Choquequirao (in Quechua chuquik’iraw “Golden cradle”) for more than 40 years known as the last stronghold of resistance of the Incas against Spanish rule, it is also known as the sister of the Inca empire, we refer to “Machu Picchu”, there, you will be able to appreciate the stone walls that surround this ancient religious, political and social center of the great Inca Empire, it will make you feel a sensation of being the first explorers to arrive until choquequirao.
Choquequirao is composed of nine very important sectors, among which the political and religious center still stands out with its system of fountains and channels; it creates aqueducts to transport water to the entire sector. These sectors, such as terraces, are terraces where they worshiped the lama animal.
It is necessary to highlight the religious, administrative character of the Choquequirao complex. The architecture is distributed around its central square and is completed by the agricultural platforms system, which supported the citadel. The archaeological remains of Choquequirao are distributed in the descending part of Choquequirao Mountain and are grouped as small neighborhoods, slightly separated from each others.
Note: the degrees of difficulty vary from 1 to 10, where 1 is easy crossing and 10 very difficult crossing
Our tour starts from your hotel in a transportion to go to the town of Cachora, which will not allow you to appreciate its different locations such as Izcuchaca, Zurite and Limatambo, until you reach Cachora, where our team of muleteers with mules ready to start the tour, at about 9 am and all ready, we will start walking towards our first camp, the first two hours will be training since the walk is flat until we reach the first Capuliyoc peak at 3000 meters, where we will make a small ceremony to give thanks to the Pachamama (Mother Earth) , for this ceremony it is recommended to bring Coca leaves and candies. After that, we will begin a 2 hour descent towards the town of Chikiska for lunch, then, we will go towards the beach of Rosalinas, where we will have a small break to take a dip or swim in the waters of the great Apurimac River, continuing with our journey and 2 hours later, we will arrive at our first Santa Rosa camp, in this camp we can also observe fruit trees such as avocados, mangoes and banana trees.
Our second day the walk will get harder as we ascend to the ruins of Choquequirao, our first 3 hours will be up to reach Maranpata, during the trip we can see a variety of flora and fauna of the entire region and we can also appreciate the Mountain range of the Andes, a natural beauty where we will be able to appreciate the snow capped Salkantay, at about 11 am we arrive at Maranpata, where we meet some settlers who do agricultural task, after two more hours of walking we will arrive at the great Archaeological Complex of Choquequirao, to take a great lunch and in the afternoon, a visit of the complex and the main square, from where we will be able to appreciate some Condors, then we will return to our camp.
This is a special day because it will be dedicated completely to the visit of Choquequirao to explore this great Inca legacy, we will make the tour of the main places, such as the Lamas platforms, the Serpent, the terraces dedicated to the worship of the Water, the terraces of the Ñusta, the Kallankas where the first man arrived to Choquequirao and many other important places and in the afternoon, we will go down to the camp to rest.
We will start the day with a nutritious breakfast, we will begin our return walk, we will say goodbye to this great Choquequirao legacy and begin a 2 hour descent towards Santa where we will try the yucca cooked by the inhabitants of the area. We will continue the descent until Rosalinas, where we will enjoy a bath in the great river of Apurimac and enjoy a delicious lunch to continue our trek in ascent to Chikiska to camp among fruit trees.
After 5 days surrounded by natural beauty full of flora and fauna, as well as being in contact with the Pachamama, we will return to Cusco, on this day, we will go up to Capuliyoc, this tour will take us approximately 3 hours to arrive to Cachora where we will have approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to take lunch and prepare for the return to Cusco by car.
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