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Hike to Huchuy Qosqo
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The Huchuy Qosqo trek is a one-day tour offering stunning natural landscapes and a less-traveled path. You’ll follow part of the Inca road network, the Qapac Ñan, leading to Huchuy Qosqo, «little Cusco,» located atop a mountain with panoramic views of the Sacred Valley. After lunch, you’ll descend to Lamay and return to Cusco, completing the eight-hour tour.

  • Professional English-speaking guide,
  • Entrance to the Inca city of Huchuy Qosqo
  • Box Lunch
  • Private transportation and driver

The walk to Huchuy Qosqo is another one-day tour in which you can enjoy not only the natural landscape of the place but also a path not so visited by tourists which makes it special. On the way you will travel part of the famous Qapac Ñan, or network of Inca roads, which will take you to Huchuy Qosqo which translates as little Cusco. Located at the top of a mountain in the Sacred Valley of the Incas with an imposing view of this beautiful Valley, it is approximately an eight-hour tour. Once in Huchuy Qosqo we will provide you with your lunch and then we will descend to the town of Lamay, where after this beautiful walk we will return to Cusco.

After breakfast at your Hotel,  your guide together with your driver will pick you up

In the lobby of your hotel and in a private van you will be transferred to the start of the hike. The excursion to Huchuy Qosqo will take us to one of the preserved Inca Trails and breathtaking views, as well as the opportunity to learn about local farming techniques and explore some little-visited Inca ruins.

The route travels well above Cusco and the peripheral city of Chinchero until it reaches the town of Tauca at 3850 meters above sea level. The tour will last approximately 8 hours, we will begin with a steep climb of more or less two hours to reach the highest point of the walk, the Tauca pass at 4200 MSNM. The highest pass in the area, a beautiful view of the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the imposing snow-capped hills such as Pumahuanca and Chicon.  We will rest to take some photos. Then the rest of the terrain of the day is flat or downhill, passing herds of llamas and alpacas. The walk goes through the rustic town of Pucamarca. You will arrive at a particularly picturesque place to enjoy a picnic lunch or a snack. Continuing, the outline of the high ridge takes you to the entrance doors of Huchuy Qosqo and the incredible agricultural terrace. We will visit the place for a time of one hour and then we will descend towards the sacred valley of the Incas all the way down with some unique views,

Until we reach the town of Lamay. Here our driver will be waiting for us to bring us back to Cusco and return you to your hotel.

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Included in the cost of the tour:
Professional English-speaking guide,
Entrance to the Inca city of Huchuy Qosqo
Box Lunch
Private transportation and driver
Not Included in the cost of the Tour:
Tips for the guide and driver

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