In this trek you walk between 5 and 7 hours daily, MachuPicchu is not included. Always in the altitudes, you will have fantastic views of the snow in the mountains of Pitusiray and Sahuasiray and beautiful lakes too. You will meet local people, who wear typical clothes and also who you can talk with and camp near their houses.
ITINERARY:
Cuzco - Calca - Lares - Concani - Kishuarani - Cancha Cancha - Huaran
DAY 1: CUZCO - CALCA - LARES
Pick up from airport or from your hotel and transfer by bus to Calca (1½ hours) and then to Lares (3 hours).
The walk starts in Lares, about 4 hours slowly going up through the beautiful valley to continue to the highest part of the trek 4300 to get into the village of Cuncani at 3750m.
At the beginning you will see a green valley but rapidly it changes to a camp where you hardly see any.
DAY 2: CONCANI - KISHUARANI
Start the walk about 2-3 hours climbing to the pass Kochuyckaza at 4240m, passing the Huillke lake and having fantastic views at some glaciers and the mountain of Urubamba.
After an hour and a half going down we reach the small village of Kishuarani (3670m), passing the Queñacocha lake, where you often see Andean goose. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and camping
DAY 3: KISHUARANI - CANCHA CANCHA
After an early breakfast we will walk through the valley and climbing to the highest part at 4700 meters above se level and see waterfalls, a beautiful lake and also a panoramic view of Pitusiray and Sawasiray mountains.
Afterwards we will walk down to our campsite in Cancha Cancha approximately for 2 hours.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and camping.
DAY 4: CANCHACANCHA - HUARAN - CUSCO.
This day we can get up a little late because it miss just to go down to the valley, it will take about 4 hours to arrive in HUARAN.
During this road we can appreciate variety of flora.From there transfer to Cuzco and installation in the hotel.
INCLUDED:
Transport to start trail and back to Cusco
Guide in English
Cook
Tents and mattresses
Cooking tent and equipments
Food from first lunch day until last lunch day
Porters or horses to carry the food and equipments
Bathroom carp.
NOT INCLUDED:
Sleeping bag.
The program can be modified according to your requirements, for example: The duration of your tour, interests and activities, flight reservations, additional destinations and other contingencies.
