Spiritual Lares Trek

We will leave Cusco at 5:30 am towards the Sacred Valley, we will stop in Calca town to learn,

explore its traditional market, and buy the last minute things (fresh coca leaf, water, rain poncho, etc.) After 1 ½ hours ride in our private van we will reach the Huaran district (3,000 meters / 9,840 feet) the beginning of  Lares trek Espiritual. Place where we will meet our staff (carries and cargo carriers); who come from the community of Cancha Cancha. To then start our walk enjoying the view that nature offers us with a landscape rich in flora and fauna through native shrubs in the area, covering endemic bird varieties, and the capricious rock formations of the Urubamba chain with a view of the sacred valley. Then we will arrive to the community of Cancha Cancha (3,956 meters / 12,976 feet) where we will have the oppo1rtunity to observe the daily life of the Andean man and we will enjoy a delicious lunch.

After that we will continue ascending passing through small houses of the community and we will see the typical fauna of the place; such as chinchillas, alpacas and llamas. Finally we will arrive to our AQOPATA camp (4,150 meters / 13,940 feet)

• Meals: Snack, lunch, coffee break and dinner
• Accommodation: camping facilities.
• Distance: 12 km / 7 miles.
• Walking time: 6 to 7 hours.
• Temperature: minimum -5 ° C (23 ° F) / max. 15 ° C (59 ° F).
• Physical difficulty: average 3/5

As soon as we finish an invigorating breakfast, we will ascend a very demanding path in certain segments towards the Pachacuteq Pass (4,700 meters / 15,419 feet) having a typical view of the Puna region. We will appreciate the imposing view of the Q’olque Cruz glacier (5,400 meters / 17,720 feet). On the way down we will observe the grazing of llamas, alpacas and sheeps and the formation of lagoons. We will have lunch next to one of these beautiful lagoons. Then we will continue and we will pass through a very beautiful waterfall that forms the Quiswarani valley. We are to encamp around the community that night (3,950 meters / 12,950 feet)

• Meals: breakfast, water, snack, lunch, coffee break and dinner
• Accommodation: camping facilities.
• Distance: 14 km / 8.5 miles.
• Walking time: 8 to 9 hours.
• Temperature: minimum -5 ° C (23 ° F) / max. 15 ° C (59 ° F).
• Physical difficulty: challenge 5/5.

After a healthy breakfast we will start the 1½ hour hike through the steep trail to reach the Q’ALLAQASA Pass (4,450 metros/ 14,622 pies) and enjoy the stunning Cuncani Valley with colorful lagoons and sawed mountains. On the way down we will descend to the colorful lagoon where we will perform our ritual invoking the Pacha Mama or Mother Earth, and beg her to bless us. Right afterwards we will start with the Wachuma or San Pedro infusion, to find our peace and tranquility from the deepest part of our interior. After that we will appreciate the wild life of the area full of chinchillas, geese, Andean gulls, hawks and with luck some condors.

Our campsite Cuncani is at one hour away (3,900 meters / 12,795 feet), and at night looking towards the clear sky we will be able to observe the Milky Way and the Andean constellations.

• Meals: breakfast, water, snack, lunch, coffee break and dinner
• Accommodation: camping facilities
• Distance: 5 km / 3.1 miles
• Walking time: 2 ½ hours
• Temperature: minimum -5 ° C (23 ° F) / max. 15 ° C (59 ° F)
• Physical difficulty: moderate 3/5

We will wake up very renewed after the amazing therapy, feeling literally as if we had been born again, our staff will spoil us with a hot drink in bed (coca tea, tea, coffee or hot chocolate, etc), after breakfast we will continue downhill for about 2 hours to the Lares thermal medicinal baths (3,120 meters / 10, 2660 feet) and as a reward we will soak enjoying the hot baths.  Our lunch will be in the same place. After being totally relaxed, we will ride our private transport, and travel for 3 hours back to the town of Ollantaytambo (2,792 mt. / 9,158 ft). We will have dinner in this town. After dinner, we will take the train to the town of Aguas Calientes for 1 hour 45 minutes. Upon arrival we will go to the hotel for our accommodation and rest.

• Meals: Breakfast, water, snack, lunch and dinner
• Accommodation: Hotel
• Distance: 5 km / 3.1 miles
• Walking time: 1 ½ hours
• Temperature: Minimum -5 ° C (23 ° F) / max. 24 ° C (76 ° F)
• Physical difficulty: easy 1 / 5.

After a pleasant breakfast at your hotel, your guide will pick you up to take you by bus to the citadel of Machupicchu and watch the sunrise and take advantage of the tranquility and the pure air during the sunrise. You will have a guided tour for approximately 2 hours, during which you will visit the most important places of the historical winding citadel.

Afterwards you will board the bus to the town of Aguas Calientes, and then board the train. Trains usually leave in the afternoon between 14:55 – 18:20 hours depending on the reservation availability and space in our EXPEDITION service or other requested service. Then we will return to Ollantaytambo or Poroy. Of course, our private transportation will be waiting at any of these stations to take you back to your hotel in Cusco. The return from the town of Aguas calientes to the city of Cusco lasts approximately 4 hours.

• Meals: breakfast
• Temperature: minimum 8 ° C (46.4 ° F) / max. 26 ° C (78.8 ° F)