FIRST DAY. – CUSCO – CALCA – LARES – QUISWARANI – LAGUNA AZUL

Pick up from your hotel 5 a.m. towards the thermal baths of Lares 2300 m / 10120 ft. 3 hours by bus arriving at this beautiful place we will have our first breakfast and then enjoy the pools that have a temperature of 25 ° C / 77 ° F to 45 ° C / 113 ° F are volcanic medicinal waters for stress, muscles and bones. After this place we will take the bus again for 20 minutes towards the start of this walk called Pampa Corral 3450 m / 10390 ft. The first part of the trail will be uphill for 1 hour along a path used by local people, finding varieties of native plants and medicinal plants and potato fields, come in the Quiswarani Community 3750 m / 12303 ft. Where we will take our lunch and meet our muleteers and horses, after lunch we will continue our trek to our campsite Laguna Azul (Blue Lagoon) 3900 m / 12795 ft. 1.5 hours the trail are passing close by some beautiful waterfalls called Canchispaccha (seven waterfalls) arriving at the camp will be ready and after our tea time and dinner.

DISTANCE: 8 KM / 4.9 MILES

TIME: 7 HOURS

 SECOND DAY. – LAGUNA AZUL – PASO DEL CONDOR – ACOPATA – CANCHA CANCHA

After breakfast we will start to climb to the highest point of this hike, 4 hrs gradual uphill and zigzag where we can appreciate beautiful lagoons, wonderful landscapes of the Andes, glaciers and flora and fauna of the area, come in the Condor Pass 4650 m / 15091 ft. Where we will make a small ceremony in honor of the mountains or Apus (spirit of the mountains) then we will begin descending towards our lunch point 2 hours called Acopata 3900 m / 12795 ft, on the way we can see llamas and alpacas grazing freely. Then we will continue walking towards our camp 1.5 hours called Cancha Cancha 3700 m / 12139 ft, which is a community of farmers, alpaqueros and llameros (breeders of alpacas and llamas) where our camp will be ready our tea time and dinner.

DISTANCE: 12 KM / 7.45 MILES

TIME: 8 HOURS

THIRD DAY. – CANCHA CANCHA – HUARAN – OLLANTAYTAMBO – AGUAS CALIENTES

After one good breakfast we will continue to Huaran 2700 m / 8858 ft. Where will be our lunch point, on the way we can appreciate variety of flora and fauna, the way will be inside a beautiful forest of queñuas (polylepis incana) we will descend towards the sacred valley of the Incas the climate will change from the cold of the Andes towards the warm valley into the mountains, once arriving in Huaran we will take our lunch and then we will take our bus to Ollantaytambo 2450 m / 8038 ft. Where is the train station, there will have free time to appreciate the town that is an alive museum city since the Inca constructions are inhabited until today, then we will take our dinner will be in a tourist restaurant, then we will walk to the station and from there will be 2 hours by train to the town of Aguas Calientes 2050 m / 6561 ft. Where will be your accommodation. 

DISTANCE: 9 KM / 5.59 MILES

TIME: 4 HOURS

4th DAY: AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHUPICCHU – OLLANTAYTAMBO – CUSCO

Very early in the morning we will take the first bus (5:30 a.m.) that will take us to the Machupicchu Sanctuary for 30 minutes. Then we will have our guided tour for about 2 hours where the guide will take us through the most important places of the citadel, after our visit we will have free time to take photos and explore in Machupicchu (time depends of the train time that you need to be 30 minutes before at the train station), the other option is to go up to Huaynapicchu or Machupicchu Mountain (not included) to be able to appreciate the impressive view of the whole Machupicchu. Finally, you will take the train from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo for 2 hours where a transfer waits for you and then 2 hours by bus to Cusco.

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