Choquequirao to Machu Picchu Trek
10 DAYS Starting from $4,690 per person
Experience three of the Incas’ crowning achievements on this unforgettable 10-day Choquequirao to Machu Picchu adventure. First immerse yourself in the Incan and colonial heritage of captivating Cusco, before the main event: a 4-day trek to the vast, mythical ruins of Choquequirao. Perched atop a mountaintop in the remote and little-visited Vilcabamba Range, it’s a place very few tourists ever reach. Finally, top it all off with a visit to the fabled Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas.
Trip at a Glance
HIGHLIGHTS
- A guided tour of Cusco, with visits to Koricancha, one of the most important Incan temples, and Cusco's Cathedral where you'll learn about the Cusco School of Art.
- Camp in ultimate comfort and warmth, with quality sleeping bags and Therm-a-Rest sleeping mats in your spacious two-man tent. Porters will carry your kit, and you'll even have the use of a private tented bathroom in the campsite.
- Four full days on the remote and rugged Choquequirao Trek, a less popular but more pristine (and demanding!) alternative to the Inca Trail.
- A chance to visit the magnificent mountaintop citadel of Choquequirao, a place that very few people ever reach.
- An early morning visit to the “fact is stranger than fiction” temple of the waterfall at Choquequirao, set among one of the most ambitious sets of Inca terraces on the planet.
- The opportunity to savor breath-taking scenery and endemic fauna and flora from above, below and within the spectacular Apurimac Canyon.
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