T H E S P I R I T O F MACHU PICCHU 6 D A Y S | 6 N I G H T S DESCRIPTION
This package is the most fantas c adventure in the Andes; it combines Cusco's most amazing places (Cusco, Sacred considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. As a finishing touch, you can walk to the Vinicunca Valley, Machu Picchu, Ausangate and, Rainbow Mountain). Discover the personality of the Andes on a long-winded mountain, also known as Rainbow Mountain, Mountain of 7 Colors or simply Mountain of Colors due to the stripes of trek. Recharge yourself near the most powerful energy points in the Cusco region. Immense sacred glaciers such as colors that its surface exhibits as a result of its complex mineral composi on. the imposing Apu Ausangate, turquoise lakes, wild animals, and the cap va ng Rainbow Mountain will be the perfect prelude to the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu.
Discover together with Salkantay Trekking the best that Cusco has to offer. In 6 days you'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the fascina ng culture and history of this part of the world. Feel the call of the Incas as you tour the city of Cusco. Get to know the monumental agricultural laboratory of Moray with its circular terraces and the thousands of small salt pools of Maras. See fer le cornfields in the middle of huge mountains during your visit to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Be amazed by the genius of the ancient Peruvian builders in the citadel of Machu Picchu,
HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS DAY BY DAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 DAY DAY DAY DAY DAY DAY We welcome you to Cusco – Cusco | Chinchero - Maras- Aguas Calientes | Machu Cusco | Tinque - Upis - Abra Pucaccocha | El Abra Puca - Yanacocha | Rainbow City Tour Cusco Half Day Moray - Ollantaytambo - Picchu - Ollantaytambo - Arapa - Yanacocha - Anantapata - Warmisaya - Mountain (sunrise walk) - Aguas Calientes Cusco Pucacocha Lake Yanacocha (Sunset Hike to Cusipata - Cusco the Rainbow Mountain) Cusco´s Cathedra Chinchero Aguas Calientes Upis Anantapata Rainbow Mountain Koricancha Temple Moray Machu Picchu Yanacocha Lake Warmisaya Saqsayhuaman Maras Pucacocha Lake Yanacocha Q`enqo Salt Mines Puka Pukara Tambomachay
HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS FULL ITINERARY The Spirit of Machu Picchu 6 Days 1 F E A T U R E D D E S T I N A T I O N O F T H E D A Y DAY SACSAYHUAMAN Archaeological Site THE SPIRIT OF 6 DAYS 6 N I G H T S 1 We welcome you to Cusco – City Tour Cusco Half Day M A C H U P I C C H U DAY City Tour Cusco
e'll be wai ng for you at the airport upon your arrival in the ancient capital of Tawan nsuyu and we'll take you in our comfortable mobility to your hotel. You'll have me to refresh Wyourself and rest a bit. In the a ernoon we'll visit the main spots of this ancient city. Among the most important sites that you'll visit are the Temple of the Sun or Qorikancha, the Cathedral, and the Inca fortress of Saqsayhuamán. At the end of the tour, we'll drop you back at the door of your hotel.
HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS 2 F E A T U R E D D E S T I N A T I O N O F T H E D A Y DAY MARAS Salt Mines THE SPIRIT OF 6 DAYS 6 N I G H T S 2 Cusco | Chinchero - Maras-Moray - Ollantaytambo - Aguas Calientes M A C H U P I C C H U DAY Chinchero Moray Maras Salt Mines
e'll pick you up from your hotel At noon, we'll be heading to Urubamba to in the city of Cusco at 07:30 am. recharge our energies with a well-deserved WWe'll go to our first stop in lunch. We'll con nue our tour of the Sacred Chinchero, a beau ful place known not only for Valley and arrive at Ollantaytambo, considered its impressive landscapes but also for the by many to be the only living Inca city to this quality of its tex le art. We'll visit the home of a day. Its streets preserve the original layout local family where we'll learn some of the main made by the ancient Peruvians and the water tex le techniques inherited from genera on to s ll runs through the canals that are found next genera on. The low prices and the very high to the main roads. In addi on, you'll visit its quality of Chinchero fabrics make this an ideal impressive archaeological site in the company opportunity to do the best shopping. of our guide who'll show you the most extraordinary details. As we con nue our journey we'll observe endless fields of cul va on, small tradi onal When we've finished touring this dazzling place, communi es, and huge snow-capped peaks. we'll go to the Ollantaytambo train sta on and A er a short while we'll arrive at Moray and will enter the Amazon jungle. It'll be an visit its spectacular concentric terraces. unforge able 3 hours of travel on the rails next Scholars have verified that Moray func oned as to the furious Vilcanota River. We'll arrive at a true agricultural laboratory where food from Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Town), an other al tude and clima c regions could be intense miniature metropolis where you'll produced. Next we'll go to the Maras salt mines spend the night in a hotel. that have been in opera on since pre-Inca mes. Be amazed by the more than 5000 salt pools that are flooded, day a er day, by water that comes from inside the earth.
HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS 3 F E A T U R E D D E S T I N A T I O N O F T H E D A Y DAY MACHU PICCHU Archaeological Site THE SPIRIT OF 6 DAYS 6 N I G H T S 3 Aguas Calientes | Machu Picchu - Ollantaytambo - Cusco M A C H U P I C C H U DAY Machu Picchu
he dream day starts very early. At 05:30 choose one of the countless restaurants in am, a er enjoying breakfast at your Aguas Calientes for lunch (price not included in Thotel, we'll board a bus that'll take us the tour). Then, according to the departure to the archaeological site of Machu Picchu. This me of your train, you'll return to the journey takes about 25 minutes. Ollantaytambo sta on where our mobility will be wai ng for you to transport you to the door As soon as you enter Machu Picchu you'll be of your hotel in the city of Cusco. invaded by an intense energy. This pre-Hispanic marvel of architecture and engineering is built on the top of a mountain in complete harmony with nature. We'll be one of the first groups to enter, so you'll be able to contemplate - without the distrac on of a mul tude of tourists - how the orange light of the dawn sun is covering these ancient corners.
