7 days Apu Salkantay – Machu Picchu

Cusco · Sacsayhuaman · Chinchero · Maras · Moray · Humantay · Salkantay · Machu Picchu

7 days / 6 nights

Key Information

Departs
Cusco
Arrives
Cusco airport
Maximum Altitude
15,091 feet (Salkantay Pass)
Distance
Varies by day; see itinerary details
Difficulty
Challenging
Age
18–65
Minimum Travellers
2
Maximum Travellers
10

Highlights

  • Day 1: Arrival in Cusco & Transfer to Your Hotel — Your journey begins with a welcoming and greeting at Cusco airport after that we transfer you to your hotel.
  • Day 2: Cusco City Tour – Altars and Sacred Ceremony of Despacho — Around 9:00 am in the morning we will come to pick you up to your hotel with private vehicle to be driven firstly to SACSAYHUAMAN, one of the most important building by inka people in the upper part of city of cusco after that we will visit the sacred altars to the four cardinal direction to reconnect with essence of our live and sacred caves the land of the rainbow and well preserved all the altars directed to the four cardinal points, where we will have a opportunity to open our hears to give our gratitude to the Mother Earth DESPACHO offering.
  • Day 3: Sacred Valley – Chinchero – Maras Moray – Salineras — Around 8:00 am in the morning we will come to pick you up to your hotel with private vehicle to be driven firstly to Chinchero where you will appreciate its amazing archeological sites and beautiful colonial church and unique for its work of art, then the Andean fabrics or textile to become to familiarize ourselves with the ancestral wisdom that was maintained long before the times of the Incas.
  • Day 4: Quilla Rumiyoq Full Day Medicine Huachuma — Temple dedicated to the Moon and the divinity of femine energy located next to an Inca terrace and a small cave where petroglyphs are found and where offerings are made to the mother earth.
  • Day 5: Cusco – Mollepata – Humantay Lagoon – Soraypampa — Our spiritual Journey to Apu Salkantay and Mama Humantay will star picking you up from your hotel in Cusco around 6am.
  • Day 6: Soraypampa – Salkantay Pass – Cusco — After a nutritious breakfast we will have our integration ceremony to connect and liberated experiences from the past that may have caused or still cause, trauma, pain, and suffering in the present, limiting our true nature innocence to cleanse and heal our imbalances and energetic blockages to manifest greater health and vitality and after that we are continuing walking to connect with this two powerful Apus Salkantay and Humantay Spirit towards to Salkantay Pass (15,091 feet), which takes roughly 3 hours up to pass or we can walk close by to Apu Salkanaty to see in its expendor and return to base camp to return to Cusco city.

Introduction

7 days Apu Salkantay – Machu Picchu is a 7 days / 6 nights journey through Cusco · Sacsayhuaman · Chinchero · Maras · Moray · Humantay · Salkantay · Machu Picchu. Each day follows a clear plan so you can focus on the landscapes, culture, and experiences along the way.

The itinerary takes you step by step: Day 1 — Arrival in Cusco & Transfer to Your Hotel; Day 2 — Cusco City Tour – Altars and Sacred Ceremony of Despacho; Day 3 — Sacred Valley – Chinchero – Maras Moray – Salineras; Day 4 — Quilla Rumiyoq Full Day Medicine Huachuma; Day 5 — Cusco – Mollepata – Humantay Lagoon – Soraypampa; Day 6 — Soraypampa – Salkantay Pass – Cusco; Day 7 — Free Morning – Transfer to Airport.

We have a morning at leisure and then according to your flight schedule we will transfer you to the airport for your flight home.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Cusco & Transfer to Your Hotel

Arrival in Cusco & Transfer to Your Hotel

Your journey begins with a welcoming and greeting at Cusco airport after that we transfer you to your hotel.

Enjoy the archeological city of Cusco, known particularly for its excellent cuisine and good museums, as well as the historic down-town areas. your Travel Designer can arrange a tour for you should you wish and you’ll have all of our recommendations at hand for the best things to see and do in the city to make the very most of your stay.

Today you will have your day at leisure, so can rest and acclimatize with the weather of Cusco.

