Name: 5 Day Horse Riding Tour in Peru
Brand: Hacienda del Chalán
Price: 3894 USD
Availability: InStock

Peru Horse Riding Tour

Come and join Hacienda del Chalán for this incredible tour on horseback to explore the beauty of Sacred Valley and stunning attractions in Peru.

Key information

Horse Height Range: 14 hands
Tack Type: Any type of tack
Horse Breed: Peruvian Paso
Rider weigt limit: 90kg.

Meet the instructors

Yojan
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Highlights

5 riding days
Ride through towns, fields, lagoon, and the Sacred Valley of the Inkas
Experienced guide and chef
4 nights accommodation
Daily meals
Assistance vehicle, riding helmet, and saddlebag

Skill level

Advanced

Styles

4 days with instruction

Group size: Maximum of 10 participants

Program

Daily itinerary

Day 1: Hacienda - Valley Floor - Salinas - Maras - Misminay

This ride begins at a height of 2,828 meters above sea level in the town of Paucarbamba, where the farm is located.

09:00 Upon your arrival at the facilities, you will receive instructions and recommendations before entering. Interact with your horses.
10:00 As soon as you get on your horses, you will cross a wooden suspension bridge and continue along the entire valley floor along the right bank of the Vilcanota River, the eucalyptus trees that grow on the banks of the river will be your witnesses until you reach one of the largest Inka cemeteries of its time located on the cliffs of the town of Yanahuara. Arriving at the Tarabamba sector, you will cross a second suspension bridge, where there is a control booth to enter the Salinas de Maras.
12:00 An abrupt trail will guide you from the valley floor to the salt flats, located halfway up the hill. Arrival at the Salinas, dismount, and guided walking tour. At 12:30 p.m., after your guided visit to the salt complex, you will ride again and continue climbing the hill until you reach the point destined for your lunch in Maras.
13:30 Lunch
14:30 After lunch, you will continue riding through fields of barley, oats, and other Andean products until you reach 3,500 meters above sea level, where the peasant community of Misminay is located, where you will be welcomed by the locals with dances, songs, and Andean music. It will be in this place that you will spend the night.
18:30 Dinner and overnight

Day 2: Misminay - Moray - Mahuaypampa - Huarocondo - Compone

09:00 Breakfast. Once you have finished your breakfast, you will have a farewell ceremony by the local people, amid songs, and ancient dances.
10:00 You will ride to a privileged viewpoint from where you can appreciate the most important Inka agricultural laboratory of its time “Moray” and the wonderful view of the Sacred Valley of the Inkas, its snowy peaks, and the flight of its eagles. The first part of today’s ride will be downhill for about 20 minutes, and after crossing a small ravine, you will start climbing the next summit again in the middle of a dense eucalyptus forest and potato fields.
13:00 Lunch in the open field. A eucalyptus forest will provide you with the shade of its foliage so you can have lunch on this day.
14:00 After reaching the highest point of this day’s ride, you will begin a ride down to the community of Chaquepay and its peculiar and picturesque surroundings. “Huarocondo” an important town center opens your way, this town shows a great influence of Spanish culture, having as a manifestation this presence, its cathedral church built at the beginning of the 16th century. You will ride from this town to the town of “Compone”, thus crossing the entire plain of the “Pampa de Anta”.
17:00 Arrival at the Compone Lodge
18:30 Dinner and overnight

Day 3: Compone - Rocky Mountain - Compone

09:00 Breakfast
10:00 After a well-deserved breakfast, you will begin your ride at a height of 3,334 meters above sea level in what were the remains of an old lagoon that today is almost completely dry. A woodcutter’s path will guide you to the top of one of the most important and elevated hills in the area, at whose highest point an ancient cemetery of the per Inka culture “K’illke” would be located. Currently, this area is highly affected by the disastrous desecration of looters; you will thus find an immense amount of K’illke ceramic pieces scattered in the middle of the grassland, looted tombs, and an abandoned den of pumas. The elevation of this mountain gives you an impressive panoramic view of almost the entire Pampa de Anta and even much further, the snow-capped peaks of Salkantay, Chicón, and Pitusitay. Following your ride, you will arrive at the long-awaited destination “Yuraq Qaqa” The rocky mountain.
13:00 Lunch
14:00 The heart of this beautiful rocky area shows a circle walled by stone cliffs like a large corral; The rustlers of yesteryear used this formation to hide the cattle stolen from the Andean community members. Because this place is protected from rain and wind, it creates a microclimate suitable for developing a unique wooded area of native plants, which further camouflages the hiding place of those rustlers. This vegetation also allows this area to have a rich ecosystem, being possible to see many times white-tailed deer, vizcachas, hawks, and eagles and very rarely the master of the heights “Condor” that in their search for food leave the canyon of the Apurimac.
15:00 The ride back to the lodge will be along another very picturesque route. As you pass, you will see many herds of sheep, horses, goats, and alpacas.
16:30 Arrival at the lodge
17:00 Bonfire
18:30 Dinner and overnight

