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Last update: 13 Aug 2018
WAQRAPUKARA WITH MACHU PICCHU 3 DAYS AND 2 NIGHTS
| Activity type: | Hiking |
| Activity level: | Moderate |
| Availability: |
17 Aug 2018 - 30 Jan 2019 |
| Duration: | 3 Day(s) / Tour with flexible start dates |
| Price: | from $690 / Negotiable |
Full description
The Incas occupied the site of Waqrapukara (Fortress of Horn, in clear allusion to its rock formation). After conquering the ethnic group of the Kanas. From this Quechua word comes the name of the southern Cusqueñia province where this magnificent archaeological site is located. Built on the top of the mountain, Waqrapukara, offers us a passage of mountain chains that are lost on the horizon. This archaeological site was linked to astrological observation and rituals for the development of agricultural activity, since the structures of this site are oriented towards sunrise. We will also observe niches with three jambs, a detail only observed in the architecture of Mauka Llacta, in the mythical Paqarektampu.
Price includes
- Pick up from the airport to the hotel
- Private transport at the beginning of the hike
- Professional Guide
- Horses and mules to carry luggage
- Cook and meals
- Tickets to the Machupicchu archaeological site
- Camping equipment: Quad tent for 02 people
- Dining tent, kitchen tent, and bath tent
- First aid kit and Oxygen balloon
- Emergency horse
- Hostel in Aguas Calientes
- Bus tickets up and down from Aguas Calientes to the Machu Picchu archaeological site
- Roundtrip train tickets, Expedition Service
- Bus from Ollaytambo to Cusco
- Transfer from the hotel to the airport
Not included in price
- First breakfast and last lunch
- Sleeping bag (You can rent in our office for $ 20)
- Walking poles (You can rent a pair for $ 12)
- Tips
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HIGH MOUNTAIN TRAVEL
Cusco Travel Agency
We are an Adventure Travel Agency and tour operation based in Cusco - Perú.
We create travel experiences customized to the needs of our travelers.
Our Tours: ( Days and Nights)
- Inka Trail 2d/1n
- Inka Trail 4d/3n
- Lares Trek 4d/3n
- Choquequirao Trek 5d/4n
- Choquequirao Trek 8d/7n
- Salkantay Trek 5d/4n
- Ausangati Trek With Rainbow Mountain 6d/5n
- HuchuyQosqo Trek 2d/1n
- Secret Valley With Machupicchu 2d/1n
- Traditional Secret Valley 1d
- Waqrapucara Trek 2d/1n
- Manu Jungle 4d/3n
- Valley of Condors Chonta 1n.
Contacts:
highmountaintravelcusco@gmail.com
info@highmountaintravelcusco.com
+51984349958 Perú
+15405780547 USA
www.highmountaintravelcusco.com
Location
Peru, Cusco, Acomayo Province
Day 1
CUSCO - PITUMARCA-WAQRAPUKARA
After breakfast at the hotel in Cusco (altitude 3350 masl) we will leave around 7am with the direction to the town of Pitumarca (3900 masl) for about 3 hours in a private bus, where we will start our walk in this magical and in hospital Waqrapukara place (about 3800 masl), before our walk we will meet our support staff, people who will take our camping equipment and our food. Throughout our walk, we will observe the wildness of the geography, the anthropomorphic formations and natural zooforms of the rocks, small lagoons, and the diversity of the Andean flora and fauna. The tour will be about four hours to the archaeological site of Waqrapukara, where our delicious lunch prepared by our high mountain chef awaits us and in the afternoon visit this enigmatic archaeological site, and then have our dinner.
* 8 km of walk
Day 2
WAYQUI - OLYYANTAYTAMBO - AGUAS CALIENTES
We will wake up around 6 o'clock in the morning, at 6:30 to have our breakfast and at 7:30 we will start our trek towards the high Andean town of Wayqui (about 3400 masl) for about four hours. The first part of the road will be waved for an hour and a half and then begin to descend for two and a half hours to the town, in this place we wait for our private bus to return to the city of Cusco and then go to the train station in the town of Ollantaytambo (altitude 2750 masl) the bus tour will be approximately 5 hours along our bus tour we will appreciate the beautiful view of the famous Sacred Valley. And then we will take our train leaving at 7:10 in the evening to the town of Machu Picchu (Aguas Calientes, 2000 masl) for an hour and thirty minutes approximately, and then go to the hostel. We will have our dinner in the town of Ollantaytambo.
* 8 km of walk
Day 3
MACHU PICCHU - CUSCO
We will wake up around 4 in the morning to take the bus and go to the archaeological site of Machu Picchu (2400 masl) and make the tour for two hours approximately with our professional guide. After the tour you will have free time to explore and visit some more places in Machu Picchu. Then, we will return by bus to the town of Aguas Calientes where we will have time to have lunch and learn more about the town. Then we will go to the station that leaves at 18 hours and 20 minutes to Ollantaytambo station. In this place our private bus awaits us and takes us to the city of Cusco - hotel.
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Last update: William Jaramillo Quispe
(31 Jan 2019)