Sacred Valley Llama Trek

Details:

• Difficulty: Easy – Moderate.
• Start time: Morning: 9 a.m. / Afternoon: 2 p.m.
• Visit Duration: 3 – 4 hours.
• Trek: Distance covered: 2 k.m. (1.2 miles) / Altitude gained: 3140 m. – 3240 m. (10300 ft. – 10630 ft.) / Physical activity: 40 – 60 minutes trekking uphill and 25 – 35 minutes trekking downhill. (Approximate times).
• Starting/Ending point: Llama Pack Base Camp, Quebrada Pumahuanca, Urubamba. (30 minutes  from downtown Urubamba by ground transportation).

Llamas:

Llamas will be packed and herded in the traditional Andean style as a group. Visitors will assist so llamas can be contained in a specific space for packing activity.

Interpreters will provide safety information and petting will be allowed only with specific llamas at the beginning of the activity before the trek starts.

Llamas walk in a group in front of visitors and local hosts who herd the llamas from behind keeping a safe distance.

Included:

• Snack and picnic brunch.
• Trek with llamas.
• English speaking interpreter.
• Hosts from Local Guilds of Llama Breeders.
• First-Aid kit.

Snack: Fruit, biscuit, water.
Picnic: Tasting of typical Andean hot stone cooking with 3 varieties of native potatoes, local tubers and legumes, sweet potato and corn according to seasonal availability, traditional sauce, coca tea and sweet.

Recommendations:

Bring a lightweight personal backpack with drinking water, mosquito repellant, sunscreen, any personal medicine, cash for tips and crafts and your camera.

Wear comfortable clothes: Fresh long sleeved shirt, long pants, closed trekking shoes, socks, hat, sunglasses, extra jacket for fresh breeze, and rainproof clothes. For small children, we recommend a trekking child carrier.

You may find our full list of recommendations here.