Lodging
Hacienda Cusco Hotel*** or Similar

Day 2: Cusco City Tour – Altars and Sacred Ceremony of Despacho

Cusco City Tour – Altars and Sacred Ceremony of Despacho

Around 9:00 am in the morning we will come to pick you up to your hotel with private vehicle to be driven firstly to SACSAYHUAMAN, one of the most important building by inka people in the upper part of city of cusco after that we will visit the sacred altars to the four cardinal direction to reconnect with essence of our live and sacred caves the land of the rainbow and well preserved all the altars directed to the four cardinal points, where we will have a opportunity to open our hears to give our gratitude to the Mother Earth DESPACHO offering.

Places visited
Archeological site of Sacsayhuaman, Sacred Caves, Despacho Offering
Lodging
Hacienda Cusco Hotel*** or Similar

Day 3: Sacred Valley – Chinchero – Maras Moray – Salineras

Sacred Valley – Chinchero – Maras Moray – Salineras

Around 8:00 am in the morning we will come to pick you up to your hotel with private vehicle to be driven firstly to Chinchero where you will appreciate its amazing archeological sites and beautiful colonial church and unique for its work of art, then the Andean fabrics or textile to become to familiarize ourselves with the ancestral wisdom that was maintained long before the times of the Incas.

Your next stop will be the salt mines of Maras, which is about 2 miles away. This village is known as a former salt-producing center that is thought to date back all the way to pre-Inca times. There are over 3000 salt pools all carved into the mountain side, being filled daily by a little stream of water.

At the end we will visit Moray, an ancient construction designed for agricultural investigations and studies of different crops in a range of altitudes. creating reductions in temperatures until reaching the ground-level norm.

Places visited
Archeological site of Chinchero, Chinchero andean weaving art, Maras Salt mines, Moray Inca terraces
Lodging
Chinchero Boutique Hotel***

Day 4: Quilla Rumiyoq Full Day Medicine Huachuma

Quilla Rumiyoq Full Day Medicine Huachuma

Temple dedicated to the Moon and the divinity of femine energy located next to an Inca terrace and a small cave where petroglyphs are found and where offerings are made to the mother earth.

Huachuma Medicine or San Pedro so this ancestral plant medicine Huachuma, has thousands of years of use in the Andes, supporting dozens of cultures from Colombia all the way through the Andes to northern Argentina and Chile. This medicine is pure unconditional Love, the Love that created the entire Universe and continues to create each day, and the Love that we also are as children of the Universe. This master plant guides us within through the realms of our inner-consciousness and also assists us in the recognition of our place in the Cosmos and the profound connection we have with Mother Earth, bringing us closer to her heart and her embrace and ready to receive all the support and blessings she has for us. It helps us cleanse and heal our imbalances and energetic blockages to manifest greater health and vitality; to liberate through the powerful medicine of forgiveness those experiences from the past that may have caused (or still cause) trauma, pain, and suffering in the present, limiting our true nature to continually reinvent and recreate ourselves each day, living in the pure innocence of the eternal child, in wonder of the miracle of each new dawn. Wachuma acts as a mirror where we may observe our habits, conditionings, and beliefs to see whether or not they really serve us or if we need them, as well as to recognize the limitations of the ego and how to liberate ourselves from its control while bringing deeper clarity and calm into our minds. Through this sacred space and sacred time in ceremony with Wachuma, we return back to Source, back to our origins as pure love, creative potential, and possibility, living in abundance and flourishing and human beings in the dance of creation.

Ceremony
Huachuma Medicine at Quilla Rumiyoq

Day 5: Cusco – Mollepata – Humantay Lagoon – Soraypampa

Cusco – Mollepata – Humantay Lagoon – Soraypampa

Our spiritual Journey to Apu Salkantay and Mama Humantay will star picking you up from your hotel in Cusco around 6am. We will drive roughly 3.5 hours to our trail head at Soraypampa (12,467 feet). In route to Soraypampa, we will stop in the quaint town of Mollepata to use the bathrooms, have a snack and grab a cup of coffee or tea. After that we are continuing toward to Soraypampa and immediately be over shadowed by the giant, Mountain of Salkantay and important chief spirits of the Incas, from where we will embark on a short 2 to 3 hours day hike to the beautiful Humantay Lake, a breathtaking site of the Andes with turquoise water reflecting the glacier of Humantay mountain.

We will hike back to Soraypampa where a delicious meal will be waiting to us with great view of Apu Salkantay and then to enjoy the Deep tranquility of the sacred space of Salkantay.

