Custom Treks

Among the most popular of our private adventures are custom treks. Any of our scheduled treks can be operated privately on requested dates or we can follow a more off-the-beaten-path and demanding route such as the trips listed below. Custom treks require a minimum of 4 participants traveling together.

 

PERU

Urubamba Weaver's Route
Trekking the trails of the Urubamba Range is a walk back in time. This region is populated with scattered Quechua communities, enclaves of traditional culture that have, thus far, escaped the encroachment of modern society. Like the rugged peaks, in whose shadows they live, these gentle, hard-working people form the backbone of this country. By graciously welcoming us into their pueblos, they allow us to watch this traditional craft and glimpse a simpler life, a world apart from our own! view details
Length: 12 days / 11 nights
Season: April - November
Rating: Grade III

Vilcabamba Exploratory
Besides a fantastic, off-the-beaten-path trek and great comradery with new friends, this adventure features some of the most impressive views in the Cusco region, one of the finest and longest sections of stone-paved trails (we’ll be hiking for nearly 4 days on a trail better preserved than that of Camino Inca!) and enigmatic ruins such as Choquequirao and the recently found Cerro Victoria! view details
Length: 15 days / 14 nights
Season: May - October
Rating: Grade IV

Blanca Panorama Trek
An spectacular route in the northern Peruvian Andes and at the heart of Huascarán National Park. Majestic summits over 19,000 feet high, such as Huandoy and Alpamayo, hundreds of multicolored glacial lakes, dozens of crystal clear rivers and a myriad of sparkling cascades make this one of the most magnificent trekking destinations on earth. view details
Length: 12 days / 11 nights
Season: May - October
Rating: Grade IV

 

 

PATAGONIA

Paine Circuit Trek
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine offers what many feel is South America’s best hiking experience. The circuit, selected as one of “The World’s 10 Classic Treks” by Outside Magazine (March 2001), is a challenging trek around the principal range featuring some of the most dramatic scenery in South America — dense beech forests, pristine meadows, and multi-hued lakes fed by glaciers fingering down from the only Continental Ice Cap outside of the poles. The solitary region supports abundant wildlife — guanaco, ñandú, fox and puma plus numerous species of birds including flamingos, ibises, Magellanic woodpeckers and condors. Towering above it all are the awe-inspiring spires whose near-vertical walls are world-renowned. view details
Length: 14 days / 13 nights
Season: December - March
Rating: Grade IV

 

 

VENEZUELA

Trekking in the Lost World
Sparkling waterfalls plunge into a dense ring of tropical forest. Vertical pink and green sandstone cliffs defy approach. Mist-veiled summits hide a mysterious environment that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 science fiction novel, The Lost World. Soaring above the surrounding plains and jungles, Venezuela’s tabletop mountains are estimated to be 1.8 billion years old. So sheer are their walls that fewer than half of the country’s tepuis have been explored. Isolated from the others, each has developed unusual, often endemic, flora and fauna. Hiking up Mt. Roraima (9,220’) offers the unparalleled opportunity to explore the tangled labyrinths and bizarrely eroded formations of an island in time. view details
Length: 11 days / 10 nights
Season: October - May
Rating: Grade IV