DATES:   Twice a month, any dates

ALL-INCLUSIVE  (Includes Round Trip airfare, from Florida or New York City. (Transportation or flights to FL or NYC not included). All Food, trail food, food in villages, group dinners with guides, includes trail food to cook (while on trek in the mountains you will cook your own food, on your own stove with your own fuel, we provide all fuel and camp food to cook, or feel free to bring your own). Includes guide fees, entrance fees to Machu Picchu, camping fees, fees for making your own coffee, lodging while in Lima and Cusco, airfare to Amazon River Basin, and ground transportation to and from Lima, and Cusco. Includes tips and trek insurance. This trek is with our good friend and best guide in Cuso, Hipolito, the owner of Puma Treks in Cusco, Peru. To see his amazing reviews, click HERE

This is brand new trek that Hipolito and I have put together- Glaciers, Inca Sites, High Altitude lakes, Original Inca Trail paths, Solitude, Coffee Plantation Tours…this trek has all of these things and more. We spend a lot of time discussing the merits of the Ancascocha and Salkantay This brand new trek combines our signature Ancascocha Trek with the most popular alternative trek to the Inca Trail. Of course on the final day of the trek you visit the magnificent city of Machu Picchu to cap it all off. We hope you will join us for this unique trek.

There will be one guide, Hipolito and myself. Must have 4 to have the trek logistically done budget wise. Our flight will be into Lima, where will stay one night, and then board a bus to Cusco, around 24-33 hours on a long long, curving, swerving, incredible trek in of itself into the Andes, and to Cusco. It is a good way to acclimate on the way, and you will know fast if you cant handle the altitude, :). From there we will take a day or two to wander and explore Cusco, meet our friend Hipolito for a trek dinner, and set out the following morning. We will be transported to the trail head, and will get transport back when we are finished, after our train ride from the Machu Picchu area. (Itinerary below). A more detailed itinerary will be sent under separate email and cover after signing up, OR, a month before we depart. (All pictures here are our own that we or are participants have taken of our groups in the particular areas listed below and are not stock photos unless its the guide company's logo or the like)

Itinerary with Puma Treks: (our Andes climbing/hiking portion, with our good friend and master guide Hipolito, owner of Puma Treks, Cusco)

Ancascocha Trail + Salkantay Trek 8 Days

Overview

Day 1: Cusco – Soqma – Perolniyoc – Rayampata – Kuychiccassa – Chancachuco

Day 2: Chancachuco – Ancascocha village – Huayanay pass – Incaracay

Day 3: Incaracay – Accoccasa pass – Quelwaccocha – Queraccasa pass – Yawarmaky

Day 4: Yawarmaki – Tocto – Inca Chiriaska pass – Salkantaypampa

Day 5: Salkantaypampa – Salkantay pass – Huayracmachay – Colpapampa

Day 6: Colpapampa – La playa – Lucmabamba

Day 7: Lucmabamba – Llactapata Inca Ruins – Hydroelectric – Aguas Calientes

Day 8: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Cusco

Distance Trekked: 94 km / 58 miles
Beginning altitude: 3,205 m/ 10,512ft.
Maximum altitude: 4850 m/ 15908 ft
Overall trek difficulty: Difficult

OTHER IMPORTANT INFO

• You may sign up by yourself, with a friend, your entire family, a group, a troop or crew, or your grandfather.
• Anyone, of any age, or gender, 14+ is allowed to sign up. If you are 17 or under, you can come solo, and will quickly find you will fit right in. (Parental permission of course anyone 17 or under is required for this any trek)
• Turtles Trek insurance is liability only, and will list you as additionally insured, however it does not cover high altitude climbing. If you are hurt, injured or the like, your own insurance must come into play. You can also purchase additional insurance to cover what we do, like options https://offtheatlas.com/high-risk-travel-insurance/. it is optional, most likely not needed, but would cover something like being airlifted out in case of an extreme emergency.
• If you are signing up outside the United States, the price will change with airfare, so please reach out before signing up so we can go over a set price, with or without airfare included. 
• Trek is all inclusive- with RT airfare, all meals, all ground transportation, hotels or hostels and all food including on trail and in towns along the way. It is advised you bring your own snacks or dietary items, or trek items you need that my trek may not provide.
• A more detailed suggested packing list and gear list will be sent a month or two before departure.
• Please make sure you have checked all covid requirements, visas or the like for your country before signing up and have all the necessary documentation in regards to COVID, vaccines or testing.
• There will be group discounts for more than one person, or if you are bringing a friend
• Deposits can be made via Vemo, Zelle, Apple Pay, and CashApp for US Citizens only. Bank transfers or deposits are available for anyone in the US as well, but it is the only to pay for treks or deposits if outside the United States. 
• All treks are non-refundable for any and every reason, unless the trek is completely cancelled for lack of interest
• Trek itinerary can change at any time, for any reason, and may be related, but not limited to covid restrictions changing while on trek, acts of God, trail conditions, injuries, or for safety reasons. Every effort will be made to get around any situations which may prevent us from completing the trek. Alternate routes and the like will be discussed with the group, if for any reason we need to adjust the itinerary from which you have signed up for
• BE FLEXIBLE. NO DRAMA. NO COMPLAINING. BE PREPARED

TO SIGN UP CLICK THE BLUE BOX AT THE TOP, THE REGISTRATION TAB ON THE TOP OF WEBSITE, OR CLICK HERE