Day 4: Compone - Huertas - Huayllaqocha - Huaypo Lagoon

09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Having had your last breakfast along this ride, you will cross this plain for the second time but in a different direction from the first, towards the town of Markjo, Huertas, and its beautiful eucalyptus forest, where you will have lunch this day.
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Shortly after resuming the afternoon journey, you will arrive at Huayllaqocha, which you will pass and head towards the charming Huaypo lagoon.
16:00 You will arrive at the viewpoint of the lagoon, from where you will appreciate it from end to end, you will listen to the song of the resident birds of its dense shore of totorales.
17:00 A Lodge with comfortable domes will be the place where you will arrive and where you will settle down to spend this last night, enjoying a wonderful view of the Huaypo lagoon.
18:30 Dinner and overnight

Day 5: Huaypo Lagoon - Ttiobamba Church - Maras - Hacienda

09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Starting the descent ride returning to the Sacred Valley of the Inkas, you will enjoy the impressive views of the chain of mountains and snow-capped peaks of the Valley, such as Chicón, San Juan, Patakancha, and Verónica. A Catholic religious megalithic construction awaits you on the side of the road, it is the “Ttiobamba” temple built in the 16th century and currently in use by the locals. Maras and its colonial streets adorned by their stone gates welcome you. Each stone portal is adorned with heraldic shields from colonial times, which demonstrates the importance of this place from an administrative point of view.
12:30 Lunch in Maras. Already halfway down towards the valley floor, you will see for the last time the majestic Sacred River of the Inkas “Willka mayu” or Vilcanota, from a viewpoint located just in front of the town of Yanahuara.
17:30 Arrival at the Hacienda and end of the ride

About the tour

The rides have to be between Mondays to Saturdays only. There will be no rides on Sundays.

Peruvian Paso horses

Webster’s dictionary defines “Luxury” as, “the use and enjoyment of the best, most precious things offer the most physical comfort and satisfaction.” Luxury may be the single best word in the English language to describe the Peruvian Paso Horse. There is something for everyone in this elegant animal: Smooth riding comfort, high energy, straight, stamina, intelligence, a tractable disposition, animated, flashy presence, and 100% natural action which sets the Peruvian apart from others. The Peruvian Paso Horse transmits its unique smooth gait to its purebred foals.

No artificial devices or special training aids are necessary to enable the horse to perform its specialty - a natural four-beat footfall of medium speed that provides a ride of incomparable smoothness and harmony of movement along with the utmost ground covering ability within on sequence of footfalls. This signature gait is called “Paso llano” and it is 100% unique to the Peruvian Horse.

In addition to an easy gait, the Peruvian Horse has a brilliant front action movement typified by the upward lifting of the front legs combined with “término”, an outward movement of the front legs similar to the loose rolling of a swimmer’s arms doing the crawl. Lift and término are 100% natural. Fluid, effortless, and well-integrated within the gait sequence. Of all of the traits that distinguish the Peruvian Horse, his tremendous “Brío” is perhaps the most prized by both expert and novice horse people alike.

Brío is an inherent quality of a noble and willing spirit that enables this tractable horse to perform tirelessly for many hours in the service of his rider. The Peruvian horse is the world’s greatest riding horse. Smooth to ride, beautiful to behold, and incredible brio - all traits that enable transportation. Peruvian horses excel in many aspects of pleasure riding: trail, competitive trail competition, team penning, sidesaddle, drill teams, musical exercise, and showing. Physically, the Peruvian horse is a horse of medium size and with refinement.

Ideal height is between 14 and 14 hands tall, with good balance and almost even rations of girth, leg, and back. He may be any color. The coat and skin are refined and the mane is long and abundant with fine, lustrous hair. Bone is refined but dense; in all aspects, overall refinement, grace, and elegance, are desired. Stallions exhibit the powerful arched neck and crest of their Iberian ancestors. Peruvian Horse breeders pay scrupulous attention to genetics, with the three primary qualities being gait, soundness, and disposition.

The traditional tack of the Peruvian Horse has remained true to its heritage, but they may be ridden in any type of tack that fits properly. The headgear, saddle, stirrups, and “guarniciones” (trailgear) used today in shows are the traditional equipment imported from Peru where it has evolved over hundreds of years. Although many people choose to show their horses in traditional tack, any style may be used. And of course, on the trail, anything goes.

Instructors

Yojan Valenzuela

Yojan is a real Andean descendent, his brown skin and strong temperament are the proof of his Inka origins, Actually, he mixes all the experiences that he took along his life with the Professional Tour Guiding knowledge, comes from one of the traditional horses lover families from Cusco. His riding activities in the Sacred Valley were soon discovered, and “HACIENDA DEL CHALÁN” began to appear in guidebooks and on the lists of highly recommended equestrian tour operators.

Food

You will be served daily meals, water, chocolate, and fruit included in the price. Vegetarian food is available upon express request at the time of booking.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Drinks

The following drinks are included:

Water

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegetarian
Regular (typically includes meat and fish)

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

What's included

Horse riding tour
4 nights accommodation
5 lunches
4 dinners
4 breakfasts
Snacks (water, chocolate, and fruit)
Sufficient supply of mineral water during the ride
Professional guide or experienced rider
Paso horse
Experienced chef for all meals throughout the ride
First aid kit both on the horse and in the aid unit
Assistance vehicle
Entrance to the Salinas
Riding helmet
Waterproof Poncho
Saddlebag

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