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Created: SAM Travel Peru
Last update: 11 Aug 2018
Huchuy Qosqo Trek to Machu Picchu 3 Days/ 2 Nights
| Activity type: | Hiking |
| Activity level: | Easy/ Moderate |
| Availability: |
17 Aug 2018 - 30 Dec 2018 |
| Duration: | 3 Day(s) / Tour with flexible start dates |
| Price: | from $477 / Negotiable |
Full description
The appeal of Huchuy Qosqo trek is the combination of stunning Inca ruins, isolated rural indigenous villages, magnificent snow-capped mountains, exotic vegetation of types and varieties. The trail “goes off the beaten track,” over high Andean passes, through the Sacred Valley of the Incas with its unforgettable scenic views, and visits “the Green House of the Incas,” MORAY and the Salt Mines…. which absolutely no one else does it. It ends at one of the 7 wonders of the world: Machu Picchu.
It is believed that the archeological site of Huchuy Qosqo was built during the reign of the eighth Inca Ruler, Viracocha. Inca rulers acquired large royal estates to increase their power and wealth and that of their descendants who inherited the estates. Royal estates served also as elegant country palaces and, at times, fortresses to fend off rivals for power. Thus, the name Huchuy Qosqo, “Little Cusco”, was for a royal estate or government center modeled on the Inca capital.
Price includes
- Transfer from your the airport to your hotel
- Briefing at our office the night before the trekking departure
- Pick up from your hotel in the morning of the trek departure
- All transfers in our van only for SAM Travel Peru client´s.
- Entry fee to Machu Picchu
- Entrance tickets to Moray, Salt Mines and Ollantaytambo
- Entry to Huchuy Qosqo
- Guided tour of Machu Picchu.
- Homestay with local family
- English speaking experienced professional tour guide.
- Meals as indicated in the itinerary (optional vegetarian food with prior request)
- 2 Bus tickets from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu and return to Aguas Calientes
- First Aid kit including emergency oxygen bottle.
- Round trip train ticket (expedition service) from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes
- Private transport from Ollantaytambo to your hotel in Cusco.
- Celebration dinner in Ollantaytambo
- Hotel in Aguas Calientes with private bathroom and room, hot shower, phone, storage, wifi and breakfast included!.
- Rain ponchos
Not included in price
- Entrance to Huayna Picchu – US$35.
- Entrance to Machu Picchu Mountain – US$30
- Walking Poles – US$7
- First breakfast and last lunch.
- Upgrade to Vista Dome Train – US$57 (For the return to Cusco (Poroy) at 4:43pm )
- Optional upgrade – Hotel in Aguas Calientes
- Tips for the crew, guide, cook and porters of SAM TRAVEL PERU
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SAM TRAVEL PERU is a 100% locally family owned Travel Company that creates customized uniquely designed adventure treks and tours to untouchable wilderness places, OFF THE BEATEN TRACK, in the Andes Mountains of Peru. By designing our own treks and tours we offer our clients an adventure of a lifetime, a more enjoyable experience, and added value for their money that other companies may not do. Saul Alvarez, SAM TRAVEL PERU’s owner and manager is an experienced guide and knows what people want in a trek or tour. We focus on providing PERSONALIZED HIGH QUALITY SERVICE with SMALL GROUPS of no larger than 8 persons.
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Location
Peru, Cuzco, Calca
Day 1
CUSCO – PATABAMBA – HUCHUY QOSQO
We pick you up at your hotel at 6 am and then we drive in our private transport to the village of Patabamba (3800m/12,467ft), only 1 hour from Cusco. Once we arrive, we put our backpacks on and get ready to start a gentle hike uphill for the next 3 hours to get to the highest point of the trek (4,200m/13,779ft). From there we have fantastic views of the surrounding snowcapped mountains and valleys. We descend towards the village of Pucamarca and spend time at the Inca ruins there. From there we follow the original Inca trail into the Inca city of Huchuy Qosqo. There we have time to explore the city and then we head to our Homestay. Here your guide will introduce you to the local family who will show you your room for the night with all the amazing views of the surrounding areas and the Inca city. By late afternoon, you will enjoy your tea, and later have dinner with your local family! In the evening, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the sky full of brilliant stars and see the Inca’s constellations which your guide will show you.
Meals: Lunch Box – Afternoon Tea Time – Dinner
Accommodation: Homestay at a local family’s home with a proper toilet.
Distance: 13kms/8 miles approximately
Difficulty: Moderate.
Day 2
HUCHUY QOSCO – OLLANTAYTAMBO – AGUAS CALIENTES
After a delicious breakfast, there will be a guided tour of the Huchuy Qosqo Inca City, in which you will discover amazing Inca buildings, sacred temples, farming terraces, storehouses, water channels and an Inca reservoir. After you have had time to explore everything, we head downhill to Lamay for 2 hours. Our private van will take you to Urubamba, city where we will have lunch.
Afterwards we head to the archaeological site of MORAY also known as “The Greenhouses of the Incas,” which is a unique and fascinating site, built prior to the Incas. Different levels of terraces are carved into a huge bowl, part of which was further excavated by the Incas. The terraces have varied microclimates, depending on how deep into the bowl they were used by the Incas to discover the optimal growing conditions for their crops. After you have time to enjoy and explore the site, we continue driving towards the colonial town of Maras and to the Pre-Inca Salt Mine (Salineras). Thousands of saltpans have been used for salt extraction since before Inca times. A hot spring at the top of the valley discharges a small stream of heavily salt laden water, which is diverted into saltpans and evaporated to produce a salt that is used now for both human and animal consumption. It is quite beautiful the array of saltpans carved around the area.
Then we continue our journey to Ollantaytambo where we will explore the stunning astronomical Inca City of Ollantaytambo. By late afternoon, we take the train to Aguas Calientes where we spend the night in a hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Wiracocha Inn Hotel or Andean Terra Hotel
Distance: 7kms/4.3 miles approximately
Difficulty: Easy
Day 3
AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO
After an early breakfast, we leave our hotel to take the bus for the journey up to Machu Picchu ruins. Once there we visit one of the most important mystic centers of the world: Machu Picchu. A 2 hour guided tour will take us into the history of this mysterious and charming ruin. Then you have plenty of time for further exploring, taking photos and the option to climb Huayna Picchu Mountain or going up to the Sun Gate. After that, we head back to Aguas Calientes. In the afternoon, we take the return Expedition train to Ollantaytambo at 4:22pm and connect with a private van to take us back to Cusco by 8pm.
Meals: Breakfast
Difficulty: Easy.
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Last update: SAM Travel Peru
(31 Dec 2018)