Peru: Luxury Lodge Trek – Day 1 – Hike to Salkantay Lodge

The first day of the hike! We drive to a lovely Inca ruins to get the trip started. A lovely lunch at local ranch and finally to the trail head to start the hike to the Salkantay Lodge.

Schedule

  • Pick up at Cusco hotels at 8am
  • Drive from Cusco to ruins ~ 1 hour
  • Drive past local market selling cattle (Fridays)
  • Walk around Ruins 1.5 hours
  • Toilet break right after (very primitive, take TP)
  • Drive from ruins to lunch ~ 1.5 hour – 12:45pm
  • Beautiful valleys, tropical flowers, rough road for half hour, bring book but windy
  • Lunch at local house
  • Drive from lunch to trailhead ~ 1.5 hours
  • Traffic dusty bumpy windy narrow ~ 3pm
  • Hike 4-6:30pm / 4 miles
  • 7pm Dinner

Ruins

  • Inca walls, caves that had mummy
  • Moon carving
  • Temple of the Sun semicircle
  • Waterfalls
  • Nooks for mummies

Lunch

  • Chicken from the fire oven
  • Potatoes 
  • Sweet potatoes 
  • Grilled Carrots, tomatoes, zucchini
  • Salad, Avocado, Olives, cheese
  • Bread
  • Beautiful garden
  • Handmade weaving, jelly, honey

Day 1 Hike to Salkantay Lodge

  • Start hiking at 4pm
  • 700 m elevation gain in half mile
  • Old road with grass or scree and rocks
  • Then 1 mile of narrow trail
  • Last 1.5 miles along aqueduct
  • Amazing views of mountains as you approach the lodge
  • Lots of flowers
  • Hummingbirds
  • 2.5 hours
  • 3.9 miles

Salkantay Lodge

  • Hot tub at 4pm 
  • Snacks at 4:30pm
  • Free domestic drinks, import extra
  • Massage extra 
  • Laundry extra but cheap
  • Dinner at 7 but depends on group

Dinner

  • Bread
  • Carrot soup
  • Beef fillet, mashed potatoes, vegetables
  • Ice cream with crepe

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