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Normally, the travel agencies that carry out this tour pick you up at dawn at your hotel (approximately at 3 am) to, after three and a half hours of travel, reach Saraypampa, located at 3850 meters above sea level and where The Salkantay tour to Machu Picchu begins.
On this first day, you will reach the highest point of the route, 4650 meters above sea level. It is a great height so, as we always recommend, it is necessary that you spend a few days before in Cusco to acclimatize and that you make the way to the rhythm that your own body marks you, without forcing yourself and enjoying the landscape, which is what really important. salkantay trek