On Huchuy Qosqo Trek 1 Day you’ll hike quieter trail of 10 km and gain breathtaking Mountain views with an English guide, private car, and box lunch.
Huchuy Qosqo day hike offers a quieter trail with all the same stunning views of the Peruvian Mountains and landscapes as with the other more popular trails.
Your Tour Features
Tour Type Private
Tour Duration 2 Day
Pick-up time 7:00 AM
Drop-off time 5:00 PM
Pickup at Hotel
Entry tickets Included
Guide English speaker
Transport Private
Hiking Distance: 10 km
What You’ll Do
You’ll be picked up at your hotel in Cusco and transferred to Qenqo. On arrivalyou’ll hike through impressive landscape. Your highlight of the day will be hiking through the stunning Andean scenery, located over the mountains of Sacred Valley.
Then the footpath descends to the Leon Punku canyon, a pretty spectacular entrance to a humid valley and following the original Inca trail, you finally get to see the Huchuy Qosqo. By the late afternoon you’ll transferred to Cusco or dropped at Ollantaytambo train station.
Your Tour Itinerary
7:00 am – Cusco to Patabamba – Qenqo
You’ll be picked up at your hotel in Cusco city by your private guide and driver. Your epic one-day hike to Huchuy Qosqo through Patabamba – Qenqo will begin. You will then drive for about 2 hours to the start trailhead located in the small village of Qenqo situated at 3,600 meters above sea level.
On the way from Cusco to Patabamba and Qenqo, you’ll pass by Sacsayhuaman, Puka Pukara and head over the Mountains, gaining stunning sight views of the high Andes that the small town of Ccorao offers and then branch off on a dirt road to the village of Patabamba and Qenqo to reach the starting point of the hiking.
Start your trek at Qenqo and Siwar
Your trek begins in the middle of a landscape between Qenqo and Siwar, small Andean villages of agricultural farmers, shepherds and weavers who preserve age-old traditions. In the morning, you will start out, a gentle climb of 1 hour to the highest point of the day, which is the Siwar Pass 4,000 meters.
During the trek, you’ll pass through a wonderful Andean landscape where you’ll spot llamas and alpacas and enjoying the stunning landscape of the Sacred Valley of the Incas and see far in the distance the villages such as Pisac, Lamay and Calca as you head towards a scenic mountain pass of the Huchuy Qosqo Trek.
Once we reach to the highest point of the Huchuy Qosqo trek, you will be rewarded with some of the country’s most stunning scenery, sweeping mountain vistas, Urubamba Mountain range and its snowcapped peaks of Mount Veronica, Pitusiray, Sawasiray, Chicon and San Juan.
Descending down to Pucamarca
After a well-deserved short break at Scenic Mountain pass and capturing amazing images. Then, you’ll begin to descent, passing a small village of Pucamarca with thatched-roof homes and reach to the old Inca Trail.
Then, you will continue the hiking through beautiful green valleys, enjoying awesome views of agricultural terraces and enter the canyon and go through the impressive Puma Punku (“The Puma Gate”).
From here, you’ll hike along an original section of the Inca trail, which has been restored as part of the Qhapaq Ñan project. The Inca Trail is one of the most well-renowned routes worldwide, so this is an exciting addition to your hike.
This trail will lead us between tarwi (Lupinus), small cactuses, Queñua trees, following the stream to the isolated and mysterious Inca site of Huchuy Qosqo (“the little Cusco”) that sits perched above the Sacred Valley of the Incas at 3,600m, and it bounded by streams on both sides.
As you are walking down, the views alone are worth the trek, as you’ll have panoramic vistas up and down the valley, and to the mountains beyond. Few more minutes walking, you reach the main destination of the trip, Huchuy Qosqo.
Guided Tour of Huchuy Qosqo site
When you arrive, you’ll have plenty of time to explore Huchuy Qosqo and its various sectors, where you’ll see large two-story buildings with intricate stonework that possibly housed Viracocha himself, as well as sectors for administration and the storage of corn and other crops.
The Inca agricultural terraces at Huchuy Qosqo are also quite a sight, having been remarkably well-preserved over the centuries. You can also visit the Inca irrigation channel, which runs for an impressive 800 meters and would have kept Huchuy Qosqo and its terraces well supplied with water. It’s a really interesting place to visit, and you’ll learn a lot about the Incas.
Your guide will show you all the most interesting parts of Huchuy Qosqo, explaining the history as you explore the site. After your guided tour, you’ll enjoy our delicious box lunch, and after a short rest, you have to begin your 2-hour descent a switchback trail to the village of Lamay (2,941 m) that’s next to the Urubamba River in the Sacred Valley.
Your beautiful Huchuy Qosqo trek ends in Lamay, where you’ll board the transport and head back to Cusco. You’ll have plenty of time this evening to get some rest and head out for dinner.
Included:
- Private transport
- English speaking tour guide
- Tickets
- Box lunches
- Drop-off at your hotel in Cusco
Excluded:
- Extra expenses
- Alcoholic drinks, soda
- Bottled water
- Gratuities
- Dinners
What to bring:
- Passports
- Water and snacks
- Hat, cap
- Local currency cash
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- Small backpack
- Rain poncho
- Mosquito repellent
- Comfortable hiking shoes
- Hiking pole
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