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This is our shortest overnight trek and the one we suggest for a first night of camping in the Andes. You climb from the Sacred Valley floor at Lamay to Huchuy Qosqo (little Cusco), an Inca site on a shelf high above the valley, and you stay the night near the ruins. When the day visitors go home, you have the terraces to yourself at sunset and again at sunrise. It also works as a warm-up for travelers who plan the Salkantay or the Inca Trail later in the week.
Our two Huchuy Qosqo day hikes start up on the high plateau above Cusco and walk down to the site in one long day. This trek goes the other way. It starts low in the valley, climbs about 2,300 ft (710 m) to the site, and gives you the night up there. If you have only one day, the Huchuy Qosqo day hike is the faster choice.
Day 1 is about 7.5 miles (12 km) on old paths through farm terraces and small communities, 5 to 6 hours with stops, to a high point of 11,980 ft (3,650 m). The tents go up near the ruins, or you sleep in a local home nearby, and dinner is cooked on site. Day 2 starts slow: time at the site with your guide in the morning light, then about 5 miles (8 km) down to Lamay and the van to Cusco. You are back by early afternoon.
One service level, priced per person on shared service: Standard from US$267. It covers the guide, the night near the ruins, three meals and the van both ways. Single travelers and quotes for your own group go through the free quote form.
Pick the day you leave Cusco. The trek runs all year and needs no permit.
Send the free quote form with your date and the number of hikers. One or two weeks ahead is usually enough. Tell us if you want to stay in the Sacred Valley afterwards instead of going back to Cusco.
Open a day to see the hours, the altitude and where you sleep. Times are the ones our guides actually keep.
Night beside Huchuy Qosqo, high point 11,980 ft (3,650 m)
Pickup between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. About two hours by road over the hills and down into the Sacred Valley to Lamay, at about 9,650 ft (2,940 m).
The path leaves the village through maize fields and climbs in switchbacks past farm terraces. Take it at a talking pace. The sun on this slope gets strong by mid-morning.
A long stop with a view across the valley to the snow peaks of the Urubamba range.
Your guide walks you through the terraces, the long hall, the storehouses and the water channels, and explains why the Incas built a royal estate up here.
Dinner at camp or with the host family. The night at 11,980 ft is cold, around freezing in June and July. Sleep in a hat.
Back in Cusco in the early afternoon (hotel not included), high point 11,980 ft (3,650 m)
Light reaches the peaks across the valley first, then slides down to the river. Get up for it, it is the reason to sleep here.
After breakfast, more time at Huchuy Qosqo with your guide and for photos from the viewpoints, before any day hikers arrive.
About 5 miles (8 km) downhill on rural paths, 3 to 4 hours. Poles help on the loose sections.
Shared van from Lamay back to your hotel in Cusco.
An up-and-back trek from Lamay on the Sacred Valley floor to Huchuy Qosqo on the slope above it.
Sacred Lake Titikaka is new; these are public Tripadvisor reviews of Viajes Cusco Perú, the family agency that operates every package on this site.
Reviews shown: Viajes Cusco Perú travelers (sample of public Tripadvisor reviews, read Sep 30, 2026).
"Incredible experience!! Beautiful landscape and beautiful people. We were lucky to be guided by Vladimir, who with his lovely personality and amazing knowledge made this trip a great learning experience."
"All the tours I did (Machu, Humantay Lake, Rainbow Mountain, Sacred Valley) were spectacular!!! From picking me up at the hotel (always punctual and attentive, notifying about everything!) to the guides I had who were also excellent."
"I came to this agency by recommendation and, after traveling with them on two occasions, I can say that it was an excellent decision. I must highlight the professionalism of the guides, who made every tour very interesting and safe."
Everything we get asked about this package before people book.
Moderate. Day 1 climbs about 2,300 ft (710 m) over 12 km from Lamay to the site at 11,980 ft (3,650 m), 5 to 6 hours with stops. Day 2 is about 8 km downhill. Fit walkers who have spent a night or two in Cusco handle it well.
Yes, with planning. Lamay sits in the Sacred Valley, closer to the Ollantaytambo train station than Cusco is. The standard trek returns you to Cusco on day 2. Tell us in the quote form and we price a drop-off in the valley with your train and Machu Picchu plan.
Direction and the night. The day hikes begin up on the grassland near Huayllacocha, at around 13,780 ft, and walk down to the site in one day. The 2-day trek starts low at Lamay, climbs up to the ruins and spends the night there, with sunset and sunrise at the site.
One or the other, depending on the group and season: tents at the campsite near the ruins, or beds in a local family home nearby. We tell you which when we confirm your date. Either way, bring or rent a warm sleeping bag.
Little Cusco in Quechua. It was an Inca royal estate built on a natural shelf about 2,300 ft above the Sacred Valley floor, with a great hall and terraces you can still walk.
Shorter, longer, or a different route.
A full-day hike from the lakes on the plateau above Cusco down to the Inca site of Huchuy Qosqo and on to Lamay in the Sacred Valley. Guide, entrance, box lunch and transport.
Bike down from the Abra Málaga pass, hike through coffee country to the Cocalmayo hot springs, walk the railway to Aguas Calientes and tour Machu Picchu on day 4. No camping above 7,000 ft.
Four days down into the Apurímac canyon and up to Choquequirao, a large Inca site with no road to it, then back out the same way. Guide, cook, pack animals and camping included.
