Cuncani (3810 msl / 12500 ft) to Uray Qelwacocha (4350 msl / 14270 ft)
Cuncani - The day’s activities will start at 6:00 AM when your private transport and guide will arrive to pick you up at your hotel in Cusco to begin a 3.5 hour drive to our departure point, Cuncani. There we will meet our mules/horses and porters, before starting our gradual ascent for 2.5 hours that will take us through colorful landscapes where we can see animals like llamas, alpacas, and viscachas, and enjoy spectacular views of mountain lakes and glaciers. After a 4-hour trek, you will reach the small village of Cancha Cancha (3,800 m) where you will spend the night.
Included: Lunch and Dinner
- Distance covered: 6 km / 3.7 miles
- Duration: 4 hours
- Lowest elevation: Cuncani, 3810 m (12500 ft)
- Highest elevation: Paso Tortilluyoq, 4380 m (14370 ft)
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Highlights: landscape views, lakes, glaciers, wildlife (llamas, alpacas), local culture
- Private transportation to and from hike, and Cusco hotel
- Round-trip bus to entrance of Machu Picchu archaeological site
- Round-trip train tickets from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblo
- Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu archaeological site
- Porter service to carry equipment and personal gear (7 kilos per hiker)
- All meals provided: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Sleeping tents (2 people per tent) and inflatable sleeping pad
- Dining and kitchen tents with tables, chairs, and cutlery
- Horse for emergencies
- Water refills
- Gratuities
- Sleeping bags (can be rented in Cusco)
- Hiking poles (can be rented in Cusco)
- Extra items while hiking such as sodas, alcoholic beverages, snacks, etc.
- Travel insurance
For travelers who want to experience or get to know a part of Peru that still maintains its traditional life and ancestral culture.
The Lares Hike is perfect to get to know the communities of the Andes who maintain their colorful traditional clothing and Quechua language; men and women whose livelihoods are dedicated to the principal activities of pastoralism (raising llamas and alpacas) and the cultivation of native products like potato, corn, and various grains which will be part of our meals throughout the progression of our hike—products which are 100% organically grown using ancestral tilling instruments and natural fertilizers.
If you cancel at least 4 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
