Salkantay Trek & Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

This trip strings together two of the classic routes into Machu Picchu, the Salkantay Trek and the Inca Trail, so you get the high mountain scenery of one and the classic stone-paved approach of the other.

You cross the Vilcabamba range on foot, watching the terrain shift from rugged high-altitude passes near Salkantay Mountain down into cloud forest, before picking up the Inca Trail for the final stretch to the Sun Gate.

It is a trek-first trip — the history and ruins matter, but the main draw is days of walking through changing Andean landscape with Machu Picchu as the payoff.

What you'll do

• Trek past Humantay Lagoon below Salkantay Mountain
• Cross the Vilcabamba mountain range on foot
• Descend from high Andean terrain into rainforest
• Walk sections of the Inca Trail
• Pass ancient archaeological sites along the route
• Enter Machu Picchu through the Sun Gate