Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu: 5-Day Adventure with Unique Camping and Pachamanca Demonstration

Embark on the ultimate 5-day Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu with TreXperience. Experience unique camping, a Pachamanca demonstration, and breathtaking views of snow-capped mountains and the cloud forest.

Duration: 5 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Cusco – Soraypampa – Humantay Lake - Salkantaypampa (13km – 6hrs)

Humantay Lake - Pick you up from your hotel at 4:30 am and drive you to Soraypampa (3800 m/ 12467ft) – arriving approximately at 8:30 am. After a delicious breakfast, we will start your Salkantay TreXperience! It’s a 2-hour walk up to Humantay Lake (4200 m / 13780 ft) after…

What's Included
  • 3 nights camping in the mountains with comfortable equipment
  • 1 night in a 3-star hotel in Aguas Calientes
  • Buses up and down to Machu Picchu
  • Safety briefing the day before the tour at 6:00 pm in our Office
  • All meals during the Trek with local organic ingredients
  • Duffle bag up to 7 kilos for your personal stuff carried by horses
  • Pick up from…
What's Not Included
  • Sleeping Bags, poles, air matts (Can be rent from us)
  • Huayna Picchu (need to be booked in advance)
  • Montaña (need to be booked in advance)
Additional Information

TreXperience presents the quintessential Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu, a 5 day, 4 night adventure. Rated as the second most sought-after route to Machu Picchu, this also stands as our most challenging and exhilarating spectrum of tours. The trek unveils the beauties of Humantay Lake, snow-laden peaks, the mystical cloud forest, coffee plantations,…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Mcsalt
Dec 16, 2024
Want to do the Salkantay Trek? Then Trexperience is the right place for you! - Absolutely unique experience! Huge thanks to the team at Trexperience. Especially to our guide Roger, who is not only very professional but also with a lot of humor and great information about country, culture and people the greatest tour guide I have ever experienced. Of course also big thanks to the chefs Bertrand and Cernobio, as well as the horse guide Ali. Everyone made this experience possible.
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D3825rzeda
Dec 12, 2024
Special trek and a very special team of staff, thank you! - Amazing amazing trek! It was made particularly special by our incredible guide Juan, the best guide I’ve had on a trip like this - always attentive, patient, kind and knowledgeable. He went above and beyond! Our exceptional head chef Balvino provided us with the best food I’ve enjoyed in Peru (and anywhere in recent memory). And sous chef Dario was incredibly helpful with all our needs and always had a smile on his face.
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Susan
Dec 9, 2024
Wonderful adventure on the Salkantay trek - Our excellent guide Juan de Dios helped make our trek a fantastic adventure. He is fun, kind, very helpful and patient whilst also being very knowledgeable about the environment, fauna, flora and the Inka history. An excellent Chinchilla spotter, conductor of offerings to Pacha mama and much much more. Plus giving us all the extra little surprises which made this a very memorable trip. Thank you! Then the support crew: Balvino the chef. Never a bad meal with highlights for me being the numerous Peruvian dishes, the gluten free pancakes, the Pachamanca, the cake and the Ceviche. Thank you. And Dario the Sous chef. Super helpful with water, early morning Coca tea and always with a smile. Big thank you to both these guys for carrying all the gear we needed to camp at Llactapata and set up and dismantle camp without an additional porter. Keep on doing what you are doing.
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Stash0906
Dec 9, 2024
Salkantay trek - awesome experience - Fantastic guiding, cuisine and of course scenery on this amazing trek. Bonus points for demonstrating how coffee is taken from berry to seed to the cup. An atmospheric trip to Machu Pichu at the end. All round excellent from Juan, Valdino, Dario and Ali. Thank you
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A8653oxbarbaram
Dec 5, 2024
An unforgettable adventure in Peru - I completed the Salkantay trek with my mother (68). We had a fantastic time on the Salkantay trek. Roger, Amilcar and the whole team have given us an unforgettable time. Roger has a flair for the right mix of adventure, knowledge, humor, and conveying the Peruvian way of life. The landscapes were absolutely unique and amazed us every day. A highly recommended adventure!
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270archieh
Dec 5, 2024
Salkantay Skirmish - Roger was an outstanding guide and super knowledgable! Amilcar cooked up a storm - highly recommend for solo or group travel!
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C665ublucys
Nov 29, 2024
salkantay - We had an amazing 5 days with the whole team on the Salkantay trek. Roger was a great guide and supported us throughout the trek! We would definitely recommend to our friends!
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K4006qsfrankw
Nov 29, 2024
Outstanding trip with outstanding guide - Roger was outstanding guide. He was helpful, informative and very friendly. Our group thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of our trek.
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L6065pucristinae
Nov 22, 2024
Amazing experience - We have done my partner and I the Salkantay route and it has been an amazing experience. There are hard times along the way but it is certainly worth discovering the Andes, passing through its lakes, eating under the glacier, going into the jungle, etc. As for our guides, it has been a great luxury to have been accompanied and cared for at all times by Sara during the route and to have reached Machu Picchu by the hand of Juan de Dios, who with his great knowledge about the history of the Inkas, has taught us every corner of one of the 7 wonders of the world. Thanks also to the entire team of cooks, muleteers, helpers... who do a great job to make this whole experience possible. Without a doubt, a memory that will accompany us always.
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Q5077gcaarons
Nov 21, 2024
Get to Peru, ask for Filio at TrekExperience - This trip was amazing. Each night I was exhausted. Each morning I was reborn. It takes mental toughness, but the views are amazing. Filio and his team took care of every detail of our well being and ensured our experience was the best possible.
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