Lares Valley & Machu Picchu Trek

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Duration 📅

3 Days

Flights ✈️

International flights are NOT included

Airport Transfer 🧳

Drop-Off, Pickup

Accommodation 🛏️

Camping, Hostel

Tour Size 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏻

Small Group

Difficulty 🚥

Moderate

Language 🌐

English, Spanish

Transport 🚍

Airconditioned Vehicle, Train

Visa 🛂

FREE 30 Days Tourist Visa Upon Arrival

Inclusions

Professional bilingual guide
Cook
Horsemen & mules
All camping equipment (Sleeping bags to hire + Walking sticks)
Entrance to Machu Picchu, round trip bus tickets to Citadel
One night hostel in either Ollantaytambo or Aguas Calientes
Train tickets to and from Ollantaytambo/Cusco
2xBreakfast
3xLunch
2xDinner

From: $540.00

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Lares Valley & Machu Picchu Trek: Embark on a beautiful 2 day Lares Valley trek through traditional native communities where you can see how these populations survive & thrive using local resources. Traditions and cultures exist in this part of the Andes that were alive centuries ago and stay prevalent because of the strong sense of community that permeates throughout the region. Starting at the Hot Springs of the Lares Valley trek, overnight in Ollantaytambo or Aguas Calientes, before heading up to the Inca Citadel. There are 2 entrance times for Machu Picchu – 7am & 12pm. You can also include hikes to Machu Picchu & Huayna Picchu mountain. Returning to Cusco for transfer back to your hotel.

 

🏁 Tour Itinerary: Lares Valley & Machu Picchu Trek

Day 1: Cusco – Lares Hot Springs – Huacahuasi (L, D)

Setting off from Cusco at 6 am, you’ll weave through the mountain routes of the sacred valley doing a small Sacred Valley tour towards Lares arriving in time for some lunch.
After lunch, you’ll begin trekking from the ‘Bano Termales’ of Lares & following an old Inca trail along the Rio Huacahuasi. The rustic towns and children help you along the way.
On arriving in Huacahuasi you’ll overnight, in this welcoming Quechuan valley town, with the local community.

🏚️ Accommodation: Hostel.

 

Day 2 – Huacahuasi – Ipsaycocha – Patacchanta (B, L, D)

On leaving Huacahuasi the route weaves through more local ‘poblados’, with glimpses of the Apu Pitusiray Nevada always in the background. Potatoes are being cooked using traditional methods out in the open countryside. Herds of Llamas graze the slopes with valley girls shepherding them high on the mountainsides. Quechua is the native language in these parts of the Andes.
Passing 4,800m the descent then weaves via Ipsaycocha lake, winding down the valley below heading towards Pataccancha. Crop fields here are being harvested by local families. Pathways carved into the hillsides show the way down to Pataccancha where dinner will be prepared.
From here, it’s onwards to Machu Picchu.

🏚️ Accommodation: Campsite.

 

Day 3 – Machu Picchu: Travel & Exploration (B, L)

At the end of the trek, we finish near a town called Ollantaytambo, at this point, there are a couple of options. You can either spend the night in Ollantaytambo, enjoy this lively little town & the ruins here, then have a leisurely morning the following day, followed by a 1.5hr train journey to Aguas Calientes.

Then you arrive by around mid-afternoon in time for the afternoon session tour of Machu Picchu. This is a more tranquil & serene time to explore the citadel as it is less crowded.

  • There are 2 entrance times for Machu Picchu – 7am & 12pm
  • You can also include hikes to Machu Picchu & Huayna Picchu mountain
  • Head straight to Aguas Calientes directly after the trek. Most take this option if they want to head up to Machu Picchu as early as possible to see the fabled sunrise. This option makes the last day of the trek along with one & the following day also, but both options are available, it really depends on how you’d like to do it.

Built as a seasonal residence for the Inca family, Machu Picchu was rarely home to more than 800 people, and during the royals’ absence, a mere 100 servants would remain at the site to maintain the grounds. Machu Picchu was abandoned 100 years after construction and remained largely hidden to the outside world until the early 20th century.
If there’s time, hike up to Machu Picchu Mountain (optional & depends on ticket availability) for a bird’s eye view of the citadel. Afterward, a tour guide will show you around the site and explain the different buildings and curious corners of the building complex. Approximately one-third of the site has been reconstructed into its original structure, giving visitors a sense of the grandeur and artistry of the original citadel.
After the two-hour tour, take the bus back to Aguas Calientes to connect to your train to Ollantaytambo and your connecting transfer to Cusco.

🚆 Train Ticket to Cusco is included.

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