Salkantay Trek 5D/4N with Glass Cabins, Sky Domes & Hobbit House

Recommended by 100% of travelers

Cusco, Peru

5 days (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Expert indigenous guides bring their Inca culture to life
Visit UNESCO World Heritage Site; a 7 Wonders of the World—Machu Picchu
Gourmet meals, spacious tents, entrance fees, transfers included
Make a difference in your travel: 100% Local, indigenous company supports our local communities with jobs, training, education, healthcare and reforestation projects
Small groups, personalized service
Satellite phones, first aid trained guides

What's Included

Experienced English speaking tour Guide
All Meals during the tour, except the last lunch. We cater to every dietary restriction.
Accommodations: 1 night at Glass Cabañas, 1 night at Glass Domes, 1 at hobbit house, 1 at Hotel.
All Entry fees, ( Sacred Valley, Salkantay and Machu Picchu)
All Private transportation during the tour
Professional chefs and porters.
Personal porter up to 7k per person (duffle bag for it we provide you at the briefing time)
Expeditions Train ticket for the way back
Round trip bus ticket to Machu Picchu
Drinkable water along the trek
First aid kit, oxygen tank and satellite phone for safety
Lunch (4)

Lunch
Breakfast (5)

Breakfast
Dinner (4)

Dinner

Sleeping bag, air mattress, trekking poles (all available for rent)
Huayna Picchu Mountain - it needs to book in advance
tips for the crew
travel insurance ( advisable)
Hotel in Cusco for before and after the tour
Meals

Extra Drinks

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco, you have to let us know the name once you book it.

Start time
.8:00 am

Itinerary

Day 1

Cusco to Soraypampa ( GLASS CABAÑAS ) & HUMANTAY LAKE

1 Stop

Cusco (Pass By)

Accommodation: Glass Cabañas

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 2

Soraypampa – Salkantay Pass – Wayracmachay ( GLASS DOMES)

1 Stop

Salkantay Trail

8 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: GLASS DOMES

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3

Wayracmachay – Rayanpata – Colpapampa – Loreta (THE HOBBIT HOUSE)

1 Stop

Salkantay Trail

8 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Hobbit House

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4

Lucmabamba – Llactapata – Hidroelectrica – Aguas Calientes

1 Stop

Salkantay Trail

7 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: 4-star hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5

MACHU PICCHU Guided Tour – Return to Cusco

1 Stop

Salkantay Trail

6 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: NOT INCLUDED

Meals: Breakfast

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Reviews

5.0

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Hopefully you don’t get Sam as your guide

Christina_L, Sep 2026

I would highly NOT recommend alpaca tours. They seemed very unorganized and our guide right from the start was extremely rude and arrogant. His name was Samanez or “sam”. He never fully explained anything leaving us to ask questions to inquire more info. When we did ask questions he was rude and demeaning telling us to relax and calm down. He constantly referenced the fact he has been doing this for over 16 years which is hard to believe because he was so unorganized and never knew what was going on, there were multiple times we had to remind him of things. Our second night we were staying in glass domes which were covered during the day so they weren’t so hot but at night we had to ask him 3 times to take the cover off so we could take advantage of the experience and he was clearly annoyed that we wanted this. Finally after no one came to do it after an hour we had to go out in the freezing cold to ask him a 4th time while doing this we saw that people were attempting to take them off themselves since no staff would assist them. The whole point of staying in glass domes is to enjoy the stars at night. The third day after lunch we were supposed to go to the hot springs he told us at lunch the hot springs were closed due to a landslide which obviously would not have been his fault. The next day we met another tour group that said that that was not true and that they went to the hot springs yesterday and it was amazing….interesting. We caught him in multiple lies throughout the trek. Since we missed out on the hot springs, he stressed that after lunch we should take the bus to the lodge because the trek there wasn’t great and you would just be walking along a boring road. Half of our group decided to walk and the others took the bus which seemed like a lot, 50 soles a person, for a 30 minute ride. Which in retrospect I believe he lied about the hot springs so that he could take a cut of the money we paid to take the bus. The group that walked said the trail was in fact not on the road most of the way and was actually beautiful including a stunning waterfall, so misinformation and lies again. The day we hiked to aguas calientes the rest of the group was slightly ahead of us and we got to a fork in the road up to a viewpoint and Sam found out the rest of the group had gone up to the viewpoint instead of going to the right so he told us to just sit on a bench and wait while he went to get them, we asked him if it was worth seeing should we just go with him and he said no it’s nothing special. We went with him anyways and it was the best views of the day, more lies. And the group was no where near ready to leave everyone was buying snacks and using the toilet and taking pictures so we would have sat on that bench for 45 minutes if we hadn’t just gone with him. Machu pichu day was amazing but once again he did not even know that he had to scan our hyuana pichu tickets in at a different location so we had to wait for him to do that. After dinner that night he told us we had to carry our duffel bags from the restaurant to the hotel up the steep road. On arrival there we saw the other alpaca group had had their duffels already delivered for them. Also upon leaving aguas calientes we had to empty everything in our duffels into trash bags and carry the trash bags full of our things through town to the train and upon arriving at the train saw that all the other alpaca groups did not have to do that and still had their duffels. Upon arriving back to Cusco they stopped on a road that reeked of urine to give us our luggage that we had left and then unpacked all of the trash bags into the piss laden street for some reason just for them to reload them back onto the bus, it literally made no sense and everyone seemed very confused as to what was going on. The group we trekked with was amazing and made the experience great even though Sam repeatedly tried to ruin it. Overall truly an amazing experience but would never use this guide service again. Also the other guide elder was great and he truly seemed like he cared and was so sweet however his English wasn’t the best making it difficult at times to communicate. Overall it was an incredible experience. It was just hard to witness other groups and their tour guides enjoying each others company. Sam seemed annoyed and bothered the entire time. He didn’t remember anyone’s names or even who the newly weds were in our group celebrating their honeymoon. As someone who works for tips, he surely didn’t provide any services worth tipping for and he made it extremely uncomfortable when asking for tips at the end of the trip.

Breathtaking

ulrike_b, Jul 2026

Bring your own high tech sleeping bag-avoid the unwashed version they rent. No showers the first two nights, lack of toilet paper. No heating in any of the high altitude camps. Bring lots of extra money, more than 20% of purchase price in tips paid. Landscape is breath taking -the first 2 days quiet literally.

My daughter and I had a...

Jodine_K, Jun 2026

My daughter and I had a great Salkantay Trek with Alplaca Expeditions! Our guides, Alvin and David, were wonderful. The chefs, porters, and horsemen also worked hard to take care of us.