Lares Trek | Lares Cusco | Lares Valley Trek 4 Days

Lares is the name of a small town on the highlands north of Cusco(Cuzco). We also call the nice trek there the Lares trek. We begin in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Huaran and ascend down a narrow valley, where you will have the opportunity to see thatched stone houses surrounded by herds of llamas and alpacas. Inside the houses you will see guinea pigs running loose.

The Lares valley trek is moderate, we can compare it with the Inca Trail to Machupicchu, in the fact that we have two high passes of 4.000 masl or 13,200 ft to conquer. We recommend that our guests plan to spend 2 or 3 days inCusco (3,300 masl or 10,890 ft) before the tour.

ITINERARY

DAY 1 Cusco - Cancha Cancha

Early in the morning We pick our passengers up from their hotels and travel in our private bus to Huaran (2,760 masl or 9108 ft), a small village located in the Urubamba Valley (The Sacred Valley of the Incas), east of Pisac. Once there, we will start our trek, heading up a narrow valley, looking at the scenery and enjoying the nature in this area. After 5 hours of walking, We will arrive at Cancha Cancha (3,700 masl or 12,210 ft.), our campsite for the first night in Lares valley trek.

DAY 2 Cancha Cancha - Quisuarani

After breakfast, We will continue up the valley, crossing the Pachacutec Pass (4,400 masl or 14,000ft), where we can see Lake Pachacutec and Mount Pitusiray. In the afternoon we will arrive at Quisuarani (3,700 masl or 12,000 ft.), the next campsite in Lares trek.

DAY 3 Quisuarani - Lares Hot Springs

In the morning after cleaning up the campsite, We will continue our trek, passing through the 2nd high pass of Huillquijasa (4,200 masl or 13,440 ft). At this point We will be only 3 hours from the village of Quisuarani. In the afternoon we will continue walking on this beautiful narrow trail, looking at the great landscape with turquoise lagoons, until we reach the village of Cuncani (3,750 masl. or 12,000 ft.). After this we continue descending close to the LaresRiver, until the Hot Springs of Lares, and our campsite near the thermal pools.

DAY 4 Lares - Cusco

We have until the late morning to enjoy the thermal pools, after which We will take our private bus back to Cusco(Cuzco), and arriving there in the afternoon.

INCLUDED

Professional English/Spanish Speaking guide
Private Bus in and out to the beginning of the trail
Round-trip Transfers
Doubles Occupancy Tents: In our shared services, our clients will share a double accommodation tent (2 people in 1 tent), if a client wishes to occupy a single accommodation tent (1 person in 1 tent), they must make an additional payment for said concept.
Camping Equipment: Bathroom tent, kitchen tent, dining tent, stools, tables and comfortable mattresses
Cook/Muleteer
Horses and Mules to carry our equipment
Coffee breaks in the afternoons
All meals during the trek
First Aid kit/Oxygen

Note: Tips for guides are not included nor are they obligatory.

We recommended to bring

Personal Sleeping Bag (If you don’t have, please, see our camping equipment Web)
Backpack and Daypack
Hiking shoes or boots
Raincoat/poncho
Water bottle, flashlight, hat, sun block, sunglasses
Warm/Thermal clothes
Chocolates, candies or other snacks
Camera + Film, Binoculars

NOTES:

In our shared services, we will pick-up our clients from your hotel as long as it is located in the downtown.
In our shared services, at the end of the tour, we leave our clients in a place close to the Main Square, because is easier go walking instead the car for the traffic jam. If your hotel is far from the downtown, take some cash with you in order to take a taxi.
Pick-up and drop off times are referential, this will depend on the traffic that can be found in the streets or delay of the other clients, our assistant will be on time but sometimes the transport could delay a few minutes.

Prices in American Dollars per Person

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