Meals

All Breakfasts Described meals

Hygieneprotocol

Face masks required for travelers in public areas Face masks required for guides in public areas Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff Social distancing enforced throughout the experience Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas Gear/equipment sanitized between use Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized Guides required to regularly wash hands Regular temperature checks for staff Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

Guide

For the all the tours you will have an English or Spanish speaking guide

Others

All the entrance fees to visit all the attractions described on the itinerary TOURS: City Tour & 4 ruins, Sacred Valley and 4 days Lares trek & Machupicchu Pre-trek briefing, MACHUPICCHU + HuaynaPicchu or Montana Machupicchu entrance fees. Private bus to the start of the trail, English speaking professional guide, client’s tents (2 persons in each), Well insulated Mattresses Pads, Toilet Tents: Dining tent with camp tables & stools, Chef, Cooking tent & equipment, Meals – vegetarian option without extra cost (03B,03L,02D): pancakes, omelets, soups, fresh fruit, avocado, pasta, chicken, fish, meat, rice, all rich in carbohydrates and suitable for trekking, hot drinks including coca leaf tea, coffee break every day, Horsemen & Horses to carry the tents, food, cooking equipment, and luggage (no more than 5 Kgs/10 pounds per person), Fair salary & accommodations for our staff, First aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle, Round trip Bus tickets from Aguas Calientes to Machupicchu: 30 minutes each way, Train tickets (EXPEDITION or INCA RAIL service) from Ollantaytambo - Aguas Calientes – Ollantaytambo. If there is room; you can upgrade to the vistadome train for US$50 per person, Transfer from the train station to Cusco Professional & Personal Assistance during your visit

Transport

All the roundtrip transfers and bus transportation All the transportation: Airport/Bus & Train Station - Hotel - Airport/Bus & Train Station described in the Itinerary

Accommodation

- Double or Twin rooms at recommended Good Value Basic 3 star Hotels + breakfasts Paying extra we can upgrade and use any other you wish: 4 star, 5 star, the most expensive rooms, etc. Cusco: 4 nights Aguas Calientes: 1 night Lares Trek: 2 nights in tents

Not included:

Others

Single Supplement payment: Mandatory for a person wishing a SINGLE room & tent International & national airfares (Lima - Cusco - Lima) Extra horse to carry more luggage or ride Sleeping bags (Save room and Rent from us for just US$25 / 4 days trek) Tips: guide, cooks, porters, etc Additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water Non described meals & snacks Insurance of any kind Laundry Phone calls Radio calls or messages Items of personal nature

Insurance

- It is highly recommended to buy Travel, Health & Accident Insurance

Optional

If you want to bring more luggage or ride a horse, you can hire an extra horse for US$100, for all the trek and the horse will carry a maximum of 20 kg – 40 pounds; including your sleeping bag. (Usually 1 horse between 2 persons is enough). However even with a personal horse, you will still need to bring and carry a day pack with essential items

Flights

- Lima - Cusco - Lima

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Day 1 Day 1: Arriving To Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arriving To Cusco

Upon arrival reception, assistance and transfer to the selected hotel; where you should take a short rest to adjust better to the altitude (11,000 ft a.s.l.)

Optional activity: Typical lunch (taste guinea pig or alpaca if you wish) at a local restaurant with an amazing view of the city and visit an alpaca clothes factory. Lunch not included but you will have a free transportation

Note: You are in charge of arriving to Cusco, by plane, train or Bus. Our Services start and finish in Cusco.
Day 2 Day 2: Cusco: Pm City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Cusco: Pm City Tour

Free morning to visit the city and its museums: Inca, Preculumbian Art & The Machupicchu Museum.

Afternoon Combined tour; visit the Koricancha (Temple of the Sun), Sacsayhuaman, Kenko, Puca-Pucara and Tambomachay. (B)

Note: Whenever it will be possible; to avoid the crowds and in the high season we will program this tour in the morning.
Day 3 Day 3: Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market, Ollantaytambo & Chinchero
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market, Ollantaytambo & Chinchero

Visit PISAC located right at the entrance to the Sacred Valley, the amazing Inca city that constitutes one of the most important Archaeological Parks in the region. Visit the fine temples, palaces and the well preserved and vast farming terraces; built even as far as the edge of precipices that still keep their straight sometimes vertical aqueducts; an imposing and unforgettable sight that also offers very beautiful landscapes.

Visit PISAC the Colonial Village, where you will see the famous "Indian Market" and the handicrafts or "souvenirs" market, this is your chance to enjoy a blend of color, traditions and people, and bargain for exotic craftworks.

