day 1
Waqrapukara tour
Full day Waqrapukara trek
In the morning, we will pick you up from your accommodation at approximately 4:00 – 4:30 am. If your hotel or hostel is not located in the city center, we will pick you up from the doorway of our office building. Once the whole group is gathered, around 4:40 am, we will start our journey in our private transportation.We will then have a one hour and half van journey to the town of Cusipata, where we will have our buffet breakfast.
After this will continue drive for 30 minutes until we will get the village of Pitumarca or Sangara. We will then have 30 more minutes of driving along a zig-zagging, unpaved road, until we reach Punta Carretera. Here, we will have ten minutes to stretch, organize our things, and make any final preparations for our trek. We will walk across gently rolling terrain for about two hours, observing gorgeous landscapes studded with small glacial lakes along the way.
Once we arrive at the WaqraPukara Overlook, we will pause briefly to take our first photos of this incredible fortress perched on the edge of a canyon. We will then descend for about forty minutes along a steep, cliffside path into the site itself, while the Apurimac River runs swiftly below. You will have box lunch before continuing exploring the inca site of WaqraPukara
We will explore the ruins for approximately an hour, climbing through the remains of the temple, taking photos against the incredible canyon scenery, and resting on clifftops in the shadows of the stone walls. When the group is ready, we will begin the ascent back the way we came. We will reach the car after about three hours of trekking, and return to Cusco at approximately 7:00 pm
What is this day like? check our photos
WHAT INCLUDED?
- Information day before
- Pick up from hotel
- Professional Tour guide English and Spanish
- Private minivan transport
- Buffet lunch
- American breakfast
- Hiking poles
- First aid kit
- Oxygen ballon for the walk
- Oxygen ballon in the car.
- Portable radio for emergency
NOT INCLUDED
- Entrance Waqrapukara 10 PEN
- Drink’s cold
- Water bottle.
- Food not mentione.
- Personal expenses and Tips: How to buy handicrafts, clothes, drinks, etc. Tips are not included either, these are voluntary according to the service received.
- Travel insurance: It is a very important requirement in the event of any unforeseen event that may occur during a trip: Such as medical assistance during your trip, Stay due to illness or accident, Loss of luggage, Forced cancellation of travel due to protests or natural disasters.
PACKING LIST
- Small backpack.
- Warm clothing (coat, gloves, warm caps), almost all the time there is a lot of wind.
- Hat or cap (due to the height the sun is strong).
- Sunscreen.
- Trekking shoes (or the most comfortable ones you have for walking that have a thick sole – the path is rocky and slippery in certain places).
- Snack (Cookies, Fruit, Energy Bars, Candies, Water).
- Sunglasses (optional)
- Extra money
- Well loaded cameras.
RECOMENDATIONS
Before taking a tour to Waqrapukara you have to be there a few days before to acclimatize your body and the changes are not so abrupt, also this way you will be preventing the possible symptoms of altitude sickness, the recommendation to acclimatize the body is at least one day in the city of Cusco, take some pills for altitude sickness or simply upon arrival at the hotel rest a bit before starting your visit.
