Main Info
OVERVIEW
Explore “Puka Poncho” another rainbow Mountain section in Cusco and get inmerse in the local communities with their astronomy iniciatives in rural areas of Peru. Marangani provide perfect conditions for AstroTourism. As you look up at the sky, the cosmos reveals itself in all its glory. The Milky Way stretches across the horizon, and you’ll spot constellations that have guided travelers for centuries and dark constellations are able to see here.
THE SERVICES INCLUDES:
- Professional Bilingual English speaking tour guide
- Pre-Departure Briefing at your hotel 1 or 2 days before your trek.
- Pick up from your hotel and transportation to Maranganiof the trek
- Return transportation to your Cusco hotel.
- 01 AstroTourism Observatory UNMSM -M. D. Maranganí.
- 01 overnight in Hotel in Sicuani with private bathroom and room, hot shower, storage and breakfast included!
- Transport from Sicuani to Cusco.
- Entrance fees to PukaPoncho, Raqchi and Pikillaqta
- Lunch and Dinner / 1st day (Vegetarian and Free gluten options)
- Breakfast and Lunch / 2nd day.
- Emergency oxygen bottle and medical kit
DOES NOT INCLUDE:
- Breakfast / 1st day.
- Dinner / 2nd day
- Cusco Hotel / 2nd day
- First breakfast and last lunch
- Walking sticks 5.00 USD
- Tips for Porters, chefs and trek guides
- Snacks.
- Gratuities
WHAT TO BRING:
- Copy passport (if you have acquired a new one after you made your booking, bring both)
- Water
- Rain jacket / poncho
- Winter hat and gloves
- Rain pants
- Snacks
- Sun block, factor 35+ recommended
- Sunglasses and sun hat
- Camera with spare batteries – batteries run down faster at high altitudes
- Binoculars
Lowest Elevation: 3350, m / 10,990 ft
Highest Elevation: 4,850 m / 15,910 ft
Distance to walk: 20 km
Approximate walking time: 40 mins up; 2 to 30 mins down
Level of Difficulty: Challenging to Hard
Free Sale or on request: This is a free sale, 3 days prior the tour
Inclusions and exclusions (entrance fees, meals, etc.)
Tour availability: All year around, preferable during May to October due weather conditions.
Type of activity: Astrotourism is one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable tourism activities you can do, while we are doing hiking in the Andes mountains
Starting or meeting points (with address, directions and map if available)
Your Cusco Hotel (we require your hotel information)
Other: Our Cusco Office: Av Velasco Astete APV Capac Yupanqui H-8( Reference in front of the airport)
Departure times: 08:00 am from the hotel in Cusco
Duration of tour or activity: 02 days / 01 night
Minimum number of pax required for booking: 02 paxs
Available languages time table and running times : English, Spanish and Others on request and price may vary
Blocked dates: See specific dates/ Departures
Any other special consideration, limitations or restrictions
People who wants to visit the PukaPoncho need to be well acclimatized.
Itinerary
We will depart from Cusco around 08:00 am and drive to Marangani for about 03 hours, on the way we will stop by Rumiqolqa Inca site. We will stop for Lunch and then we will drive for 45 mins to the Beautiful Puka Poncho. Where we will explore and above 16 500 feet a landspace of Red and Green shades. Then we will come back to Marangani in the afternoon and visit a female textil iniciative where a group of entrepreneurs have deleveloped amazing designs. Late in the afternoon we will drive for 30 mins and visit the The UNMSM - M. D. Maranganí Tourist Educational Astronomical Observatory which is located in the peasant community of Hanccoca and run by the Municipality of Marangani. Then we will go for Dinner and we will have overnight in Sicuani town.
Meals: Meals included: Lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Sicuani
Distance hiking: 2kms/5 miles approximately
Difficulty: Moderate
After a delicious breakfast, we will drive and stop the amazing monument of Raqchi, the most prominent structure is the Temple of Wiracocha, an enormous rectangular two-story roofed structure that measures 92 metres (302 ft) by 25.5 metres (84 ft). Then we will drive to Pikillaqta, an Preinka village of the Wari people. Wari was the centre village and other cities like Pikillaqta were influenced by it. The Wari also inhabited many other sites around the area. The site was occupied from about 550 to 1100 AD. We will stop in Saylla we will local delicacies of the Peruvian cuisine, we will come back to Cusco by 03:00 pm.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
3* Accommodation: Hotel in Aguas Calientes
Distance: 7kms/4.3 miles approximately
Difficulty: Easy
