Lares Trek Tours & Attractions

The Lares Trek takes you far off the beaten track to where you can meet and interact with members of traditional Andean communities, visit local schools, hot springs, and walk along with llamas and alpacas. This is a perfect trip to experience our rich history and culture of our country.

During the Lares Trek, we will see more nature, lakes, birds and is one of the less crowded routes as well, this tour is perfect for couples, family, honeymooners, and solo travelers to join a nice fun group of travelers.
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• Visit the natural hot springs of Lares.
• Explore the Salineras of Maras and Ollantaytambo
• Panoramic trains to return (Vistadome or 360°)
• Support social projects in the villages we visit
Duration: 4 days.

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The Lares Trek to Machu Picchu is a true immersion into local villages outside of Cusco. This trek's slower pace & shorter daily mileage means plenty of time to explore the culture and traditions in the Lares Valley. From the alpine villages you’ll descend into the Sacred Valley, visit the famous salt mines, explore Ollantaytambo, a 3,5000 year old living Inca village, then train to Machupicchu town. The next day, tour to Machu Picchu archeological site with your expert, local indigenous guide, this will be richer because of all the information you get in the Sacred Valley tour.


Duration: 4 days.

Enjoy a 4-day trek along a great and less crowded alternative to the Inca Trail called the Lares Trek. This high altitude trek will be enjoyed by hikers interested in interacting with the local communities and seeing their way of life in the countryside.
Duration: 4 days.

This Lares trek to Machu Picchu offers the walker the interaction with the life of Andean farmers, dressed in traditional ponchos and distinctive colors of the area. You will have the opportunity to see the stone houses with thatch, magical mountain scenery with stunning landscapes, llamas and alpacas roaming free in the mountains as wild, without the busy tourist crowds.
Duration: 4 days.

Walking Tour to Sacsayhuaman Archeological Site. Archaeological Complex of Sacsayhuaman. The complex comprises 33 archaeological sites. The most well-known is Saqsayhuaman, it is presumed that its construction was of religious character, but by its location and style was considered by the Spaniards and cronistas like a military building.

The area where this construction is located corresponds to the head of the sacred animal, and one of the translations that has this word is, precisely, puma head. Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui, the ninth Inca, redesigned the city and gave it the shape of a cougar lying down (the puma is the guardian of earthly things).

The space covered by their constructions is particularly large; what is most striking is the three stone walls that suggest the figure of the fortress.
Duration: 4 days.

The

Lares Trek 4 days hike to Machu Picchu private service, is aimed to small groups so you can get a real alternative in getting an insight of the local Andean communities. 

There is a personalised attention on the Lares Trek 4 Days 3 Nights to Machu Picchu, and during the trip to the Inca Valley you will see many landscapes that it will captive your senses due its beauty. You will be surrounded by stunning mountains, lakes and valleys landscapes. 

Our adventure Lares Trek 4 Days Hike will start in the

small village of Patakancha in the Sacred Valley. You will hike and climbs over 2 passes at 4,000m/13, 123 ft above sea level,

passing through traditional, colourful villages, as well as during the trip having the chance in relaxing at the hot springs in Lares and finishing with a visit to Machu Picchu on the last day.
Duration: 4 days.

NEW FOR 2020! This trek is available starting 1 March, 2020.andes Peru ADVENTURE is the only tour operator with its own scenic and cultural trekking route, that treks COMPLETELY OFF THE BEATEN PATH with the LARES TREK TO MACHU PICCHU. You pass through the most isolated indigenous communities keeping the Inca culture alive, and get the privilege to interact with them. Our own unique route is incredibly picturesque, with majestic ice glaciers, shockingly blue glacial lakes, waterfalls, llamas, and alpacas. We are the only tour operator that includes our exclusive hotel with our PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL AND SAUNA in Ollantaytambo — NO ONE HAS A BETTER DEAL than ANDES PERU TOURS for this trek..
Duration: 2 days.

• In December 2021, Explorandino achieved TourCert certification "Sustainable management system for tour operators".
• Our proposal focuses on the richness of culture and natural beauty. Each tourist experience is an opportunity to preserve and share cultural heritage, while promoting practices that regenerate the natural environment.
• We work hand in hand with various stakeholders to design a model that benefits everyone. From respecting local communities to conserving biodiversity, every step is a step towards more responsible tourism.
Duration: 4 days.

The Lares Trek is an excellent alternative to the Inca Trail. Taking you off the beaten track with visits to authentic Andean communities whilst being surrounded by stunning mountains, lakes and valleys this fabulous trek offers a real insight in to the lives of the people of Cusco as it once was.

