Yanahuara - Lares

3DAYS / 2NIGHTS

Duration:

Description:

A new Andean hiking route, with exceptional views and lanscapes, surrounded with glaciers. We will visit typical Quechua families, learn about their culture and hopefully we will have a chance to see the sheppards and their cattle existing out of lama’s, alpaca’s and learn about their proper techniques of cultivating crops.

Itinerary:

Day 1:

7:00 Pick up from the hotel to take our private bus to the village of Yanahuara, (2850 meter) in the Sacred valley.  (Informative meeting with the guide about the route and last recommendations, the night before departure).

At around 16.00 we will reach the village of Mantay, where we will put our tents for the night.

Dinner (hot soup)

Day 2:

7:00 we will have breakfast and afterwards we will start hiking up to the Sacllaqasa pass at 4460 meters. After this we walk on till we reach the native community of Huacawasi at 3800 meter). We visit the community and will have the opportunity to meet the children of this village and give them some useful presents.

We will stay overnight in tents and have dinner in this village.

Day 3:

7:00 Breakfast. From Huacahuasi we will go on to the village of Lares at 3060 meters, where we will have the opportunity to enjoy the healing hot springs.

Lunch and return to Cusco by private transport.

Includes:

• Private transport
• Professional bi-lingual guide
• Cook
• Horses and horsemen
• Camping equipment; tents and sleeping mats
• Entrance fees

Maximum altitude 4460 m. at the Sacllaqasa pass.