Cusco · Peru
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4:00 am · Soraypampa · 3,900 m
Coca tea, headlamps on, the group quiet. Never more than ten.
5:40 am · Salkantaypampa · 4,200 m
Your guide sets the pace: the mountain's, not the clock's.
6:30 am · Salkantay Pass · 4,630 m
The glacier lights up in front of you. You can't buy this photo. You walk it.
Daily departures
Prices per person, in US dollars. Private groups on request.
The Salkantay pass at sunrise and turquoise Humantay Lake, with a night in glass domes.
Includes: Hotel pickup · Bilingual guide · Meals · Dome · Mules
from US$180 per person
AskWe leave before the big buses, so you reach the top with the viewpoint almost empty.
Includes: Hotel pickup · Breakfast and lunch · Entrance · Guide
from US$40 per person
AskThe best first hike to acclimatise before Salkantay or the Inca Trail.
Includes: Hotel pickup · Breakfast and lunch · Entrance · Guide
from US$35 per person
AskYour guide
I was born in Mollepata, at the foot of Salkantay. I started as a muleteer at fourteen and today I guide the route I crossed so many times with my father. I walk every group at my pace: the mountain's, not the clock's.
Altitude tip
Booking is simple
On WhatsApp, with your date and group size. We reply within minutes, evenings too.
30% by payment link or PayPal. The rest in cash or card on the day.
At your hotel at the agreed time. Bring layers, water and energy.
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Reviews
“Rubén nos esperó en cada tramo del paso. Llegamos antes que los grupos grandes y tuvimos el Salkantay para nosotros.”
“Answered on WhatsApp at midnight, picked us up at 4 am sharp. Best organised day of our trip.”
“Me dio soroche en Vinicunca y el guía tenía oxígeno a mano. Súper profesionales y cariñosos.”
Questions
Demanding because of altitude, not technique. If you can walk an hour without stopping and spent two days acclimatising in Cusco, you will make it.
We go unless there is an official alert. If the pass is closed, we change route or date at no cost.
Layers, rain jacket, hat, sunscreen, two litres of water and your passport. Poles if you have them.
Yes. The deposit goes by payment link or PayPal, the balance in cash or card.
Yes, from two people. Message us with your date for a quote.
Where we are
a media cuadra de la Plaza de Armas · Cusco
Opening hoursOn WhatsApp we reply every day, evenings included.
Agencia registrada ante DIRCETUR Cusco · Registro N.º 000-DEMO
Calle Plateros 342, of. 2, Cusco