Lares Trek to Machu Picchu

Day 1: Cusco, Calca, Lares y Wacahuasi.

At 5:00 in the morning, a representative from our company will go through your hotel to pick them, once already in our transport we will go towards the Calca town on our way pass through the Valley sacred Inca once we reach Calca will make a stop to buy some things that we will use in our walk of lares immediately after we will go ourselves heading to lares where to begin our adventure.

In the town of lares will have the opportunity of enjoy of some baths thermal medicinal to heat them muscles and enjoy of a delicious lunch.

After we have filled our energies We will begin walking for an average of 4 hours towards the first camp. First, we will ascend gradually for 30 minutes, and then the road is relatively flat. We will cross a small stream and continue along the valley until we reach the village of Wacawasi. In the walk, we will see local people with traditional clothes like ponchos and very colorful hats. It is in Wacawasi where we camp the first night, Wacawasi is located at 3,880 meters or 12,730 feet above sea level.

Day 2: Wacawasi – Ipsaykassa – Patacancha.

After an energetic breakfast, we continue our Trek climbing up a steep little path that will lead us to the abra de Ipsay, on our way we will see alpacas, llamas, and sheep pasteando and we can also see traditional stone houses with grass roofs. During the passage, we descend by half an hour to the beautiful lagoon of Ipsaycocha where we will have lunch (see image).

Once recover energies continues our walk towards our camp by an average of 2.5 hours. Along the way will descend gradually for an hour and a half up to the traditional village of Patacancha, where you will find our camp (3,700 metres – 12,140 feet).

Day 3: Patacancha – Pallata – Pumarca – Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes.

After taking a delicious breakfast take a car for 40 minutes to Pallata. We begin to ascend a path for about 45 minutes to the archaeological site of Pumamarca where our guide will illustrate us with the rich history of the place. We will continue walking for 3 hours on a relatively flat path that will take us through the Valley. Again we descend to the bottom of the valley where we continue along a path along the Patacancha River until we reach the town of Ollantaytambo.

Here we will have lunch, we will have time to rest, and we will say goodbye to our support staff. Then in the afternoon we could visit the main square of Ollantaytambo, and make a short walk to the Qolqas Incas (warehouses) for an hour. In the afternoon we will have dinner at a local restaurant and then take the train to Aguas Calientes. Overnight in Aguas Calientes town.

Day 4: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Cusco.

On the last day of our Lares trek to machu picchu begins very early about 5:50 a.m. transfer to the bus station to go the Citadel of Machu Picchu. The road is zigzagging and lasts approximately 25 minutes, according to the weather we will have the opportunity to appreciate the impressive sunrise.

Then is the start to our guided through of the Citadel of Machu Picchu. We will visit important sites such as the Temple of the Sun, the main square, Intihuatana and the Temple of the Condor, among others.

After the tour, you will have free time where you can explore Machu Picchu on your own and take more photos. When they are ready, they will take the bus to Aguas Calientes, and in the afternoon they will take the train back to Cusco where we will be waiting for them at the train station to take them to their hotel in Cusco.

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