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Lares Trek (5 Days)

Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights

Difficulty: Challenging

Start/End Point: Cusco

Price: From $725 USD

Overview:

GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS WITH AN OFF-THE-BEATEN-PATH TREK COMBINED WITH THE END OF THE FAMOUS INCA TRAIL.  A TREK FIT FOR A TRUE ADVENTURER!

This five day package allows you to experience a challenging mountain trail and a piece of the classic Inca Trail with only two nights of camping.   You’ll be treated to views of snow-capped peaks, waterfalls, and hot springs while witnessing the traditions and customs of the local Quechua culture.  This is an opportunity for a truly unique and intimate look at the Andean way of life that should not be missed if you have the time.

This is a full-service trek where you only carry a day pack.  All gear, food, and tents are carried by porters and pack animals.

PRICE

2 Trekkers (Private): $1160 USD per person
3+ Trekkers: $725 USD per person

Only your $200 non-refundable deposit is due to reserve your space!  Final payments are due 30 days before your trek.

Includes:

✓ Transportation from end to end in Cusco (van + Vistadome train)

✓ English speaking guide

✓ All meals as listed (5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners) + (can accommodate dietary restrictions with proper notice)

✓ One Duffle bag per clients for items to be carried by porters (up to 22lbs/10kilos per person).

✓ Clean water for drinking provided at every meal stop +  daily Snack.

✓ 1 Night 3* hotel in Aguas Calientes & 3 nights camping in the wilderness.

✓ All entrance fees and permits (permits for Lares Community, Short Inca trail & Machu Picchu + Bus & train tickets)

✓ Camping equipment (dining-kitchen tents, tents – 2 people/tent) (single occupancy available for additional charge)

✓ Portable toilet (Ecological toilet for our clients only)

✓ Professional Chef

✓ Pack animals to carry duffle + equipment (horse)

✓Emergency horse available for anyone who needs to take a break from hiking due to illness or injury

✓ Sleeping Mattress

✓ Basic First aid kit including emergency oxygen tank  

  Does not include:

X Gratuity for staff (Guide, chef, porters, horsemens)

X Accommodation in Cusco

X Airfare

X Travel insurance

Lunch & Dinner Day 5

X Walking sticks (available for rent for $20)

X Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain climb (can be reserved in advance available for additional fee of $85 per person)

X Sleeping Bag (can be rented for $30)  

Full Itinerary

DAY 1: CUSCO- HUARAN- CANCHA CANCHA

Hiking Time: 6-7 Hours (includes time for breaks and photos!)

  • We’ll spend the day hiking all uphill as we work our way toward the our big mountain summit.  It will be a challenging hike, but we’ll pass farming fields full of rich varieties of vegetation and snow-capped peaks along the way that will be a great distraction.
  • You’ll have time to interact with the local people at our first campsite in Cancha Cancha before our Peruvian feast under an amazing sky.

Include B-L-D

Distance 5.5h/9km/6.2ml

Accommodation Camping/3,750m/12,303ft

Difficulty Moderate to Challenge

Highest point 3,750m/12,303ft

DAY 2: CANCHA CANCHA- QUISWARANY – LARES HOT SPRING

Hiking time: 7-8 hours (includes time for breaks and photos!)

  • Today is the day you earn your reward!
  • A 3 hour climb leads you to the stunning views at the summit of Pachacute (patch-a-coo-tay) Mountain.
  • After celebrating this huge accomplishment, you will start descending and get some sweet relief on your lungs. We’ll pass a beautiful lake and other small villages until we get to the campsite at Lares Hot Springs for dinner and rest.
  • Feel free to take a dip in the healing waters – you earned it!

Include B-L-D

Distance 10h/16km/9.9ml

Accommodation Camping/3,250m/10,000ft

Difficulty Challenge

Highest point 4,680m/15,354ft

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DAY 3: LARES HOT SPRINGS – ANKASMARKA -OLLANTAYTAMBO

Hiking time: 1-2 hours (includes time for rest and photos)

  • Today is a little more relaxing since you start the day with a car ride to the Ankasmarka Inca ruins.
  • This sprawling site is where they stored grains and other items after the harvest.  You will have plenty of time to explore the site on foot before walking on a private footpath further downhill to the waiting van.
  • Tonight you get to have a hot shower and sleep in a comfy hotel bed in the town of Ollantaytambo.

DAY 4: OLLANTAYTAMBO – KM 104- AGUAS CALIENTES

Hiking Time: 6-7 Hours (includes time for breaks and photos!)

  • Today you finally get a taste of the famous Inca Trail!
  • We will take the local train to KM 104 and hike the last leg of the ancient trail.
  • Four hours of hiking brings you to the incredible Inca site of Wiñay Wayna before we continue on the home stretch to the Sun Gate to Machu Picchu.
  • Your first glimpse of Machu Picchu will give you the energy you need to continue on the path into the citadel.  You will have a little time to explore before dinner, but don’t worry and don’t rush – you’re one of the lucky ones who gets to come back to see more tomorrow.
  • A good night’s sleep in a hotel in Aguas Calientes will refresh you for the big finale.

DAY 5: MACHU PICCHU- CUSCO

  • It’s the day you’ve been waiting for – your tour of Machu Picchu!
  • You’ll have a guided tour of the whole city while feeling the magic and energy that make this place one of the most incredible places on Earth.
  • After the tour, we’ll head back to Aguas Calientes, or if you’ve purchased a permit to climb Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain (Must be purchased separately in advance), you will go there at the designated time.
  • You will get lunch or a snack in Aguas Calientes on your own before we catch the train back to Cusco.  At your hotel, we will say “hasta luego” to you, our new friends.
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