Main Info
OVERVIEW
Huchuy Qosqo Hike program you will live together with typical Andean families, they open their homes to visitors, showing their unique way of life. Rural homestay accommodation is provided near Inca site called Huchuy Qosqo or “Little Cusco”, where the views are superb and where you can enjoy a traditional Andean dinner. You can relax under the starry sky and truly become part of the rural Andean lifestyle for a night then You will take the train and explore the Wonder of the world Machu Picchu. Huchuy Qosqo 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 beginning of the trek
- Return transportation to your Cusco hotel.
- 01 AstroTourism homestay experience at huchuy Qosqo Community with portable telescopes.
- 01 overnight in Aguas Calientes in standard hotel.
- Entrance fees to Huchuy Qosqo , Ollantaytambo and MachuPicchu
- Round trip train ticket from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes
- Roun trip Bus ticket from Aguas Calientes to MachuPicchu
- 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
- Lunch and dinner / 3rd day – Cusco Hotel / 3rd day
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: 2,000 m / 6,561 ft
Highest Elevation: 3,750 m / 12,303 ft
Distance to walk: 20 km
Approximate walking time: 3 hours up; 2 to 2 30 hours 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: 06:00 am from the hotel in Cusco
Duration of tour or activity: 03 days / 02 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 Huchuy Qosqo need to be really well acclimatize, If not the hike will be really hard even that we will give you the option to hire horses on the way.
Itinerary
Your Andean adventure begins at 6 am when we pick you up at your hotel and then we drive in our private transport to the village of Sihuas (3,800m/12,467ft), only 1.30 hour from Cusco. Once we arrive, we put our backpacks on and get ready to start a gentle hike uphill for the next 3 hours to get to the highest point of the trek (4,200m/13,779ft). From there, we have fantastic views of the surrounding snow capped mountains and valleys. We descend towards the village of Pucamarca and spend time at the Inca ruins there. From there, we follow a section of the original Inca trail into the Inca city of Huchuy Qosqo. There, we have time to explore the city and then we head to our homestay. Here, your guide will introduce you to the local family. You will see all the amazing views of the surrounding areas and the Inca city. By late afternoon, you will enjoy your tea, and later have dinner with your local family! In the evening, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the sky full of brilliant stars, far from the light pollution of any city and see the Inca constellations which your guide will show you.
Meals included: Picnic lunch – Afternoon Tea
Time – DinnerAccommodation: Homestay at a local family’s
home with a proper toiletDistance: 13kms/8 miles approximately
Difficulty: Moderate
After a delicious breakfast, there will be a guided tour of the Huchuy Qosqo Inca City, in which you will discover amazing Inca buildings, sacred temples, farming terraces, storehouses and water channels. Your guide will tell you about the fascinating history of Huchuy Qosqo and how it changed the course of Inca history! After you, have had time to explore everything, we head downhill to Lamay for 2 hours. Our private van will take you to Urubamba, city where we will have lunch. Then, we continue our journey to Ollantaytambo where we will explore the stu ning astronomical Inca City of Ollantaytambo. Later in the afternoon we will take the train.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
3* Accommodation: Hotel in Aguas Calientes
Distance: 7kms/4.3 miles approximately
Difficulty: Easy
This is the day you’ve been waiting for! After an early breakfast at your hotel, you’ll take the buses up to Machu Picchu, Your guide will give you a tour, which takes about two hours. You will see most of the important parts of MachuPicchu, the Sacred City. You will also learn about how Machu Picchu is divided into three sectors: agricultural, residential and religious. After your tour, those who have booked in advance for an extra hike up Huayna Picchu will have time to enjoy those views on their own. When you have had your fill of the exceptional views of Machu Picchu, you will take the bus back down to Aguas Calientes for lunch (not included). The train will take you back in the afternoon, following the spectacular Urubamba River. Close to Aguas Calientes, the canyon is narrow and the river has many beautiful sections of whitewater. Back at Ollantaytambo, your driver will meet you.
Meal included: Breakfast
Difficulty: Easy