After Lunch at Urubamba Village, tour to the oldest continuously inhabited dwellings in South America, where people are still living in the same houses and palaces as 500 years ago; the ancient Incan town of OLLANTAYTAMBO, with its very impressive constructions built with huge boulders and its ancient heritage that will leave us astonished. On the way back to Cusco visit Chinchero with its impressive colonial church, Incan remains and amazing landscapes around. (B,L)

Note: The Pisac Market is everyday, on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays is bigger but more crowded; not so good for visiting the ruins in Pisac and Ollantaytambo and for photos

LARES TREK: You MUST be in good shape

The described camps and hiking times are approximate; they may vary according to your physic conditions and guides recommendations
Day 4 Day 4: Cusco - Calca - Lares Village (3100 M.A.S.L. / 10170 Ft) - Hot Springs – Quishuarani (3800 M.A.S.L. / 12540 Ft)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Cusco - Calca - Lares Village (3100 M.A.S.L. / 10170 Ft) - Hot Springs – Quishuarani (3800 M.A.S.L. / 12540 Ft)

The night before your trek, you will get a trekking briefing with your tour guide. Early bus ride to Calca (2900 metres/ 9512 feet) over here will visit a traditional market where people from all over the Sacred Valley trade crops. After Calca we pass by Inca burial tombs and ruins, local farms and herds of wild llama. We arrive to Lares Valley (3 ½ - 4 hrs car ride) before lunch; over here you will have the chance to enjoy the hotsprings.

After lunch we will continue our car ride (20 minutes aprox.) until the beginning of the hike; spot known as Pascana, we will hike to Quishuarani campsite (1 ½ - 2 hrs aprox.), in this village we will have a chance to meet the locals “campesinos” and share some time with them, and also we will have a weaving exhibition and lectures about their ancient techniques.

This is a beautiful day with stunning views and great landscapes and the experience to visit along the path several Andean villages, and have a chat with the local people. (B,L,D)

Trekking Distance: 10 km/ 6.21371 miles

Camp Elevation: 3,850 meters / 1,2631 ft

Weather: Cold

Optional camp: Lake Collalay: 4200 mts / 13780 ft (1 more hour)
Day 5 Day 5: Quishuarani To Cancha Cancha (3800 M.A.S.L./12500 Ft)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Quishuarani To Cancha Cancha (3800 M.A.S.L./12500 Ft)

Early wake up, breakfast, and start of the hike. This Second Day is going to be the longest day (7 hours aprox)

We start our ascent at your own pace to the highest point of the circuit, the climb is difficult until the pass of Pachacutec (4450 m.a.s.l./14500 ft) but we will have amazing views of glaciers and snow-capped peaks: Pitusiray, Sawasiray and Chicon, after the pass we hike down hill for about 2.30 hours. Lovely day and chance to see Andean Wild Life and Flowers, Camp at Cancha Cancha. (B,L,D)

Walking Distance: 14 km/8 miles

Elevation Gain: 830 meters / 2,723 ft

Camp Elevation: 3,750 meters / 12,303 ft

Weather: Cold
Day 6 Day 6: Cancha Cancha – Huaran - Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes Town (By Train)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Cancha Cancha – Huaran - Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes Town (By Train)

After a delicious breakfast we start our easy hike down hill, after about 4 hours we arrive to Huaran; this is where we will take a transportation to Ollantaytambo, over here we will take the train (in the afternoon) to Aguas Calientes town overnight in a hotel. (B,L)

Walking Distance: 9 km /6.2 miles

Aguas Calientes Elevation: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft

Weather: Cold in the morning, warm in the afternoon. Watch out for mosquitoes this day.

Optional Activity: Visit the hot springs (entrance fee not included)
Day 7 Day 7: Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco

Early visit of Machupicchu; to spot the amazing sun rise and guided visit (2 1/2 hours) of the wonderful temples and palaces, later on your own you can take the optional hike to Huaynapicchu Peak (2 hours) & the temple of the Moon.

If you want to hike to the sun gate (2 hours), Montana Machupicchu (3 - 4 hours) or the Inca Bridge (1.5 hours); you will do it on your own before the guided tour of Machupicchu.

Afternoon return to Ollantaytambo by train (1 1/2 hours) and transfer to the hotel (2 hours). (B)

NOTE: If you are interested in climbing to Huaynapicchu or Montana Machupicchu the entrance fees are Included but you have to let us know in advance, we must buy tickets ASAP, there is a short limit per day.
Day 8 Day 8: Cusco – Lima
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Cusco – Lima

Transfer to the airport for departure flight. (B)

8 days tour

Lares Trek, Machupicchu, Cusco & The Sacred Valley

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Itinerary of your trip Lares Trek, Machupicchu, Cusco & The Sacred Valley

Day 1: Arriving To Cusco

Day 2: Cusco: Pm City Tour

Day 3: Sacred Valley: Pisac Ruins, Market, Ollantaytambo & Chinchero

Day 4: Cusco - Calca - Lares Village (3100 M.A.S.L. / 10170 Ft) - Hot Springs – Quishuarani (3800 M.A.S.L. / 12540 Ft)

Day 5: Quishuarani To Cancha Cancha (3800 M.A.S.L./12500 Ft)

Day 6: Cancha Cancha – Huaran - Ollantaytambo – Aguas Calientes Town (By Train)

Day 7: Machupicchu – Huaynapicchu - Cusco

Day 8: Cusco – Lima

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