Uyuni Salt Pans 3D

Your adventure step by step

Day 1: Cusco – Cochayoq

We leave the city of Cuzco in our private transport, early in the morning, heading towards the Sacred Valley of the Inkas, to the town of Calca to later take the road to the Lares Valley.  The highest point on the road to Lares is 4400 masl, at a pass of the same name.

We continue on the dirt track beyond Lares, to the village of Ccachin, where we will visit some artisans who will demonstrate their abilities in textile confection.  We will have the marvellous opportunity to be able to buy from them directly some of the garments that, surely, we will like. 

Here we will have lunch, to later have the chance to walk or continue in our transport, to the community of Cochayoq; where we will have dinner and camp.

• Meals: lunch and dinner
• Maximum Altitude: 3877 masl / 12719 ft 
• Minimum Altitude: 3309 masl / 10856 ft 
• Distance Travelled: 7.75 km / 4.81 ml 
• Approximate Walking Time: 3 hrs

Day 2: Cochayoq – Qelqanqa

We leave Cochayoq and its typical Andean landscape, to climb to the mountain pass of Abra Tirihuayjasa, where we will have a magnificent view of the Tirihuay peak and the Yuraqocha and Yanaqocha lakes.  The descent to the community of Qelqanqa is through the ecological level known as Puna, where the rearing of camelids is the principal activity of the local people.  We will have dinner and spend the night in this community.

• Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Maximum Altitude: 4430 masl / 14534 ft 
• Minimum Altitude: 3798 masl / 12460 ft 
• Distance Travelled: 16 km / 9.94 ml
• Approximate Walking Time: 7 hrs  

Day 3: Qelqanqa – Ollantaytambo

We leave Qelqanqa to tackle the last high pass of our trek, from where we will have a breathtaking view of the Urubamba mountain range.  We will descend through a beautiful pampa to the sector of Punta Carretera, from where our transport will transfer us to the community of Patacancha to later go on to the town of Ollantaytambo. Continuation of your trip to Machu Picchu or back to Cuzco.

• Meals: breakfast and lunch
• Maximum Altitude: 4350 masl / 14271 ft 
• Minimum Altitude: 3809 masl / 12496 ft 
• Distance Travelled: 10 km / 6.21 ml 
• Approximate Walking Time: 5 hrs