CUSCO, CHOQUEQUIRAO & MACHUPICCHU 12 Days -EXPLORER
DAILY DEPARTURES. -2 Person minimum
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Enjoy this new tour with an -off the beaten trek to Machu Picchu -the sacred Incan city through Choquequirao trail, before you will relax and admire the beautiful Cusco -the ancient Incan Capital city in XIV century and visit the wonders around the Sacred Valley as Saqsawaman, Koricancha, Awanacancha and Pisac.
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Choquequirao trail is the second famous Incan Trail within the Inca road system near Cusco and Machu Picchu called Qhapaq Ñan -the Great Inca Trail, with more than 25,000 Km, integrating old territories of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, part of Chile and Argentina, it was constituted by a great road system (pre-Inca stone roads) in XV century -the Incas, the Andean people unified and built as part of a great political, military, ideological and administrative project named Tawantinsuyu -the empire of the 4 lands having Cusco o Qosqo as a spiritual and political capital city.
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CHOQUEQUIRAW TREK + MACHUPICCHU TREK. The old Inca Trail !!
Choquequirao or Choquekiraw means "Cradle of Gold" in Quechua Inca´s language, although this is probably not its original name. It is another "Lost City of the Incas" rediscovered officially late in 20th century located high on a ridge spur almost 1750 mts above the raging glacier-fed Apurimac River and surrounded by towering Salkantay and Humantay snow-capped peaks. Choquequirao was built during the last days of the Inca empire in the government of the Inca Pachacutec 1490, by Tupac Inca Yupanqui, and probably after the Spanish invasion in 1532. Almost 40 years the Incas held stand against the Spanish conquerors (between 1536 - 1572). The construction of the different levels of temples, palaces, canals, and aqueducts is really fantastic. "Choquequirao is the city which demonstrates the inspiring example of an elite Inca ceremonial center. A city dedicated to worship the “Pachamama” the Andean mother earth -the Apus, mountain gods and divinities, the river and the elements of nature." Choquequirao finally burned down and left deserted. This happened probably after the execution of the last Inca, Tupac Amaru I in 1572.
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Recommended Period: From April to December.
Recommend for Couples & Families.
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Day 1 .- Reception and transfer to Hotel Marqueses or Hilton Cusco.
Day 2 .- Alpaca Farm, Pisac Ruins, Urubamba, Hotel Villa Urubamba.
Day 3.- Early private van to Cachora, 6 hours hike to Rosalina.Camp
Day 4.- 7 hours walking to Choquequirao, time to explore, Camp
Day 5.- 8 hours walking Choquequirao to Maizal.Camp
Day 6.- 8 hours walking Maizal to Yanama.Camp
Day 7.- 7 Hours walk to Yanama, Totora and Collpapampa. Camp
Day 8.- Collpapampa, Luqmabamba 8 hours walk to the Camp.
Day 9.- Luqmabamba,Hidroelectrica, Aguas Calientes, Hotel Sumaq 5 or Inkaterra.
Day 10.-Early climbing to Machupicchu to see the sunrise, Guide tour. Return to Cusco
Day 11.-Free day in Cusco Hotel Marqueses Cusco.
Day 12.-Adios a Cusco, Transfer to the airport.
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For more information and details of our trek to Choquequirao, please click on here: https://www.sastravelperu.com/english/program/689/choquequirao-trek-machupicchu-huaynapicchu-mt-8-day7nights-daily-departures-private-tour

INCLUDES:
3 Nights Hotel Marqueses or Hilton Deluxe with Buffet Breakfast
1 Night Hotel Villa Urubamba with Buffet Breakfast
1 Nights Hotel Sumaq or Inkaterra. Breakfast and Dinner.
6 Nights in tent Choquequirao & Salkantay Mt trek.
Full day in Machupicchu to explore
Walk to Huaynapicchu after your guided tour at 11 am.
Tour to Maras and Moray & Salt Mines
Tour in Cusco San Blas and Koricancha.
Reception and Transfers.
Cusco Folk Music and Dances can be arranged.

NOT INCLUDED:
Flight tickets,
Entrance fees to Sacred Valley Maras, Moray USD$ 65 pp
Meals when are not mentioned.
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Permits for this tour is not a problem and you can start at any date.
Also, we can include places of your interest in this tour.
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Up Grade your accommodation in Cusco with:
Monasterio Hotel In Cusco
Libertador Marriot
Aranwa Hotel.