Lares Trek & Short Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 5 Days

Explore the Inca Trail from the Andes, valleys toward the sacred citadel of Machu Picchu

Itinerary:

• Day1 - Cusco – Lares Kiswarani Community Weaving Experience with Gabina Sicus Mamani – Kiswarani Waterfalls

  

  Early pick up from your Cusco hotel at 05:00 am, then 3 ours driving we will reach Kiswarani community small peasant community, here we will visit the house of Gabina Sicus Mamani and Feliciano Aranzabal for our breakfast, after we will have a hand weaving demonstration experience by Gabina Sicus Mamani, an expert and wise weaver, here we will see the lifestyle in the Andes, also we will visit the local school to sharing experience with the kids, they speak just their native language Quechua, you can interchange languages with them. You may bring some school supplies to distribute to the kids. Lunch will be ready prepared by our chef, then time to prepare our duffel bags to give our horse man to carry until the campsite.  3 hours hiking gradually uphill we will reach our campsite. On the way we will enjoy the view of the waterfall coming from the lagoon place where we will spend the night. Estimated walking time: 2 hours Maximum altitude point: (3800m/12464ft)

  • Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Overnight at the campsite – Qoyalay Lagoon

• Day2 - Day 2 – Kiswarani – Pachakutiq Pass – Cancha Cancha Village

  

  Breakfast in the campsite; time to pack and start hiking uphill until reaching the high pass called Pachakutiq Pass over (4,400m/14,436ft). Before start our hiking our chef will provide us a boiled water to fill your canteens or water bottles and you will begin the expedition, around 4 hours uphill companied with stunning views, llamas gracing, snow caped mountains, lagoons finally we will reach the highest point of our hiking Pachakutiq Pass. Here we will spend few minutes to relax and enjoy the view of snow mountains of Sawasiray and Chicon, then we will descent for around one hour to Accopata the lunch spot. Lunch with impressive view to the landscape, llamas grazing around. Our journey continues to Cancha Cancha village (3,800m/12,467ft), this downhill journey will take more or less 2 hours, we will meet with local people with colorful native clothing on the way, upon arrival to the campsite our staff will welcome you with the tents set up. Total distance: 13 km Estimated walking time: 6-7 hours Maximum altitude point: (4400m/14622ft)

  • Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Overnight at the campsite

• Day3 - Cancha Cancha Village – Ollantaytambo Town

  

  Wake up time with coca tea and hot water, time to pack before breakfast, after breakfast we will leave this native village, we start descending just few minutes later you will witness the change of microclimate, here starts the tropical forest towards the Sacred Valley the trail continues with lush plant life, and biodiversity of bird. Finally we will arrive to Huaran Villages, located in the middle of the Sacred Valley (2,850m/9,350ft), here our lunch will be ready, After the lunch we will say good bay to our horsemen, then continue with our private van to Ollantaytambo, place where we will spend the night. Total distance: 9 km Estimated walking time: 3-4 hours Maximum altitude point: (3,800m/12,467ft)

  • Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
  • Overnight in Ollantaytambo Hotel: Casa Blanca Lodge or similar

• Day4 - Ollantaytambo – KM 104 – Inca Trail – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes

  

  Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the train station, here you will board the train that will take you to Km. 104 or Chachabamba, from where we will start the four-hour ascent that will take us past spectacular overlooks above the great valley, then beneath a lovely waterfall near the delightful site of Wiñay Wayna. We ascend through this largest and most exquisite of the Inca Trail sites, passing its chain of ritual baths and elegantly curved terracing, and then joining the main Inca Trail. Suddenly we cross the stone threshold of Inti Punku (Gate of the Sun) and encounter an unforgettable sweep of natural beauty and human artistry —a backdrop of twisting gorge and forested peaks framing the magical city of Machu Picchu. We walk the last half-hour or so down the royal flagstone walkway, past outlying shrines and buildings and through the heart of Machu Picchu, taking a bus to the small town of Aguas Calientes.

  • Meals Included: Breakfast, Box-Lunch, Dinner
  • Overnight in Aguas Calientes Hotel: Flowers House or similar

• Day5 - Machu Picchu Tour – Back to Cusco

  

  Excursion to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes, short ride (25 minutes) up to the citadel of Machu Picchu. Upon arrival, and you will participate in a guided tour, visiting the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the most important preserved Intihuatana, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of the Three Windows. Optional climb to Huayna Picchu Mountain; from where you can appreciate the immensity of Machu Picchu, even more amazing being high and distant (not included in the price): In the afternoon you will take the train back to Ollantaytambo from here by bus to Cusco. Upon arrival reception and transfer to your Hotel.

  • Meals Included: Breakfast

Whats included

• Excursions

  Lares Trek, Short Inca Trail, Machu Picchu

• Hotel accommodation

  01 hotel night in Ollantaytambo town 01 Hotel night in Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Town) 02 Nights in campsite during Lares Trek

• Tickets

  Entry ticket for Inca Trail, Entry Ticket to Machu Picchu Inca site

• Transportation

  • Collection from your hotel in the morning of trek departure
  • Private transportation from Cusco to Lares, then from Huaran to Ollantaytambo
  • Bus tickets (up and down from Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes)
  • Train from Ollantaytambo to Km 104
  • Train from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo
  • Private transfer from Ollantaytambo train Station to your Cusco hotel

• Equipments for Lares Trek

  • 4 season tents, 2 people in each 3-people-capacity tent
  • Therma-Rest self-inflating mattres
  • Dining tent with tables, chairs, kitchen tent and toilet tent
  • First aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle
  • Horses to carry the group equipment (food, tents, tables, etc.)
  • One emergency horse
  • Your personal luggage allowance to put on the horses (Max. 8 kgs / 17 lbs per person)
  • Personal Duffle Bags for your extra luggage to put on the horses
  • Chef and cooking equipment

• Others

  • Meals according to mentioned in the itinerary
  • Local top quality English-speaking mountain guide
  • 24-hour support by our local staff
  • First-aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle

Not included

• • Hotel accommodations in Cusco
  • Travel Insurance (obligatory)
  • Domestic flights
  • Alcoholic beverages or bottled water
  • Laundry
  • meals which are not mentioned
  • Entrance fee to Wayna Picchu Mountain
  • Sleeping bag
  • Tips for the guide, cook and porters