Itinerary:

Previus day:

Meeting with the tour guide to explain the trekking

Day 1: Cusco - Cachora - Chiquisca (L, D)

5.00 a.m. We left Cusco in a private mobility that will take us until the little town of Cachora. There our carriers and mules for the load will be waiting for us. We’ll be walking approximately 6 hours, lowering the tube of the Apurímac until Chiquisca to 1800 meters where we will encamp.

Day 2: Chiquisca - Maranpata - Choquequirao (B, L, D)

After a succulent breakfast we began our long walk towards the Apurímac river. After crossing the bridge the ascent of approximately 5 hours begins, until arriving at Maranpata where we will have lunch. A couple of hours later we will arrive at Choquequirao where we will encamp.

Day 3: Choquequirao – Río Blanco (B, L, D)

We will visit the archaeological complex of Choquequirao. After we take a walk by the ruins we left by the back part, passing by a humid forest until the passage of Choquequirao. We will descent for 2 hours and a half until the next camping.

Day 4: Río Blanco - Maizal (B, L, D)

We star by some terraces called Pinchiyoc, that mean where the water jumps. These terraces have peculiar ritual sources. It seems that here they cultivated in time of the Incas to provide to the city of food. We continued descending towards Rio Blanco where we’ll have lunch. In afternoon we will raise towards Maizal where we will encamp.

Day 5: Maizal - Yanama (B, L, D)

We’ll walk around the Snow-covered Corihuarachina, important because have been archaeological rest, like channels Incas. Later following a section of the Inca Trail we arrived at the passage from Minas Victoria where at time of the Colony the Spaniards extracted silver. We’ll continue towards the spectacular Valley of Yanama under the shade of the Snow-covered Pumasillo where we will encamp.

Day 6: Yanama – Choquetacarpo (B, L, D)

After a 1 hour ascense we get into a part of the Inca trail for 5 hours, where there is a canyon full of mysticism where we will rest.

Day 7: Choquetacarpo – Huancacalle (B, L, D)

After a healthy breakfast we continue our trek until Choquetacarpo pass, then we got a 4 hours walk towards Huancacalle where we rest in a hostel.

Day 8: Ñusta Hispana – Vitcos (B, L, D)

We will visit Vitcos Palace in Rosaspata ruins, visit Manco Inca tomb and Ñusta Hispana stone.

Day 9: Huancacalle – Hatum Pampa (B, L, D)

After a succulent breakfast we began our long trek. We begin the ascent of approximately 3 hours, after the descent for 3 hours and a short but strong ascent for 1 hour more until Hatum Pampa, where we will encamp.

Day 10: Hatum Pampa – Yanatile - Santa Teresa (B, L, D)

We’ll walk for 6 hours until Yanatile, after we take a bus until Santa Teresa where we will rest in a hostal.

Day 11: Santa Teresa – Aguas Calientes

From early we followed the way by the river Santa Teresa, passing by plantations of bananas, granadillas, cacao and coffee. Soon we crossed to the other side of the river and raised by the humid forest the passage of Puncuyuc, soon to descend to our camping in Paltallacta. The panoramic view is spectacular, because we will see from a different angle the back part of the Sanctuary from Machu Picchu. Then we descend by a route from flowers and orquídeas until the Acobamba River and crossed a metallic bridge near the hydroelectric power station. Soon we will arrive at the line of the train, where we can wait for the arrival of the train that took to Aguas Calientes, where we will spend the night in a hotel and we will relax in its thermal Baths (optional).

Day 12: Aguas Calientes - Cusco

Early in the morning we get in the bus to the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, to have a guided visit of this wonder of the world. Later in the afternoon we will take the return train to Cusco.

B: Breakfast L: Lunch D: Dinner

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