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This is the lean, one-day way to Huchuy Qosqo, for hikers who are already used to the altitude and bring their own poles, snacks and water. You start high on the grassland north of Cusco, walk past small lakes and over old stone paths, and reach the Inca site on its shelf above the Sacred Valley around midday. Then you drop to the valley floor at Lamay and ride back to Cusco. Mostly downhill, but long.
We run three. This one is the basic day hike: guide, site entrance, box lunch and transport. If you would rather have poles, snacks, water and oxygen handed to you on the same route, take the fully supported Huchuy Qosqo hike from Cusco. If you want to sleep beside the ruins and see sunrise there, book the Huchuy Qosqo trek 2 days, which climbs up from Lamay instead.
The first hours are open and quiet, at about 13,780 ft (4,200 m), with llamas, a few farmhouses and the snow peaks of the Urubamba range ahead. After 4 to 5 hours you look down on the terraces of Huchuy Qosqo, and the Sacred Valley appears far below them. The last part is the steep one: about 2,300 ft (710 m) down to Lamay, which your knees will remember the next morning. You are back in Cusco around 5:00 p.m.
One service level, priced per person on shared service: Tour only, from US$137. No hotel is included. It covers the guide, the site entrance, the box lunch and the transport. Single travelers and quotes for your own group go through the free quote form.
Pick your hiking day. The trip runs all year and needs no permit.
Send the free quote form with your date and the number of hikers. A few days ahead is usually enough. Tell us how many nights you will have spent in Cusco by then, and we tell you honestly if it is too early for this altitude.
Open a day to see the hours, the altitude and where you sleep. Times are the ones our guides actually keep.
Back in Cusco the same day, high point about 13,780 ft (4,200 m)
A short drive north out of Cusco and up onto the plateau to the lake of Huayllacocha.
Your guide explains the route and the safety rules. Put on sunscreen here, the sun at 13,780 ft burns in twenty minutes.
Open grassland, small lakes and stretches of old stone path. The walking is easy on the legs and hard on the lungs if you arrived in Cusco yesterday.
After 4 to 5 hours you reach the site. Guided visit of the terraces, the hall, the storehouses and the aqueducts.
Lunch on the terraces with the valley below. Refill your water before the descent, there is none on the way down.
About 2,300 ft (710 m) down a steep, loose path to the village of Lamay on the valley floor. Poles make a real difference here.
The van drives you back to your hotel, arriving around 5:00 p.m.
A one-way route that starts on the grassland north of Cusco and ends in the village of Lamay.
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.
A full day. You walk 6 to 7 hours in total: 4 to 5 hours from Huayllacocha to Huchuy Qosqo, the guided visit and lunch, then the steep descent to Lamay. With the drives you are out from morning until about 5:00 p.m.
Moderate. It starts high, at about 13,780 ft (4,200 m), and is mostly downhill. The hard part is the end: about 2,300 ft (710 m) of steep descent to Lamay. Acclimatize for two nights in Cusco and bring poles.
Same route, different service. This trek includes guide, entrance, box lunch and transport, and you bring your own poles, snacks and water. The supported day hike adds those, plus oxygen, for travelers new to hiking at altitude.
Not on this hike. If you want a night beside the ruins with sunset and sunrise, book the 2-day trek, which climbs up from Lamay and camps near the site.
Yes. The hike ends in Lamay, on the valley floor. Tell us in the quote form and we arrange the drop-off at a Sacred Valley hotel instead of Cusco, if it fits the group's route.
Shorter, longer, or a different route.
Climb from Lamay in the Sacred Valley to the Inca terraces of Huchuy Qosqo, sleep beside the ruins, and see the valley at sunrise before walking down. A first overnight trek, back in Cusco on day 2.
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.
