Country: peru
Locations: Cusco,lares valley,huacahuasi,ipsaycocha pass,patacancha,willoq,pumamarka,ollantaytambo,aguas calientes tow,machu picchu
Price: below note: All Taxes are included
special discounts:
Note :10% DISCOUNT FOR GROUPS OF 6 PEOPLE OR MORE
SAE: 5% on full program price (valid South American Explorers Club membership card required). This discount may not be applicable in case a promotional price is offered http://www.saexplorers.org/club/home
•Teenagers: US$ 20.00 (up to 15 years of age, passport copy required for all bookings).
•Children: US$ 45.00 (up to 10 years of age, passport copy required for all bookings).
students discounts: US$ 20.00 (students require a valid International Student Identity Card (ISIC )and must be below 26 years of age. Please beware that Youth Travel Cards are not valid).  

See lares trek map here

LARES INFO-LARES MAP- LARES FLORA- LARES FAUNA- LARES VIA LLACTAPATA- LARES TO INKA TRAIL- LARES 5/D- LARES 4/D-LARES HUARAN-LARES YANAHUARA

The Lares Trek is a two or three day high altitude hike in Peru starting near the village of Lares. Lares is approximately 40 miles north of Cusco and 35 miles east of Machu Picchu The get to the start of the trek requires a bus or van trip of approximately 5 hours. Although it is sometimes advertised as an alternate for the Inca Trail, it is not near and does not lead to Machu Picchu. The Lares trek route transverses typical beautiful, pristine Peruvian Andean mountain areas.The indigenous people of this area speak Spanish and Quechua.

DAY BY DAY LARES TREK ITINERARY EXTENSION TO MACHU PICCHU 4 DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS
LARES COMMUNITY TREK / MACHUPICCHU ( WEARVER LLAMAS AND ALPACAS ) LARES TREKKING TO MACHUPICCHU

FIRST LARES TREK DAY: CUSCO - CALCA - AGUAS TERMALES LARES - HUACAWASI We leave from Cusco early in the morning by bus and travel through the Sacred Valley arriving to the lares valley where will find some natural hot spring of lares community and spend the morning in the medicinal hot springs, after our lunch we keep going 4 hours walk to get the first camping spot of huacahuasi
	SECOND LARES TREK DAY: WACAWASI - IPSAYCOCHA After continuing up through the lares valley, we arrive to the community of Huacawasi. People here produce some of the finest weavings in Peru. Here, we can observe their great skills and brilliant techniques in the fabrication of ponchos and other garments. Passing the village we begin climbing up to Condor Pass, the second of the trip at 4300m.. From here, we catch a stunning view of the renowned Mount Veronica (5750m.) Descending gently for about one hour, we come to the beautiful Ipsaycocha Lake close to patacancha , our last campsite.
THIRD LARES TREK DAY: IPSAYCOCHA - PATACANCHA - WYLLOQ - PUMAMARKA - OLLANTAYTAMBO - AGUAS CALIENTES Today our lares trail leads downhill to an overlook facing a wide valley. Descending into the valley, we eventually arrive to the community of willoc where we have lunch, from here takes two hours to arrive to Pumamarka and enjoy the inca terraces, finally we arrive to Ollantaytambo. Situated in a fertile river valley and sheltered by mammoth mountains, this ancient Inca village is considered one of the most important living museums in the world. This is a perfect place to appreciate the vast archeological remains and a wide variety of flowers and birds species. The group takes the train at 4:50 pm or 6.00 pm see below please the timetable of the train .from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes and spends the night there in a comfortable hotel
	FOURTH LARES TREK DAY: AGUAS CALIENTES - MACHUPICCHU After an early breakfast, we'll take the bus up to Machu picchu, we register and start on our 3 hour guided visit. After enjoying the remains, we will take the bus down to Aguas Calientes where you will have free time to enjoy the town and have a lunch before we return to Cusco.

INCLUDES:

• Pre-departure briefing
• Professional, English speaking lares trek tour Guide
• Entrance fee to Machupicchu
• Bus to the start of the Lares trek
• Collection from hotel(we pick you up where you are staying from)
• Train round trip (cerrojo-backpacker) from ollantaytambo-aguas calientes-ollantaytambo and tourist bus back from ollantaytambo to cusco. on the fourth day after train
• Food : 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 afternoon snacks, 3 dinners and
• various snacks to be eaten throughout the day
• Dining and cooking tent with tables and chairs
• Cook in charge of making the food and cooking equipment
• Horseman and mules (they carry cooking stuff and camping equipment)
• 1 emergency horse to ride every 8 persons - days 1 to 2
• Four - man tent ,for two persons and plenty of space for your personal stuff
• FOAM Sleeping mattresses 
• Oxygen balloon for any emercency.
• Vegetarian/special diet options available
• Others: hot water every morning and evening for washing purposes / boiled water to fill in your water bottle every morning and night, and at lunch time if requested with enough time ahead
• First Aid kit and Free Luggage storage. When you go on the trek it is best to leave any luggage that you are not going to need behind in Cusco. Nearly all the hotels in Cusco provide a secure luggage deposit. Put any valuables in their safe. Very rarely do hotels charge for this service especially if you are returning to the same hotel after the trek. If there are any problems with your hotel we can arrange to store your luggage at our Aymaras expeditions office.
• Transfer train station-hotel in Cusco

NOTE:Train included in all tours is the Cerrojo-backpacker (from  Ollantaytambo-aguas calientes-ollantaytambo) Train times will only be confirmed once full amount of tour is paid. The earliest train you could take is the 12:26 and being the 9:20pm the last train. Aymaras expeditions will organize the transport back to Cusco (by taxi or by bus).
Please Note: train times are subject to change depending on Peru rail click here to see timestable and availability.If organized in advance, the train can be upgraded to Vistadome (larger windows than the backpaker cerrojo train to ollantaytambo ) for an increased price of US$ 70 (round trip ).let us know please.

( click to see details)  BACKPACKER  –  VISTADOME

DOESN'T INCLUDE:

• Breakfast on the first day and lunch on the last day in Aguas Calientes town
• Bus ticket from Aguas Calientes to Machupicchu (optional) one way US$7
and round trip US$14
• entrance to the hot springs in lares
• Sleeping bag (goose down) -15ºC-extreme it can be hired from us US$20 for all trek mummy form and include a sleeping liner. They are cleaned after every use and have a maximum usage of 25 trips

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING :

• Original passport (and *International Student card (ISIC) if applicable)
• Travel Insurance card is essential
• Sleeping bag (not included but it can be hired from us)
• Walking boots
• Waterproof jacket/rain poncho
• Warm jacket and gloves
• T-shirts
• Comfortable trousers
• Sun hat , Bathing suit (for hot springs in Aguas Calientes)  Water Purification tablets ( recommended micropur)
• Sun protection cream (factor 35 recommended)
• Insect repellent ( for Aguas Calientes and Machupicchu )
• Toilet paper
• Personal medication
• Camera and films
• Torch with spare batteries ( we recommend head lights )
  Some extra snacks ( like chocolates ,candies )

OPTIONAL ITEMS TO BRING :
• Walking poles (with rubber tip) they can also be hired from us
• Plasters and bandages
• shorts and Sandals
Tips: please note that our agency staff is well paid so please feel free to tip or not as you wish

HOW TO BOOK AND SEND YOUR TREK DEPOSIT (Click here and read carefully what you must do)