Attractions along the Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu

The Salkantay Trek is a hiking in south America and an alternative to the traditional Inca Trail for reaching Machu Picchu. It presents a unique combination of culture and mistic, with preserved proudly by the Peruvian people, and is an amazing adventure and extraordinary natural beauty. Salkantay trekking is set at the highest peaks of Humantay Mountain, where the cold ice of the mountains meets the steamy heat of the Andes.

The hike is surrounded by the historic Machu Picchu (National Park and is considered one of the 25 best hikes in the world). Salkantay trek is very diverse and rich geography hike, Andean culture and history. The Vilcanota Mountain range contains two twenty highest mountains in the Americas.

Chonta - Canyon of the Condor

The Natural viewpoint of Condor's Flight is located at Chonta community in Limatambo, Anta - Cusco. Along the trail, you can see natural attractions (landscapes, valleys and sacred mountains) that are located on the right margin of the Apurimac River.

Humantay Lake

This lagoon formed by the thaw of the Humantay mountain presents a unique landscape of the district of Mollepata (Anta). The Humantay Lake is a place that impacts with its immensity, traces and colors in the landscape, which make it one of the unmissable tourist destinations in the bowels of Peru.

Apu Salcantay (Salkantay Mountain)

Salcantay or Salkantay (in Quechua) is the highest peak in the Vilcabamba mountain range, part of the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Cusco Region, about 60 km (40 mi) west-northwest of the city of Cusco. It is the 38th-highest peak in the Andes, and the twelfth-highest in Peru. However, as a range highpoint in deeply incised terrain, it is the second most topographically prominent peak in the country, after Huascarán.

Cocalmayo hot springs

The hot springs of Colcalmayo are a popular destination among travelers who seek a connection to the land and its balance. On your trip to Machu Picchu in Peru, you can take a hot bath, in an impressive environment of abundant vegetation next to a huge river; the place seems out of a fantasy.

Llaqtapata

Llaqtapata (Quechua) llaqta = place (village, town, city), pata = elevated place, pronounced 'yakta-pahta', hispanicized Llactapata) is an archaeological site about 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Machu Picchu. The complex is located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Santa Teresa District, high on a ridge between the Ahobamba and Santa Teresa drainages.

Chonta - Canyon of Condor

Flight of Andean Condor

The "Canyon of Condor" is located in the Chonta community of the district of Limatambo in the province of Anta - Cusco.

Chonta Community

To get to this natural viewpoint, which is located more than 3 thousand 400 meters above sea level (3400m ASL), there is an hour walk from the community of Chonta.

Along the trail, you can see natural attractions (landscapes, valleys and sacred mountains) that are located on the right margin of the Apurimac River.

Route to Condor Canyon

Finally, you reach the Huaco Viewpoint where you can observe the majestic flight of the Andean condors in their natural state.

Trekking to Condor Viewpoint

The visitor can also enjoy the impressive natural paradise of the Apurímac River valley, considered the largest in South America.

From the viewpoint of the condors, other birds can be seen, such as eagles, hawks, deer, Andean foxes, vizcachas, among others.

Flight of Condor Chonta Full day

The flight of the Condor in Cusco is located in the rural community of Chonta within Limatambo district, nestled between the mountains that shape a canyon, found in the ecological floor Puna where you can see a wonderful panoramic landscape, forests, lakes, rivers and see the flight of the condor who daily make their trip of the area attracting tourists visit. Currently, this site features a habitat of 200 condors.

ITINERARY

We start from your Cusco hotel in the morning for a full-day excursion of "The flight of the Condor" by Van, driving alongside the Anta plains. Visit the Moon ruins "Quillarumiyoc" and admire the views of the Limatambo valley below. 3 hours by Van to Chonta community 3,900 m / 12,795 ft., when we arrive we have to walk one hour to Condors Lookout viewpoint. We continue observing the flight of the Condor then to have a box lunch with great vistas. After the flight of the Condor, we will drive to the town of Limatambo. Return to Cusco.

Meal: Box lunch included.

Overview

• Tour start: At 7: 00 am
• Tour End: At 20:00 pm
• Places to explore: Quillarumiyoc “Moon Temple”
• Activity: The flight of the Condor experience
• Trek: Chonta to Condor Lookout viewpoint 1 hour in / 1:30 out
• Cusco – Chonta Van distance: 3 hours
• Best Time to visit March to November
• Road conditions: 1st hour paved road in excellent condition, 2nd. Hour dirt road in good condition and the 3rd. hour dirt road trail in poor condition.
• Difficulty: Easy – Moderate

INCLUDES

• The flight of the Condor Cusco 1D
• Active tour itinerary with unique expedition features
• Excellent English speaking Kondor tour guide
• Private tours / personalized service
• Pick you up from your Hotel and Drop off in your Hotel
• Private tourist transport “Van” + driver
• Box lunch per passenger + (driver and guide).
• Entrance to The flight of the Condor Cusco
• First aid kit.
• All local taxes.

Optional items to bring

• Dark color clothes (camouflage for viewing the flight of the Condor)
• Binoculars 10x42 or Telescope. Camera with extra batteries.
• Warm jacket, Rain Jacket, Windbreaker, Sun hat.
• Sunscreen, Mosquito repellent.
• Daypack Water bottle 3 liters p.p
• Pocket money