Learn about the true history of Machu Picchu on a 2-hour guided tour. You'll discover the main sectors of this citadel and then have free me to rediscover this enigma c archaeological site on your own.
If you have managed to obtain an entrance to the Huayna Picchu mountain, our guide will accompany you to the star ng point of the trek. It will take approximately 2 hours to ascend and descend.
At the end of this unforge able tour you can
HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS 4 F E A T U R E D D E S T I N A T I O N O F T H E D A Y DAY PUCACOCHA Lake THE SPIRIT OF 6 DAYS 6 N I G H T S 4 Cusco | Tinque - Upis - Abra Arapa - Yanacocha - Pucacocha Lake M A C H U P I C C H U DAY Tinque Upis Abra Arapa Yanacocha Pucacocha Lake
Meals: Accommoda on: Difficulty: Walking Distance: Highest Eleva on: Minimum Eleva on: Breakfast, Lunch, Camps Challenging 6.21 miles 4850 m / 15912 4599 m / 15088 Dinner
e'll start our adventure very spectacular Ausangate mountain. From the top early. We'll pick you up from of the pass (4,798 masl / 15,744 fasl) the Wyour hotel at 5:00 am and we'll beauty of the landscape mul plies. You'll be go in a private vehicle to the city of Urcos, able to observe the size of the mountain range capital of the province of Quispicanchi. On the and, if you're lucky, the solemn flight of the way we'll be able to observe picturesque towns condor. Our guide will explain a li le more and beau ful lagoons along the Vilcanota about the impressive local flora and fauna. Valley. We'll con nue to the town of Ocongate Then we'll begin to descend and will run into and then towards Tinque where you can make the beauty of the crystalline mul -colored your last minute purchases before we reach the lagoons of Yanacocha (black lagoon) and community of Upis (3,799 masl / 12,464 fasl), Pukacocha (red lagoon), as well as several the star ng point of our walk. A er breakfast, waterfalls. Later, we'll arrive at our camp where our first day begins on a plain that looks directly you'll have me to take a reenergizing nap. In at the immense Ausangate glacier (6,300 masl / the a ernoon, we can explore the vicinity of 20,900 fasl). You can concentrate and feel the the lakes and drink a delicious tea. Obviously, emo on that this great mass of snow provokes before you go to sleep, a nutri ous dinner in your heart. As we move forward, we'll meet awaits you. local people wearing their beau ful and colorful tradi onal clothes. Herds of llamas and alpacas will also accompany our steps. We'll arrive at the thermal baths of Upis (4,198 masl / 13,776 fasl) to enjoy our lunch.
A er a delicious Lunch in the middle of the cold of the high mountains and then begin our walk in a beau ful high Andean valley towards the Arapa pass, always accompanied by the
HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS 5 F E A T U R E D D E S T I N A T I O N O F T H E D A Y DAY YANACOCHA Lake THE SPIRIT OF 6 DAYS 6 N I G H T S 5 Pucaccocha | El Abra Puca - Anantapata - Warmisaya - Yanacocha M A C H U P I C C H U DAY Puca Pass Anantapata Warmisaya Yanacocha
Meals: Accommoda on: Difficulty: Walking Distance: Highest Eleva on: Minimum Eleva on: Breakfast, Lunch, Camps Challenging 11 miles 5050 m / 16568 4400 m / 14435 Dinner
here’s nothing be er for your body observe the vastness of the horizon. We only than waking up to a hot herbal tea of have to descend for 20 minutes to the Tcoca leaves. Get up early to start one of Yanacocha lagoon where the camp will be the most beau ful days of the en re excursion. wai ng for you. Before stopping, we’ll con nue Be amazed by the stunning views of the snow- our 1 hour walk to the Rainbow Mountain pass capped mountains and deep green valleys. to see the majes c sunset show over the A er a hearty breakfast, we will go up to Abra Rainbow Valley. Once we have rejoiced in the Puca. Feel the impressive presence of the Apu sunset, we’ll return to the camp in 45 minutes Ausangate and take photos of its beau ful to enjoy happy hour (drinks and snacks) and turquoise lagoons. Once you reach the top, then a dinner that will surprise you. you’ll feel that you have the giant face of the Apu Ausangate right in front of you. In addi on, you’ll be able to observe the extended beauty of the Chilca Valley where llamas and alpacas will be passing quietly. From this open you can already see the beginning of the Rainbow Mountain range with its striking stripes of colors.
A er taking some photos we con nue with a gradual descent for 2 hours to our lunch point located in Anantapata (4,400 masl / 14,435 fasl). Once we have filled our stomachs, we’ll take the opportunity to rest and relax before con nuing with an ascent to the Warmisaya or Pitumarca pass (5,050 masl / 16,568 fasl). From there you’ll feel like you are a bird and you’ll
HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS 6 F E A T U R E D D E S T I N A T I O N O F T H E D A Y DAY RAINBOW Mountain THE SPIRIT OF 6 DAYS 6 N I G H T S 6 Yanacocha | Rainbow Mountain (sunrise walk) - Cusipata - Cusco M A C H U P I C C H U DAY Rainbow Mountain
Meals: Difficulty: Walking Distance: Highest Eleva on: Minimum Eleva on: Breakfast, Lunch, Challenging 5.6 miles 5050 m / 16568 4250 m / 13943 Dinner