Day 1: Cusco – Cachora – Chikiska.

We’ll pick you up at 5:00 a.m. from your accommodation then we’ll take a bus to go to Cachora (small village-starting point) where we’ll arrive after 3 hours,

after breakfast, we’ll continue by car to Capuliyoc, where we will start to walk, this first day we’ll walk for approximately 5 hours.

On the route we’ll find some typical plants and a beautiful view of Padrayoc and Wayna Cachora snow-covered peaks.

We’ll arrive in Capuliyoc a nice viewpoint where you can appreciate the Apurimac Canyon, and sometimes you can see flying some condors.

From this place, we’ll descend by a nice road and in the afternoon we’ll arrive in Chikiska our first camping site, where we’ll rest this first night in our tents.

This day is very nice because you see the full change of the landscape, from precipices to snowy mountains.

On this day we will pass the small settlements of La Colmena (2870m.a.s.l.), La Aguada (2915m.a.s.l.), Capuliyoc (2915 m.a.s.l.) impressive look out point where we can see all Apurimac Valley,

Huayhuacalle (2970 m.a.s.l.), Tinajayoc (2630 m.a.s.l.), Mirador (2370 m.a.s.l.), Cocamasana (2330 m.a.s.l.), Torowisqana (2285 m.a.s.l.), Chiquiska (1950 m.a.s.l.).

Day 2: Chikiska – Marampata – Choquequiraw.

After a healthy breakfast, we’ll start to descend 40 minutes to the riverbank, in the route we’ll see the difficult day is waiting for us,

because we’ll be able to see the zigzagging route we have to walk up, after crossing the footbridge we’ll start to walk up like 3 or 4 hours to arrive in Marampata,

in this place, you’ll see the nice scenery of the other side of the mountain, and you’ll see a piece of Choquequirao,

this is a nice place to take a rest as well and have lunch after we have to walk another 1 or 2 more hours to arrive at the Choquequirao camping site.

There, we’ll rest the second night, in the afternoon we can visit some places in the big Inca citadel.

Choquequirao is considered as “The Last Refuge of the Inca Empire”. The oldest reports assign to Juan Arias Diaz as one of the first persons that explored the zone in 1710.

Our bilingual guide will explain the history and importance of the site after the Spanish arrived in Peru.

We will have our dinner at the camping site of Choquequirao.

Day 3: Choquequiraw – Inca Site – Marampata – Chiquiska.

Early morning we’ll have breakfast to go terraces up to the main place of the Inca citadel, then you’ll have 2 hours guiding around the main sites after you’ll have other one hour free to visit this place yourself,

you can go to visit the highest part of this place or the very popular Andean terraces with llamas shape on it, then we pack and start walking back to Chiquiska.

On the way, we can observe again Apurimac canyon, the exuberant vegetation, and its variety of flowers and orchids.

The time of the hike is about 6h. Altitude: 3033-1950 m.a.s.l. Passing the same small settlements as on the way up.

We will stop in Playa Rosalina where we will have our lunch and after that, we’ll continue to Chiquiska. Here we will spend the night at our campsite.

Day 4: Chiquiska – Cachora – Cusco.

Early morning, after breakfast (5:00 am), we continue to arrive in Cachora town. On the hike, we can appreciate again the majestic Padrayoc snow-covered peak that decorates the Apurimac canyon The time of the hike to arrive in Cachora is about 4 or 5 hours, then we’ll take our bus to return to Cusco 7 pm.

Included:

• Briefing: A day before your Choquequirao Trek departure we brief you with the most important information about the trek, this will be in our office at 18:30 hrs. We are flexible with this schedule, we understand you would like to enjoy Cusco, so if you are on a tour and arrive after do not worry.
• Pick up at your Hotel: We will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco (If it is located around a street where our minibusses can not reach, our guide will go to your hotel and take you to where the bus is.).
• Transport: Transportation for our groups To go from Cusco to Cachora and Capuliyoc (3 and 1/2 hours).
• Camping Equipment: Tents for sleeping (4 seasons) with capacity for 4 people, where only get in 2 people in each (so you have more room inside), Dining and Kitchen tents, tables, chairs, and also a camping mattress.
• Meals: 03 Breakfasts, 03 Lunches, 03 Dinners + Wake Up Coca tea in each morning at the campsites (Vegetarian and vegan option with no extra cost).
• Professional Tour Guides: All our staff of guides is English-speaking, well-trained and with a lot of experience in this route, they are ready to create a great experience for you and will have you arrive in Choquequirao safe and sound.
• First aid kit: Our guides carry some basic medication and oxygen for any trouble in the trail.
• Support Staff: Auxiliary Tour Guide when we go more than 12 people, Cook and Assistant (They are specialized in cooking on the mountains).
• Horses: They will carry all camping equipment, food supplies, and 6 kilos of your stuff.
• Entrance fee to Choquequirao: You will have included the Entrance ticket to this wonder place.
• Transportation: From Capuliyoc to Cusco.
• Taxes: All taxes are included.

