Day 1: Cusco – Pallay Punchu – Combapata

Altitude: 4339 masl to 4865 masl

Difficulty Level: Medium

Start: 4:00 am. at 4:30 a.m.

This adventure begins in the city of Cusco at your hotel. Our Leader specialized adventure and hiking guide will come to pick you up at your hotel along with our private bus at 4:00 a.m. Then we will travel to the south of Cusco. A trip that will last 3 hours and a half to the province of Sicuani, here we will have breakfast, after breakfast we will continue our trip for 1 more hour to the district of Layo, here our bus trip ends.

From here at the height of 4340 masl we will continue walking towards the Pallay Punchu – Apu Tacllo mountain, a distance of 5 kilometers (10 km round trip) that requires approximately 2 hours of walking (4 / 5 hours round trip). We will reach a height of (4860 masl) where we will have a complete view of the wonderful Pallay Punchu – Apu Tacllo, and we will be able to enjoy the landscape and take pictures.

After having finished exploring this beautiful place, we will have our time to enjoy our box lunch, we will return to our bus. We go to a hotel with basic services where we will have time to rest and here, we will have dinner and breakfast.

Day 2: Combapata – WaqraPukara – Cusco

Altitude: 3150 masl to 4140 masl

Difficulty Level: Medium

In the morning, after we having our breakfast, we will continue our trip in our private tourist transport passing the Pomacanchi lagoon to the place called 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 and lakes along the way.

Once we arrive at the Waqra Pukara 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. We will explore the ruins for approximately an hour and a half, 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 we are 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 4:00 pm

It includes:

• Hostel
• Private transport
• Private guide
• Entance fee

Food

• Day 1: Breakfast, lunch box, dinner (drinks not included)
• Day 2: Breakfast, lunch (drinks not included)

Does not include:

• drinks
• tips
• Day 2: Dinner
• horses
• trekking sticks