Choquequirao in 4 days trekking

Program Details Duration:4 days / 3 nights.

Starting Point: Cusco

Ending Point: Cusco.

Activities: Archaeological, Cultural, Ecological, Hiking, Camping.

This trek is hard, go and come back the same way

Minima : 4 persons

This program can change, depending the physical condition

of the client !

Introduction

The archaeological site of CHOQUEQUIRAO is part of the complex system of Andean towns in Vilcabamba Valley. In the time of the Incas, it was united and in communication with Machu Picchu by a complex network of trails.CHOQUEQUIRA0 is situated in the spurs of the mountain range of Salcantay,at 3035 m.a.s.l, surrounded by the snow capped Apus of Yanama, Ampay,Choquecarpu, Pumasillo and Panta on the right side of Apurimac river in the Santa Teresa district.The Convention province of the department of Cusco. Choquequiraw is an Inca town formed by small sites spread out in rubblework that in its adjoining constructs a complex metropolis, similar to those of the

We leave from Cusco at 4:00 or 5 Am in the morning.Arrivingat Cachora townat 6:30 in the morning where we will have our breakfast. Hereafter we arrange the equipment on mules or horses . from that place we can observe the majestic PADRAYOC snow -covered peaks, it is 5482 m. On the way we will observe Padrayoc and Wayn Cachora snow - covered peaks .We have our lunch . On the way we will observe Apurimac canyon with its impressive depth and in Santa Rosa we wil set up our campsite.On this day we will pass the small settlements: La Colmena (2870masl), La Aguada (2915masl), Capuliyoc (2915masl) impressive look out point where we can see all Apurimac Valley, Huayhuacalle (2970masl), Tinajayoc (2630masl), Mirador (2370masl), Cocamasana (2330masl), Torowisqana (2285masl), Chiquisqa (1950masl) grove place where we can find water

Early morning (5:00 am) after breakfast, we continue our hike going to playa rosalini 1550 mt and a steep climb up to Santa Rosa

After an early breakfast we pack and start walking and our climb to Choquequirao .Here we may be lucky to appreciate the flight of the Condors, the exuberant vegetation and its variety of flowers and orchids.Good time to enjoy that majestic place. We will observe the three levels of the excavated ruin, where we can appreciate houses, terraces and other parts of this late Inca-town, like the ruin in progress of excavation and finally areas unexplored that can tell us about this last refuge of the oppressed Inca empire. Approximately at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (depends of the weather) we can appreciate "the flight of the Condors" In the afternoon we start our return till Santa Roso where we will spend the night on our campsite.

Early morning after breakfast (5:00 am), we continue to playa Rosalinda and after 5 h climb we arrive in Cachora town. On the hike we can appreciate again the majestic PADRAYOC snow-covered peak that decorate to APURIMAC canyon.

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