Itinerary
Day 1: Cusco – Mollepata – Challacancha – Soraypampa – Humantay Lake
We pick you up from your hotel at 4:30am to drive for about 2 and half hours to Mollepata where we stop to have breakfast and after we will keep driving to challacancha where we start hiking uphill to get the Water Channel where we will have a nice place with panoramic views of beautiful snow-capped mountains (Humantay; 4120m/13500ft and Salkantay; 6271m/20575ft) We will begin our Salkantay trek towards Soraypampa our first Salkantay Trek camping spot (3800 m/11750ft; the highest and coldest campsite of the trip). Then after Lunch we will go to Humantay Lake and explore around and the we will walk down to our best campsite of soraypampa.
Day 2: Soraypampa – Salkantay Pass – Salkantay Lake – Soraypampa – Cusco
After having our Salkantay Trek breakfast we start walking about 6:30 am ,because this day will take us 4 hours is uphill to get the highest point of the Salkantay Trek (4650m/15200ft) located halfway between 2 huge mountains; Salkantay and Tucarhuay. From the pass, the views of the 2 snow-capped mountains are incredible. where have lunch and relax then after we will take the bus back to Cusco.
Stop At:
• Salkantay Trail, Peru