Itinerary
Day 1 Cusco – Cachorra – Chiquiska
We pick up to our customer from their hotels at 5:00 Am, and then we will drive to Cachora. Once there we will begin the trekking the first part of the walk will be flat to Capuliyoq.
Where we will have a great view of the Canyon of Apurimac and the great glacier which is name is Padrayoc in the afternoon we will arrive to our camping site where we will have showers and places to get a nice rest
Day 2 Chiquiska – Santa Rosa – Maranpata – Choquequirao
We will descend a700 mtrs to the Apurimac river. 30 minutes of walking then, We will start the climbing to Maranpata 3 hours. In this part of the trek the white torrent of the Apurimac raged through the canyon thousands of feet below us. The view of the valley became more and more magnificent. Nowhere had I ever witnessed such beauty and grandeur as was here displayed.
Where its sides were not sheer precipices or scarred by recent avalanches, the steep slopes were covered with green foliage and luxuriant flowers. From the hilltops near us other slopes rose six thousand feet above to glaciers and snow-capped summits. This day we will camp in Choquequirao. By the afternoon we will visit Choquequraw like the most important places, we will have a great view of the glacier and all the deep canyons around the site, after this we will get back to the camp site
Day 3 Choquequirao – Chiquiska
We come back to Maranpata, then go down to Chiquiska. We may see Condors or high jungle vegetation. Here and there through the valley are marvelous waterfall, one of which has a clear fall of over one thousand feet.
The panorama in every direction is wonderful in variety, contrast, beauty, and great land scapes. This day we will have the camp in Chiquiska.
Day 4 Chiquiska – Cachora – Cusco
This day, we will start climbing the wall to the top of capuliyoc 3 hours from Capuliyoc to Cachora is quiet. In Cachora We will take the bus to Cusco.
Once we re-cross the river, We pass Limatambo, whose ruins may have been the main communication point between Choquequirao and Cusco (Cuzco).