Inca Trail - Choquequirao - The Cradle of Gold - Cuzco, Peru

Choquequirao (from Quechua: "cradle of gold")  They are the ruins of an Inca city located between the foothills of the snowy Salkantay, and under the jurisdiction of the district of Santa Teresa, Province of La Convención, Department of Cuzco, very close to Machu Picchu, in southern Peru.

The archaeological monuments of Choquequirao are made up of buildings and terraces distributed on different levels, from the lowest Sunch'u Pata level to the highest truncated top, which was leveled and surrounded with stones to form a platform with an approximate area of ??150 square meter.

Choquequirao (sometimes also as Choqequirau or Choquekiraw) is known as the "sacred sister" of Machu Picchu due to its structural and architectural similarity with it.

* See combination with Trekking Salkantay to Machu Picchu, the week before.

Day 1: Meeting in Cusco. Check in at the hostel. Afternoon free to begin acclimatization and explore the old town a bit. Recommended: arrive a day before (or more).

Day 2: Departure very early (5:30 am). Transfer from Cusco to the beginning of the trekking. First stretch. 10km

Day 3: Second section of trekking. 15km

Day 4: Third section of trekking, ascent to Choquequirao, tour and return to the high camp.

Day 5: Long stretch of return, 20 km

Day 6: Last stretch of trekking, transfer to Cusco, accommodation and end of the tour.

Day 7: Free day in Cusco and end of the program. Options: One more day in Cusco with excursions to the Sacred Valley, Maras - Moray, Chincheros.

• Transfer from Cusco to San Pedro de Cachora (start of trekking) round trip
• Basic equipment portering
• All the guided trekking tour.
• Full board on the trek.
• First aid kit.
• Entrance to Choquequirao.
• Hostel in Cusco (days 1 and 6)
• Tents + insulation
• Prior advice with meetings and audiovisuals in Argentina.
• Coordinator-guide who travels with the group from Argentina.
• Permanent assistance.

• Flights to Cusco
• Extra excursions in Cusco
• TRAVELER ASSISTANCE INSURANCE (required)
• Lunch and dinner day 1, and 6 in Cusco
• tips

• Special backpack for trekking (minimum 50 liters).
• Sleeping bag 
• insulating mat
• Trekking poles (mandatory). It is possible to buy in Cusco.

• 1 trekking shoes (in condition).
• 1 second shoe to be in the camp (they can be sandals, espadrilles or light slippers).
• Changes of underwear.
• T-shirts (synthetic for walking and cotton for the camps).
• Light trekking pants.
• 2 coats (polar sweatshirt, or wool pullover, Polar sweatshirt 100, Polar sweatshirt 200)
• Jacket or duvet vest (optional).
• Fleece gloves (with fingers or mittens).
• Warm cap (polar).
• Sun hat (with flaps).
• Third layer jacket , waterproof and breathable.
• Mesh and towel.

• Passport
• Medical insurance, social work.
• Completed medical and personal file, authorization.

• FRONT flashlight with batteries (spare batteries).
• Bags to protect from the rain everything that goes in the backpack.
• Crockery: plate, glass, cutlery

In general we have a system of walking for 3-4 hours in the morning; we make a great lunch stop and walk the same in the afternoon to the place where we set up camp.

Northern Argentina, Peru and Bolivia are characterized by having a significant temperature range (hot during the day and cool at night and early morning). There also exists the so-called “Bolivian Winter”. This means that in our summer (December to March) there is the rainy season. In our winter it does not rain but the thermal amplitude is noticeable a little more and the cold at night and early morning can be felt, especially in the high altitude camps (at more than 2500 masl) like two of this route.
You have to protect yourself a lot from the sun with a hat-bonnet, neck scarves, sunscreen and mountain glasses. And for the night it is important to have a good sleeping bag and a coat since the temperature can drop to less than 0 ° Celsius.

The bags or sleeping bags must be able to withstand a temperature of -0° Comfort, so as to be able to rest easy. 

The city to reach is Cusco. It is advisable to take a plane with a combination-direct stopover Lima-Cusco

Stay in igloo-type tents, comfortable and for 2/3 or 4 people. And also in hostels, like the cases of Cusco.

Yes, that is one of the added values ??that we give in our trips abroad; A guide from our company travels with the whole group and facilitates the connections and is also there to solve any type of inconvenience, assistance, evacuation, etc, etc.

It is not decisive that you are an up-to-date athlete and that you train 4 times a week. But it is important that you know that the better physically you are, it will always be better. The idea of ??these adventures is that you can enjoy it and not suffer from it. If you don't usually train, go jogging, cycling or other aerobic activity, 

The stops occur with a frequency and graduation according to the intensity. There are stops for lunch, snack, and rest.

From 12 years of age.

Between 8 and 12 kilos

In all our expeditions we offer the meal service IN FULL BOARD PLAN.

On this occasion, the service is contracted and we adapt to regional meals that, in general and in this case, do not change much on our outings to the mountains.