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Located northwest of Cusco,
Nevado de Salkantay, the cordillera's tallest peak, is at the
eastern end of the chain and rises to 6271 meters above sea
level. The name Salkantay means 'Savage Mountain' which may
refer to the swirling clouds that rise up from the jungle
lowlands and engulf the peak.
he trek is only a little more
difficult than the Inca Trail, and horses can be used for the
tour to carry food and equipment. In the trek you will be
surrounded with magnificent scenery and rarely see other groups
of trekkers.
This amazing trek is surrounded
the magnificent Salkantay Mountain (6.271m/20569ft), one of the
highest and most stunning in the Peruvian Andes. Your first two
days are dominated by the impressive "Apus" of Salkantay and
Huamantay, as you pass through the high puna landscape.
On the
third day you descend to the warm cloud forest, to reach Aguas
Calientes on the fourth day. The impressive Sacred Inca city of
Machupicchu is visited on the last day of the program.
This tour is an interesting
alternative for those not having found spaces on the Inca Trail
to Machu Picchu. The Salkantay Trek, was recently named among
the 25 best Treks in the World, by National Geographic Adventure
Travel Magazine is a trek open to everybody, with no limitation
on spaces or permits.
One of the complete expeditions
whit natural attractive, of mountains like the snowed covered
mountains of the Humantay and Sakantay; we cross by mighty
rivers, in the mountain range we visited the natural hot spring;
and we will see abundant tropical vegetation, appreciating
orchids of different colors, birds like the Colibrí and parrots
of the humid forests. We will be able to taste different fruits,
The last day of the very early expedition we will visit the
impressive archaeological group of Machupicchu, returning to the
city of the Cusco |