Huchuy Qosqo 1 día

Day 1: Patabamba-Huchuyqosqo-Lamay

Pick up from the hotel at 5:00 am, we travel by car for a time of 60 minutes to the community of Patabamba, where we will have our breakfast and then start our walk, this will be a day full of scenic and cultural experiences, we will pass by the small town of Sihuas and we continue along a path bordering one of the imposing mountains, to later be welcomed by the balcony of the valley, a name acquired for its location, from we can have impressive views of the Sacred Valley of the Inca, a place that thanks to the fertility of their lands were economic support in ancient times. Today, an area with the highest production of white corn or corn for export, we continue walking and ascend to the Pukamarca pass (4200 m / 13,799,527 feet) that dominates the town with the same name and opens our way to the beautiful Leon canyon Punku, prelude to our destiny. In this place we will take a short rest and taste a box lunch and then continue along an original Inca trail, which has been restored as part of the Qapacñan Project. This trail will take you to the isolated and mysterious Inca site of Huchuy Qosqo (little Cusco) perched on a small plateau above the Sacred Valley of the Incas at 3600m / 11,811.02364ft. Once at the site, our guide will show you all the incredible Inca buildings on the site, such as sacred temples, warehouses, terraces used in agriculture, and the Inca reservoir used to store water during the dry season.

After a guided tour, we will begin our 1.30 hour walk downhill to the town of Lamay in the Sacred Valley where our transport awaits us that will take us back to the hotel in the city of Cusco, travel time 1 hour.

• Food: Breakfast / lunch (box lunch).

• Distance to walk: 16 km

• Approximate walking time: 7 or 8 hours aprox.

Places of interest: Leon Punku Canyon and Huchuy Qosqo Inca ruins

PERSONAL EQUIPMENT:

WE RECOMMEND YOU BRING

• Original passport (the same one I used to make the reservation)
• Medium backpack (it has to be very comfortable to carry all your belongings for the day; 30 liters or more)
• Sleep noise blocker
• Waterproof clothing and rain poncho
• Comfortable walking shoes
• Walking sticks with rubber bands on the tip (you can buy them at the beginning of the walk)
• Warm clothes for the nights such as a jacket, gloves, a scarf and a wool cap.
• Adventure pants.
• Shirts and polo shirts (preferably with long sleeves)
• Sunscreen, sunglasses, hat and mosquito repellent
• light sandals or slippers.
• Personal medications
• Toilet paper, towel, etc.
• Extra money