Choquequirao Trek 3 Days 2 Nights

Day 1: CUSCO – CAPULIYOC – CHIQUISCA – MARAMPATA.

Our trip begins with the first meeting with our guide one day before starting this magnificent adventure, where the guide can exchange some information with you, welcoming you. The next day, the pick-up will be between 03:30 to 04:00 in the morning of the hotel, then pick up our chef and travel for four hours to the Capuliyoc location, where our muleteers will wait for us with the horses. In Capuliyoc at 2,800 m.a.s.l. , it will be our breakfast and place where our backpacks will be packed by our muleteers , (each passenger has the option of sending the weight of 7 kilograms of luggage on our horses). From this point begins our walk, we will arrive at the viewpoint where we can observe the Vilcabamba mountain range with its impressive glaciers, the Apurímac river with its canyon and its incredible panorama.The first two and a half hours we will descend by a zig zag road to the hamlet of Chiquisca 1,800 masl where we will have a traditional lunch, then we will continue descending for 50 more minutes until we reach the bridge of Playa Rosalina at 1,500 m.a.s.l. , lowest point. After crossing the bridge we will start the ascent for 2 1/2 hours until we reach Santa Rosa and then another 3 hours until we reach Marampata at 2,900 m.a.s.l. , approximate time of arrival 07:30 at night, where we will spend the first day.

• Distance: 16 km.
• Climate: warm and sunny.
• Walking time: 6 hours.
• Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner.
• Accommodation: Camping
• Minimum altitude: 1,500 masl Playa Rosalina.
• Maximum altitude: 2,900 masl Marampata.
• Difficulty: Demanding

Day 2: MARAMPATA – CHOQUEQUIRAO – MARAMPATA.

In the morning you will wake up with the songs of the birds. At approximately 07:30 am we will have a delicious breakfast and you will have a good hot coca tea to start the day with a lot of energy, then we will start with the walk of approximately two hours following a beautiful path where we will have an incredible view of the archaeological site of Choquequirao 2900 masl, throughout our walk, we will have incredible views of the canyon where our guide will explain the history of this incredible place, also known as the last city of the last Incas, where you can visit the main square, the llama terraces.
Near noon we will take a 30 minute break to eat our lunch and then our guide will show you the astronomer’s house where if we are lucky we can see the condor flying through the Andean sky, we can also visit the rituals platform and waterfall of Pacchayoc, place where you will be in contact with nature. Finally we will return to Marampata, arriving at approximately 7 at night.

• Distance: 15 km
• Climate: Temperate and cold.
• Walking time: 7 hours.
• Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner.
• Accommodation: Camping
• Minimum altitude: 2,900 m.a.s. Marampata.
• Maximum altitude: 2,900 m.a.s. Choquequirao.
• Difficulty: Demanding

Day 3: MARAMPATA– CHIQUISCA– CAPULIYOC – CUSCO

On this day we will wake up early at 5:00 am to have breakfast and charge ourselves with energy and then begin our 2-and-a-half-hour downhill walk to reach first the Rosalina Beach Bridge (1,500 masl), then we will climb for 50 minutes to Chiquisca (1,800 msnm), where we will have a rest and our breakfast.
After recharging energies in Chiquisca, we will return along the same path until we reach Capuliyoc (2,800 m.a.s.l.). From chiquisca it will be a hard stretch because of the temperature when the sun sets. In Capuliyoc we will have our lunch, where the transport will also be waiting for us to return to the city of Cusco on a 4-hour trip.

• Distance: 16 km.
• Climate: Tempered-Warm.
• Walking time: 6 hours.
• Meals: Breakfast – Lunch.
• Minimum altitude: 1,500 meters above sea level Rosalina Beach.
• Maximum altitude: 2,900 m.a.s.Marampata ..
• Difficulty: Demanding.