Machu Picchu - Lares Trek & Inca Trail 5 Days

Our Alpaca Expeditions team will pick you from your hotel at 5,00am, then it will be around 3 hour drive to Lares where you will have your first breakfast, then time to enjoy the hot spring.

Your trekking will begin with a two-hour gradual uphill hike, until lunch at our first village, Kiswarani. They consider this part of the hike the potato valley section, where people farm many varieties of organic potatoes. Your guide will also point out some indigenous medicinal plants growing along the way. Lunch will be excellent and prepared by your trekking chef.

You will also have time to explore the village and visit some local homes, where you will learn about the lifestyle and ancient traditions of the local people. If there is time, we will visit the schoolhouse where the kids still speak Quecha, their native language. You may also bring toys, notebooks, or school supplies to distribute. Perhaps you may even teach them a few words in English. It will be another two hours, gradually uphill hiking until we arrive at the campsite.

Trekking Distance: 10 km/ 6.21371 miles // Camp Elevation: 3,850 meters / 1,2631 ft // Weather: Cold

You will have spectacular views of the colorful lake and the valley of Kiswarani. You will see the local people will already be up and about, taking their llamas and alpacas out to graze. Breakfast will be served once you have finished packing your gear. Then we’ll fill up our water bottles, organize snacks, and you will begin your expedition to Machu Picchu. It will be a three or four-hour climb to get to the summit of the mountain. Once you arrive at the Condor Pass, you will be above the clouds, above the mountain peaks, and the surrounding 360-degree views are astounding. In front of you will be the beautiful mountain of Pitusiray, which is at 5,700 m/ 18,700 ft high, and the Condor pass is at 4,680 m/ 15,354 ft high. Afterward, we will enjoy a hot drink service that your porters will carry with them. We will take advantage of some phenomenal photo opportunities and start our descent.

You will begin the one hour, downhill, descent towards El Mirador (Vista Point), where you will enjoy lunch. There will be some llamas grazing nearby. After lunch, you will hike the last three hours downhill, with fantastic views of many lakes, llamas, and alpacas, before arriving at your campsite, the village of Cancha Cancha, Located at (3,750 m / 12,303 ft), where people still practice original Inca traditions.

Our porters will wake you up with a hot drink, and you will have some time to pack your bags and enjoy breakfast. After breakfast, you’ll have time to explore the village and visit the local elementary school, where the ancient Inca language, Quechua, is still taught. Once you are ready, you’ll begin the last leg of your Lares trek. It will be four hours of walking downhill along this lovely path where you will pass by more llamas and alpacas. We’ll pass by farms where they grow potatoes, fava beans, and many other traditional crops the traditional Incan style. You will have the chance to learn about Peruvian agriculture from people who still farm by hand with traditional Inca farming tools. you will end your tour at the little Sacred Valley village of Huaran that sits at 2,700 m / 8,858 ft. Here you will say goodbye to your horses, horse riders, chef, and porters. From Huaran, we will catch a van and make the short drive into the valley to visit the Salineras salt pans, in the town of Maras. After visiting Salineras, we will head to our hotel in Ollantaytambo for the night at the hotel.

Walking Distance: 9 km /6.2 miles // Weather: Cold in the morning, warm in the afternoon. // Hotel in Ollantaytambo. Included

Your guide will pick you up at 5,30am then take the train to km 104 where is the trailhead of the famous Inca trail, there is the official checkpoint where you need to show your passport, then you will start hiking the famous path, Your tour guide will give you some background history on this ruin, followed by the three-hour climb up to the most famous Inca site along the trail, Wiñay Wayna. You will see amazing views of the Machu Picchu Valley and the Urubamba River along the trail, as well as the flora and fauna native to the area. There are also waterfalls and spectacular views of Machu Picchu Mountain. The trail itself has some flat areas, as well as some short uphill and downhill hikes. It also has steps arranged in sections that can be narrow in some areas, but not dangerous. in wiñayhuayna, you will have a fresh delicious lunch prepare by our chef then you will continue hiking and arrive the famous sun gate from which you will have the first view of Machu Picchu citadel, after enjoying the views and take many pictures you will continue hiking until Machu Picchu citadel where you will take the bus down for 20m and finally arrive at our Private campsite where you can take the hot shower and relax.

Walking Distance: 15 km / 8 miles // Elevations: Trek starting point 2,000 m, the highest point is Sun Gate 2,720 m, the camp is at 1,900 m //Weather: Hot and humid

our Alpaca Expeditions team will wake you up early with your choice of hot drinks. You’ll then enjoy your freshly made breakfast. We’ll walk 30 minutes to the bus station to be one of the first in line to go up to Machu Picchu.

The first buses will depart at 5:30 a.m. and arrive at 6:00 a.m., into Machu Picchu. Again, you need to have your original passport at this checkpoint. Your Alpaca Expeditions tour guide will take you to the perfect spot to enjoy the sunrise over the mountains and gets some amazing pictures (weather permitting). We’ll then have a two-hour private walking tour of the Machu Picchu Inca site with all of its fascinating history. If you have booked a permit to climb Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain you’ll start at 10:00 a.m. after a great guided tour you’ll need to catch your bus back down to the town of Aguas Calientes where you will take train back to Ollantaytambo. From there you’ll go by private van back to Cusco where your Alpaca Expeditions team will drop you off at your hotel.