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Live a genuine experience with the native communities of Peru. Learn about their customs, traditions and ways of life.
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Cancha Cancha
Hike and encounter with a high Andean community
This full-day trek takes place in the Huaran Valley, located in the Urubamba mountain range. The route offers scenic landscapes with native plants, high-Andean ecosystems, and traditional rural life. The experience culminates in the high Andean community of Cancha Cancha, where visitors are welcomed by a local family to share a traditional lunch and learn about daily life, agriculture, livestock, and traditional textiles.
Cancha Cancha 2D1N
Community experience in the Peruvian Andes, contact with the mountains and experiences with a high-Andean family.
Beautiful hike through the Huarán valley, in the Urubamba mountain range. We start in Saywapata, traversing a beautiful valley with native forests for about 4 hours of ascent until we reach the high-Andean community of Cancha Cancha. Here we will be welcomed by a local family with a delicious lunch. We will get to know their home, traditional textiles, agriculture, livestock, and share an authentic experience with Andean nature and culture. On the second day, we visit the sacred Wasan Qocha lagoon.
Lares
Explore the Urubamba mountain range in contact with native communities and the living culture of the Peruvian Andes.
The Lares Trek is one of the most attractive mountain routes in the Cusco region. It crosses the Urubamba mountain range, considered tropical due to its proximity to the Amazon jungle. During the trek, various high-Andean ecosystems such as rivers, forests, lagoons, waterfalls, and snow-capped mountains are explored, in addition to visiting native communities where ancestral culture is kept alive. The route ends in the town of Lares, known for its thermal and medicinal waters.
Quishuarani
Be part of an authentic experience with families from high Andean communities.
Quishuarani is a high Andean community located in the Urubamba mountain range, in the Lares region. This experience offers direct contact with local families, their traditions, and way of life. For two days and one night, travelers live with a local family, participating in activities such as traditional textile making, livestock care, and daily community life. The experience also includes hikes to lagoons and waterfalls, as well as a traditional Andean offering using coca leaves.
Ausangate
Discover the most important Apu of the Andean region, its beautiful lagoons, and high Andean landscapes.
Ausangate is the highest mountain in the Cusco region and the fifth highest in Peru, reaching 6,385 meters above sea level. It is located approximately 84 kilometers southeast of Cusco. This sacred mountain is one of the most important in Andean culture. Apu Ausangate is considered the father of all surrounding mountains and a powerful protector spirit of the region. The area is also renowned for its traditional Andean textiles—ancestral knowledge that remains alive and is passed down through local families.