Lares Llama trek 4 days 3 nights

LLAMA TREK to LARES 4 days 3 nights

The beauty of the landscape and the use of lamas to transport our luggage makes this trek our most wanted trail.

Treks through this spectacular valley are rated moderate like the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, with two passes over 4000 metres, so walkers will need to acclimatise in the Cusco region for at least three days before starting the trek.

This remote and rarely visited region offers the trekker an insight into traditional Andean life; a timeless world where farmers plant their crops on the lands their ancestors tended and watch over herds of llamas and alpacas under the sacred snow covered peaks they worship as gods.

And to end the trek, we will be able to relax in southern Peru's best natural thermal pools!

Itinerary:

Day 1
Transport from Cusco to Urubamba by private transport. In Urubamba we will be met by our "Llameros" and wranglers who will load our equipment on the lama's. We will walk for approx. 4 to 6 hours before arriving on our first campsite near Sutoc.

Day 2
After breakfast we will continue the trail and have ascending to the Abra Pokuqasa pass (4800 mtr / 15.700 ft). From there we will continue downhill till we arrive in the community of Cuncani. Here we will set up our tents for the second night. This day we will walk approximately for 7 hours.

Day 3

Leaving Cuncani around 8:00 AM it?s another 3 to 4 hour walk before we arrive in Lares. In Lares we will have time to enjoy the relaxing thermal baths after completing this beautiful trail. We can also visit the typical indigenous market. This night we will camp at the Hot Springs of Lares.

Day 4

In the morning we will return by local bus to Cusco (approx. 4 hours to Cusco. (day 4 involves no walking).

included:

- Private transport from Cusco to the start of the trek in Urubamba
- Tents and mattresses
- English / Spanish speaking guide
- Food ( day 1: lunch, dinner, day 2 breakfast, lunch, dinner, day 3 breakfast, lunch.
- Cook providing all the meals during the trail
- Llama's to carry your personal equipment (max 8kg) and mules for tents, food and cooking gear
- Return to Cusco by local bus (private transport on request)
- First aid kit, Emergency oxygen

Excluded:

- breakfast on the first day, dinner on the last day
- sleeping bag
- tips for wranglers, cook and guide