Lares Llama Trek With Family Homestay 4D/ 3N
Immersive Cultural Experience While Hiking the Lares Trail to Machu Picchu
Kallpa has designed a different way to hike the Lares Trek to the marvel of Machu Picchu. This is a sustainable trek without exploiting the Quechua Community in Peru. Hike off the beaten track without camping in tents but instead spending 2 nights in a traditional Quechua family homestay, exchanging lifestyles.
This is an opportunity to delve into the world of the ancient Quechua People of Peru, who still maintain their traditional ways living in remote villages tucked away in the high Andes Mountains.
On the Lares trail you will observe snow-covered mountains, glacial lakes, llamas, and alpacas grazing in nature, and the villagers carrying on their everyday life farming and just living. Then journey by train to Macchu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
ITINERARY AT A GLANCE
| Day 1 | Start the Lares Trek: Cusco – Santa Rosa – Cochayoc – Family Homestay (L, D) |
| Day 2 | Cochayoc – Chaullapata – Family Homestay (B, L, D). |
| Day 3 | Chaullapata – Palca – Ollantaytambo Station – Train to Aguas Calientes – (hotel of your choice) (B, L). |
| Day 4 | Machu Picchu Tour – Aguas Calientes – Train to Poroy Station – Cusco (B). |
DAY 1: Start the Lares Trek: Cusco – Santa Rosa – Cochayoc – Family Homestay (L, D)
Depart in the early morning from your hotel in Cusco, with your professional guide in private transportation to the start of the Cultural Lares trek to Machu Picchu. Take in breathtaking scenery as we drive through the Sacred Valley to Santa Rosa, where we will meet our muleteers with horses and llamas that will carry our backpacks. We begin our hike for approximately three hours through a beautiful valley with magnificent panoramas until we reach Cochayoc, our first homestay for the night. The host family will give you a warm welcome and escort you to your room where you can unwind before enjoying a delicious meal prepared with natural ingredients grown in the region. You will have free time to explore the area and intermingle with the locals. Get well rested sleeping in your warm bed.
Day 2: Cochayoc – Chaullapata
We will be awakened by the singing of the native birds of the Quechua village at Lares. Get ready and enjoy a fresh delicious breakfast with your host family. Then it´s time to say farewell to our traditional host family with a warm hug and thanking them for their hospitality. Today we will hike for about 5 hours to our next homestay in Chaullapata feasting our eyes on incredible landscapes of the Andes mountains, pristine glacial lagoons, alpacas, and llamas. Our Quechua host family will be waiting for us with a hot tea made of natural herbs, to warm us. We will immerse ourselves in their world, sharing and picking up some Quechua words. Enjoy a delightful lunch and dinner with your host family made of organic ingredients grown in the area. Enjoy a peaceful sleep.
Day 3: Chaullapata – Palca – Ollantaytambo Station – Train to Aguas Calientes (B, L)
We start the day with an early wakeup and lovely breakfast with our endearing host family. Our hike will take us through the mountainous terrain appreciating a wide variety of bird life and spectacular vistas of our surroundings in route to the Palca community. Here our transport will be waiting to take us to the Inca town of Ollantaytambo. Enjoy a delicious Peruvian lunch in a restaurant in town before boarding your train to Aguas Calientes. Upon your arrival in Aguas Calientes you will be escorted by our guide to your hotel. The rest of the afternoon is at leisure to explore the town and hot springs. Tonight, you will sleep in comfort to get well rested for tomorrow´s fabulous tour of Machu Picchu.
Day 4: Machu Picchu Tour – Ollantaytambo Station – Train to Poroy Station – Cusco
A Mesmerizing day awaits you, touring Machu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World!!!
Our guide will meet you in your hotel at the agreed time, to take the shuttle bus up to the glorious citadel of Machu Picchu. Take pleasure, walking through the citadel with your professional guide learning its history, legends, and the theories regarding this magical site. Tour the most important sectors of Machu Picchu, including its temples, corridors and more. Relish in its beauty and splendor. Optional extra cost: Hike Huayna Picchu or Montaña. After a fabulous time, exit the park with your guide and take the shuttle bus to Aguas Calientes where you will have lunch on your own. Following lunch, you will board the train to the Ollantaytambo or Poroy station where our Kallpa Representative will meet you and take you back to your hotel in Cusco.
Included:
- Professional English Spanish – Quechua speaking guide
- Briefing before the start of the Lares trek to Machu Picchu
- Private transport from Cusco or Sacred Valley to the starting point of the trek
- Private transport from Lares to Ollantaytambo
- 2 Nights Homestay in Lares (rustic housing)
- 1 Night Hotel in Aguas Calientes, 3, 4 or 5 stars
- All meals on the itinerary (B= Breakfast L= Lunch, D= Dinner). Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free meals on request at no extra cost. (Home cooked meals during the homestay using organic fresh ingredients from the region)
- Wranglers with horses and llamas
- Emergency Horse
- Expedition train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes (upgrade to the Vistadome train extra cost)
- Shuttle bus: round trip Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu and back
- Entrance to Machu Picchu
- Expedition train to the Poroy or Ollantaytambo station (Upgrade extra cost to Vistadome or Hiram Bingham)
- First-aid kit and oxygen
Services NOT Included:
- Domestic Flights (we can book for you)
- Tours, hotels (we can book for you)
- Breakfast on day 1 and Lunch on day 4
- Any unforeseen expenses
- Personal expenses
- Sleeping bag (we can rent)
- Walking poles (we can rent)
- Single Tent (we can rent)
- Huayna Picchu or Montaña hike (please request upon booking)
- Anything not mentioned on the itinerary
- Gratuities