Not Included:

• Sleeping bag: (US$ 20 the rental for the tour).
• Walking sticks: (US$ 20 the rental for a pair).
• Meals: First breakfast, last lunch, special snacks.
• Travel Insurance.
• Tips: All gratitude is really welcome.

Important:

• US$ 20.00 Off for students with Under graduated student card, (this ID must be made in PVC material, and it must have the next requirements: university information, personal student information, student picture, and expiration date valid only for one year, its year must coincide with the year that student visits Choquequirao.
• Discount of US$ 20.00 for under 18 years old.
• Prices are for tours in shared service (group tour), groups of 10 to 16 people per guide, we also offer tours in private service.
• Please, ask for availability, we can open a new departure on any date with 4 people.
• To start this trek, you have to be at least one day before in Cusco (02 days recommended).

What you need to take:

• Standard backpack (30 to 40 liters, the idea is you feel very comfortable with what you are carrying).
• Warm clothes (jacket, Thermals, fleece, gloves, scarf, and beanie), this is for some cold nights.
• Waterproof clothes (jacket, pants, and gloves) If you don’t have those, you can buy in Cusco a Rain Poncho, the weather on the mountain is very changeable.
• Comfortable Hiking shoes (waterproof, the better).
• Comfortable clothes as 3 or 4 T-shirts, 2 or 3 pairs of longs pants (leggings works), 3 or 4 pairs of Trekking socks or wool socks, Short (Optional, remember there are mosquitos).
• Sandals (optional, to be chill out at the campsites).
• Shorts, t-shirt, trekking boots, sandals, socks.
• Hat or cap.
• Sunscreen.
• Flashlight.
• Water purification pills.
• Camera or video camera.
• Mosquitos repellent.
• Rain poncho.
• Extra money in soles.
• Optional (Sunglasses, walking sticks).

STEP 1: SEND YOUR INFORMATION

Complete the booking form down here or send data of all the travelers to info@inkatimetours.com like full name, passport number, nationality, date of birth, or a copy of passports, indicating the exact date of travel; Our privacy policies are strict, INKA TIME will use this information exclusively to nominate the reservation tickets, we never share this information with third parties.

STEP 2: MAKE A DEPOSIT

You can book and pay for the tour from our website if you are booking via email, you must choose the best way to pay and make a deposit, for this hike the payment at least is 50%; There are 03 ways to pay: payments via “PayPal“, with debit or credit card Visa or Mastercard (these last two options have an 8% fee), or wire money by Western Union any extra commissions or fees charged must be assumed by the customer; when you send your information you have to specify the payment method you would like to use, then when we mail you back We will send you a request for payment through the platform you chose.

STEP 3: TOUR CONFIRMATION

If you make the reservation on our website the confirmation will be automatic, if you do via email, upon receipt of all passenger(S) data and once we received information of your payment, we will send you your receipt (VOUCHER OF RESERVATION), at this moment your reservation will be guaranteed 100%. (this will be sent at most in the next 8 hours, considering our business hours GMT – 5).

TOUR IN SHARED SERVICE

This service in a GROUP TOUR means that you will do the tour with other people, This standard service has 10 to 15 participants, that doesn’t mean you have to get that quantity of people to do the tour, we have confirmed departures every day, so, If you are only one or two people do not worry, you can join some of our groups.

“BEST PRICE PER PERSON: US$ 355.00”

TOUR IN A PRIVATE SERVICE

This service is an exclusive way to make this trip, where the service is very much where the service is much more personalized, prices vary according to the number of people in your group:

2 PEOPLE: US$ 765 PER PERSON
3 PEOPLE: US$ 680 PER PERSON
4 PEOPLE: US$ 610 PER PERSON
5 PEOPLE: US$ 560 PER PERSON
6 PEOPLE: US$ 520 PER PERSON
7 PEOPLE and +: US$ 450 PER PERSON