4 Days Hiking Alone in the Sacred Valley of Peru: Urubamba-Lares-Patacancha

4 Days and 51 km in the Sacred Valley in mid-April. Urubamba to Lares via Pumahuancajasa Pass, and Lares to Patacancha via Ipsay Pass

00:00 Intro
2:02 Arriving in Urubamba. Colectivos depart multiple times each day from Cusco. There's plenty of cheap accomodation in Urubamba.
3:10 Day 1: 14.5 km with 1,600 meters elevation gain
6:30 Camping before the pass. I tried to get as close to the pass as possible and took a spot at just over 4,400 meters. Up until this point there were numerous places to camp with plenty of water.
8:10 Day 2: 16 km with 350 meters elevation gain
9:45 Pumahuancajasa Pass: 4,780 meters. There are a few sheltered camping spots on the pass, but without water.
12:47 Arriving in Lares. I stayed near the thermal baths and never walked down to the proper town, but there was a guesthouse, a small shop and a couple of restaurants near the baths.
13:50 Day 3: 14 km with 1,200 meters elevation gain
17:23 Ipsay Pass: 4,480 meters
18:02 Camping west of Ipsay Pass: There were no people around when I arrived, but the friendly dogs suggested to me that I wasn't the first person to stop here. Later in the evening I met the farmer and he was very friendly.
19:10 Day 4: 6 km downhill
20:50 Arriving in Patacancha. There is a colectivo that goes from here to Ollantaytambo, but I did have to wait a few hours.

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