Salkantay Trek 5D / 4N (By Train)
5 Días / 4 Noches
Departure from the city of Cusco very early in the morning in one of our vehicles. We will cross interesting inter-Andean valleys and picturesque peasant communities. We will visit Pre-Inca tombs, and then stop at Paucartambo, a beautiful colonial town and its interesting museum. Lunch on the route. We continue towards the Cloud Forest, an area very rich in endemic species such as the Spectacled Bear and Cock of the Rock, orchids, bromeliads, ferns, etc. observing nature and then continue until we reach our Orquídeas de San Pedro hostel where we will spend our first night comfortably installed.
Very early we will look for the interesting Cock of the Rock, the national bird of Peru that performs a unique courtship ritual. After breakfast we continue to the town of Pilcopata*, later to the port of Atalaya, a place located on the banks of the Alto Madre de Dios River, 700 meters above sea level, from where we will begin the descent by boat to observe the enormous diversity of existing bird species, such as herons. , vultures, cormorants, etc. until we reach our Private Reserve "Erika". We will walk through the interesting trails of this transitional point between high jungle and low jungle where the guide will search, show and explain the interesting diversity of wildlife in the surroundings. Overnight at the hostel. A night walk will be scheduled to observe insects and amphibians. * 1 Free Optional - Rafting: From Pilcopata we will do 1 hour and a half of canoeing (classes I and II) on the Koñeq and/or Alto Madre de Dios rivers. You will enjoy the landscape, you will swim in its refreshing waters. * 2 Free Optional - Canopy tour: Our Erika Lodge clients go from tree to tree and their aerial platforms using harnesses on horizontal cables with a system of rails with which they slide at high speed over the treetops of this fabulous Amazon jungle until you rappel down from a height of 15 meters.
Very early we will board our boat to go to the Collpa, a wall of the river where the different species of parrots such as the blue-headed parrot, white-eyed parakeet and possibly the Maracano macaw, among others, come down every morning to extract clay necessary for their dietary balance. . At the end of this daily activity, we return to our Erika hostel to pack up and sail by boat to the Port of Atalaya, where the bus that will take us back is waiting for us. We have lunch en route arriving in Cusco at night.