Note: Optional Huachuma Medicine. This ancestral plant medicine Huachuma, has thousands of years of use in the Andes, supporting dozens of cultures from Colombia all the way through the Andes to northern Argentina and Chile. This medicine is pure unconditional Love, the Love that created the entire Universe and continues to create each day, and the Love that we also are as children of the Universe. This master plant guides us within through the realms of our inner-consciousness and also assists us in the recognition of our place in the Cosmos and the profound connection we have with Mother Earth, bringing us closer to her heart and her embrace and ready to receive all the support and blessings she has for us. It helps us cleanse and heal our imbalances and energetic blockages to manifest greater health and vitality; to liberate through the powerful medicine of forgiveness those experiences from the past that may have caused (or still cause) trauma, pain, and suffering in the present, limiting our true nature to continually reinvent and recreate ourselves each day, living in the pure innocence of the eternal child, in wonder of the miracle of each new dawn. Wachuma acts as a mirror where we may observe our habits, conditionings, and beliefs to see whether or not they really serve us or if we need them, as well as to recognize the limitations of the ego and how to liberate ourselves from its control while bringing deeper clarity and calm into our minds. Through this sacred space and sacred time in ceremony with Wachuma, we return back to Source, back to our origins as pure love, creative potential, and possibility, living in abundance and flourishing and human beings in the dance of creation.

Lodging
Soraypampa home stay
Optional
Huachuma Medicine

Day 6: Soraypampa – Salkantay Pass – Cusco

Soraypampa – Salkantay Pass – Cusco

After a nutritious breakfast we will have our integration ceremony to connect and liberated experiences from the past that may have caused or still cause, trauma, pain, and suffering in the present, limiting our true nature innocence to cleanse and heal our imbalances and energetic blockages to manifest greater health and vitality and after that we are continuing walking to connect with this two powerful Apus Salkantay and Humantay Spirit towards to Salkantay Pass (15,091 feet), which takes roughly 3 hours up to pass or we can walk close by to Apu Salkanaty to see in its expendor and return to base camp to return to Cusco city.

Lodging
Hacienda Cusco Plaza Hotel***

Day 7: Free Morning – Transfer to Airport

Free Morning – Transfer to Airport

We have a morning at leisure and then according to your flight schedule we will transfer you to the airport for your flight home.

Transfer
Cusco airport, according to your flight schedule

Inclusions & Exclusions

The package price reflects the services listed as included below—typically transport, guiding, meals on the trail or program, and accommodation where stated. Personal gear, optional activities, tips, and travel insurance remain your responsibility unless noted otherwise.

What’s included?

  • 5 night’s accommodations with 3 stars hotels.
  • 6 breakfasts, 3 lunchs, 1 dinner.
  • 2 Despacho Ceremonies in whole trip.
  • 2 Huachuma Ceremonies in whole trip.
  • Shamans for the ceremonies.
  • Expedition train to Machu Picchu. R/T
  • Buses to Machu Picchu. R/T
  • Private guided tour in Machu Picchu.
  • Entrances to Machu Picchu.
  • All private transportation during whole trip.
  • All private transfers.
  • Andean village visit in Mountains.
  • English speaking tour guide.
  • Full support from your Travel Concierge before, during and after your trip.

What’s excluded?

  • International flights.
  • Meals where are not stated.
  • Gratuities.
  • Travel Insurance – you are strongly recommended to take out travel insurance for the duration of your trip.

Essential Information

Before you travel, review what to pack, who this experience suits, and how cancellations work. The notes below cover gear, access, health considerations, and refunds.

  • Original passport.
  • Sturdy hiking boots.
  • Waterproof jacket or rain poncho.
  • Warm layers (fleece, hat, gloves).
  • Daypack with water and snacks.
  • Sunblock, sunglasses, and lip balm.
  • Personal toiletries and medication.
  • Headlamp or flashlight.
  • Camera and spare batteries.

Is it wheelchair accessible?
No
Is it stroller accessible?
No
Are service animals allowed?
Yes
Can travellers easily arrive or depart on public transportation?
Partially — main transfers are private
Are infants required to sit on laps?
Yes
Are infant seats available?
No

  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems.
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers.
  • Not recommended for travelers with heart problems or other serious medical conditions.
  • Not recommended for people who suffer from altitude sickness.

Please contact our team for current cancellation terms and refund conditions. We recommend confirming your policy in writing before you travel.

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