The route we offer starts in the village of Pumahuanca in the Sacred Valley and finishes in the hot springs of Lares with a visit to the village of Cuncani along the way. On Day 3 of the trek you take a bus from Lares to Ollantaytambo and then carry on by train to Machu Picchu.

VERY IMPORTANT:

This tour starts when we pick you up from your hotel, and it will finish when we are going to leave you at your hotel.

WE OFFER DAILY DEPARTURES!
Duration: 4 days.

It is a trip to the past ... the last refuge inka, the entrance to the paititi (Dorado) and the thermomedicinal waters of the lakes
Duration: 10 hours.

If you are looking for a new and spectacular hike, Lares valley trek 4 days is for you, this amazing hike is located on the right side of the urubamba river. Lares valley trek is an alternative route to the inca trail, it has 44 km of distance from thermal baths of Lares to Ollantaytambo.

We will cross the Peruvian Andes from the beautiful valley of Lares to the sacred valley of the Incas in Ollantaytambo, walk through beautiful lagoons and spectacular Andean landscapes.We can also see people who preserve their traditional clothes, customs and traditions, they descended from the Incas.

lares Valley Trek is a very good option if you want a unique and true experience on the sacred valley of the Incas.
Duration: 4 days.

The Lares Trek to Machu Picchu 4 days is a real alternative in getting an insight into the local Andean communities. 

The Inca Valley is vast and has many landscapes that will captive your attention and its beauty. You will be surrounded by stunning mountains, lakes and valleys landscapes. 

Our adventure, at the Lares trek 4 days, will start in the small village of Patakancha in the Sacred Valley. You will hike and climbs over 2 passes at 4,000m/13, 123 ft above sea level, passing through traditional, colorful villages, as well as during the trip having the chance in relaxing at the hot springs in Lares and finishing with a visit to Machu Picchu on the last day.
Duration: 4 days.

This route is perfect for trekking and biking. This rarely visited area gives travelers an insight into the real lives of the Andean communities. From the Abra of Lares (4470 mt), we descend to the depths of the sacred valley, enjoying the amazing landscapes, flora and fauna. You’ll have the chance to see thatched stone houses surrounded by herds of alpacas and llamas.
Duration: 12 hours.

This trek takes us into the Lares region of the Peruvian Andes, passing green valleys, tranquil mountain lakes and high passes with breathtaking views of snow-capped Andean peaks rising up at 6,000 meters! Our route will takes us through many fascinating small village communities...
Duration: 7 days.

Lares is a very special trek. it is the trek for people who want to get to know part of the real Peru where you can appreciate the real descendants of the Incas: genuine andean pueblos where the indigenous people still conserve the ancestral customs… the way of life, the rituals, the dues to Pachamama, and the belief in the AUQUIS… the spirits of the mountain. Also the raising of llamas and alpacas, their customs, their houses of stone with the thatched roofs, their traditional clothing and the food. All comes with a beautiful landscape surrounded by glacier mountains, lakes, thermal baths, etc. And ends at one of the new Wonders of the World, Machu picchu.
Duration: 4 days.

A way to get to know the Andean landscape, with its fertile valleys, high rivers, lagoons of crystalline waters, waterfalls, forests of queuñas and you will learn about the customs and experiences of the Andean population. In addition to the excursion in the Andes, the program allows you to visit one of the wonders of the modern world Machu Picchu.


Duration: 4 days.

This trek follows a path through deep green valleys, towering mountain passes, small rural villages, chilly snow caps and communities herding farmers whose way of life has essentially not changed since hundreds of years ago. The Lares trail is located east of Cusco. This journey is the perfect option if you are looking for something more off the beaten path than the classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Difficulty: Moderate.
Duration: 4 days.

This is an excellent alternative trek that offers a perfect combination of traditional Inca Trail trek and cultural immersion with the native communities. Taking you off the beaten track where the participant can interact side-by-side with the families, local schools, majestic glaciers, blue lakes, waterfalls, llamas, and alpacas.

Highlights
• Complimentary airport transfer when arrive and leave
• Professional highly trained Local Tour Guides
• Bath in thermo-medicinal springs of Lares
• Meet the local villagers, visiting their houses
• Visit the Salt Flats of Maras and Ollantaytambo
• Hike the Last Part of the Inca trail
• Arrive to Machu Picchu twice
• Watch the sunrise over the sacred city of Machu Picchu
Duration: 5 days.