Trekking in Peru: the 'Hidden Inca Trail' to Machu Picchu - Salcantay Mountain

Salcantay (Nevado Salcantay) or Salkantay (Nevado Salkantay) is the highest peak of the Cordillera Vilcabamba (6,264m/20,574ft), part of the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Cusco Region, about 60 km (40 mi) west-northwest of the city of Cusco. It is the 38th highest peak in the Andes, and the twelfth highest in Peru. However, as a range highpoint in deeply incised terrain, it is the second most topographically prominent peak in the country, after Huascarán. Many Inca trails lace the fabled Cordillera Vilcabamba, the steep green mountains that surround Machu Picchu. Our special route follows a traditional but seldom traveled Inca trail leading up from the Urubamba River past remote ruins, then higher still into breathtaking alpine reaches where we have some of the most glorious views and campsites in the Andes all to ourselves.

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Trek through the Salcantay to MachuPicchu
(5 days and 4 nights)
We offer this excellent alternative trek to Machu Picchu- making its way around Mount Salcantay. For those who like adventure, this particular trek may be better than any of the other traditional routes to the famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. This remote path winds through an amazing variety of landscapes and habitats varying from green, rich valleys full of blossoming forests and trees of different species, to highland fields and glacial moraines flanked by steep rocky and icy peaks of impressive beauty. It can be done anytime of the year, but the best time for this trek is from April to December.

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Hiking Salcantay
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Salcantay, Ancascocha Trek to MachuPicchu
(5 days and 4 nights)
The ancascocha trek is special for seeing the little visited ruins of Paucarcancha and experiencing traditional life in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Ancasqocha offers to visitors, Andean beautiful high Valleys, we can see impressive snow-covered picks such as Salkantay, Humantay, and others, also colorful Ancasqocha lake. In this adventure we can see Original Inka trails missed in to the mountains and covered by the passing of time.

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Sibinacocha
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Hiking Mt. Salkantay and Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (6 days and 5 nights)
We offer and combine two routes amazing treks: Salcantay and the famous Inca Trail in one trek. The trail slowly ascends to a camp below Mt. Salkantay. We go over a high pass to continue on a back-country trail, rocky in places until we join the famed Inca Trail to Machu Picchu for a two day trek. The name Salkantay means Savage Mountain, which may refer to the clouds that rise up from the jungle lowlands and engulf the peak.

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