth day we will travel by bus and train and sleep in a hotel in the town of Aguas Calientes. Finally, on the fifth day, we will visit Machu Picchu early in the morning and return by train to Cusco in the afternoon. Below is a description of the route day by day.

Day 1: Cusco – Trek (Mollepata - Cruz Pata - Soraypampa) 7 hours of trekking (16km)

At around 5:20 am, you will be picked up from your hotel in Cusco and be taken to the town of Mollepata (2,830 meters above sea level), which we will arrive to at 9:00 am or so and have breakfast. Then we will load load the equipment onto the horses to begin the walk to Cruz Pata, to which we will arrive at 12:00 and have lunch. Later, we will continue walking towards Soraypampa (3,700 meters above sea level), to which we will arrive at 17:30. Dinner and first camp.

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