Pick up at 5:00 am from your hotel, then 2-hour bus drive to Mollepata town, where we will get breakfast.

Then, we walk around 4:00 hours to Wayracpampa, where we eat lunch with a panoramic view of the beautiful Humantay snow-covered mountain, and it is just the beginning of a great adventure. Later, we walk towards Salkantaypampa, where we will have our first camp, the highest and coldest campsite of the whole trip.

• Campsite: Salkantaypampa (4,150 m.a.s.l / 13,612 ft)
• Distance: 15 km / 9.03 miles)
• Meals: Lunch and Dinner

We wake up at 5 a.m. to have breakfast. Then, we start our trek towards the highest pass, Tour Items located between two huge mountains, Salkantay mountain on the right and Tucarhuay mountain on the left.

We have a view of these two incredible snowy mountains since the beginning of the hike. We will have time to rest and contemplate this beautiful view and the great panorama. We continue our journey (downhill) through a spectacular cloudy forest towards Huayracpunku, where we have lunch. After lunch, we walk for approximately 3:00 hours into the jungle until we reach our second camp.

• Campsite: Colpapampa (3,000 m.a.s.l / 9,800 ft)
• Distance: 13 km / 8.06 miles)
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Highest point: Salkantay pass (4,650 m.a.s.l. / 15,200 ft)

Early in the morning we start to walk through the jungle, crossing the Lluscamayo. During our journey, we pass by different valleys and we can see waterfalls, tropical fruits and plants. Also, we will camp in Sahuayacu beach, which it has a warm climate.

• Campsite: Sahuayucu beach (2,500 m.a.s.l / 8,202 ft)
• Distance: 12 km / 7.44 miles)
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Highest point: Colpapampa (3,000 m.a.s.l. / 9,800 ft)

This will be a great day, we will be able see Machu Picchu from the distance. We must start walking early, we get up at 6:30am. We hike for about 3 hours a steep path towards Llactapata. Llactapata is an amazing Inca Fortress from which we will see Machu Picchu from the distance. After taking pictures, we continue walking around 2:00 hours across coca and banana plantations, until the hydroelectric station.

We have lunch in the afternoon, we also say goodbye to our companions, who helped us during this fabulous trip. Later, we continue walking towards Aguas Calientes town, where we will spend the night in the hotel.

• Distance: 19 km / 11,78 miles
• Highest point: Llaqtapata 2,70 m.a.s.l / 9,052 ft
• Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

The most important day has finally come. We will visit Machu Picchu and its magnificence therefore we have breakfast at 5.00am.

• Meals: Breakfast