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Day 1: Cusco
– Cachora – Santa Rosa
We leave from
Cusco at 4:00 am in the morning. Arriving at Cachora town at 6:30 in the morning
where we will have our breakfast. Here after we arrange the equipment on mules
and horses. From that place we can observe the majestic Padrayoc snow-covered
peaks, it is 5482 m.a.s.l. The hike on this first day is 21.70 km of distance.
On the way we will observe Padrayoc and Wayna Cachora snow-covered peaks, we can
appreciate the beautiful change of the landscape from precipices to snowy
mountains.
We have our
lunch in a place called Playa Rosalina at 1:00 pm. On the way we will observe
Apurimac canyon with its impressive depth and in Santa Rosa we will set up our
campsite.
The
approximate time of the hike is about 10 h. On this day we will pass the small
settlements: La Colmena (2870m.a.s.l.), La Aguada (2915m.a.s.l.), Capuliyoc
(2915 m.a.s.l.) impressive look out point where we can see all Apurimac Valley,
Huayhuacalle (2970m.a.s.l.), Tinajayoc (2630 m.a.s.l.), Mirador (2370 m.a.s.l.),
Cocamasana (2330m.a.s.l.), Torowisqana (2285 m.a.s.l.), Chiquiska (1950 m.a.s.l.)
grove place where we can find water, Playa Rosalina (camp in 1550 m.a.s.l.), La
Huerta (2705 m.a.s.l.) and finally we arrive in Santa Rosa (2115 m.a.s.l.).
Day 2:
Choquequirao - Raqaypata
Early morning
(5:00 am) after breakfast, we continue our hike going up to Choquequirao. We
will arrive to the archaeological place Choquequirao after 5 hours. 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". |
