Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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A current valid passport is required on the day of travel.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is an alternative to the Inca Trail and considered by most to be the best alternative route (and maybe even better!). This magnificent trail is perfect for adventurers who wish to become personally integrated in changing ecosystems from one day to the next. You will walk through sweeping, magical landscapes of a snowy mountain paradise to a tropical jungle where you will find a wide range of animals and medicinal plants and flower varieties.
Highlights
5 days
Offered in Portuguese & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 days
Offered in Portuguese & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
The following meals: 4 x lunch, 4 x dinner, 4 x breakfast (optional vegeterian)
Chairs and dining tables.
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Roomy dining tent and kitchen.
Coffee and/or Tea
Professional bilingual guide, cook and assistants.
Transportation from Ollantaytambo to Cusco.
First aid kit.
1 night of lodging in a hotel in Aguas Calientes.
Bottled water
Snacks
Transfer from Cusco to Mollepata.
Personal care items.
Additional horse.
Tips for the guide and the horsemen.
Meeting Points
Departure
Cusco Region
the tour starts in Cusco
Return
Plaza San Francisco
Cusco, Peru
Salkantay Trek Private Service
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About
The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is an alternative to the Inca Trail and considered by most to be the best alternative route (and maybe even better!). This magnificent trail is perfect for adventurers who wish to become personally integrated in changing ecosystems from one day to the next. You will walk through sweeping, magical landscapes of a snowy mountain paradise to a tropical jungle where you will find a wide range of animals and medicinal plants and flower varieties.
Highlights
5 days
Offered in Portuguese & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 days
Offered in Portuguese & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
The following meals: 4 x lunch, 4 x dinner, 4 x breakfast (optional vegeterian)
Chairs and dining tables.
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Roomy dining tent and kitchen.
Coffee and/or Tea
Professional bilingual guide, cook and assistants.
Cusco – Humantay Lake – Basecamp SalkantayPampa (16km approx 7hrs)
1 Stop
1
Conde Travel
The group will be picked up at the hotels to travel by bus for 4hrs and reach Mollepata, where the trek starts. In this area it is possible to see the beautiful snow-capped peak of Salkantay. Afterwards you will hike for 4hrs. ascending the mountain of Saillapata and have lunch. Afterwards, you'll walk until reaching the campsite in Soraypampa.
