Cachicata Intipunku 1day

CODE: ZTK22P

Full Day Ollantaytambo – Cachiccata Quarry – Private Service

Level: Demanding. Good physical condition required
Duration: 6 – 7 hours
hiking Location: Ollantaytambo – Sacred Valley

Early in the morning, we will pick you up from your hotel and head to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. On the way we will admire the beautiful Urubamba valley, along with potato fields belonging to the town of Chinchero. The route continues to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, driving through Urubamba, the most important province of the valley, heading then towards Ollantaytambo. Our hike begins at the Inca Bridge over the Vilcanota River. Our hike starts at Ollantaytambo Inca bridge going up an Inca trail through terraces and tombs, until we reach the base of one of the most important mountains in the area “the Apu Buena Negra” a granite geological formation.

INCLUDED:

English speaking guide
Transportation
Lunch box
First aid kit with oxygen

NOT INCLUDED:

Extra services not mentioned
Diner
Train tickets or Machu Picchu

What do we need when you make a reservation?

Full name as it is written in your passport.* Scanned copy of your passport.
Departing date for the trail.
We ask for a 40% deposit, sending to us via visa or Pay Pall online through this website: + 5,5 % or Wetravel 4,5 % (cost credit cards charge us) The balance you will pay at our office in Cusco before the start of the trek. We accept cash USD or credit card (+ 5,5%)

1 Day

Peru

Trekking

Dress Code

Clothes for the trek, Raincoat, Trekking shoes

1

Day 1: Cachicata, Intipunku:

This hike follows the original path the Incas used to bring the stones of Cachiccata quarry to build one of the most famous archaeological places of the Sacred Valle the Ollantaytambo fortress. At Cachiccata quarry we will get to appreciate remains of Inca tombs, finest stone works and ramps which were used to transport the stones to built Ollantaytambo. The guide will explain to you the process of working and transporting stones; in fact, on our way up, we will follow the very same path used to move massive rocks of several tons down to the fortress of Ollantaytambo. From the quarry of Cachiccata we will have an impressive view of the Veronica Mountain, one of the most important in the Urubamba range, as well as a great view of the Pakaritampu pyramid. We will then visit the town of Ollantaytambo and its fortress. Here we will enjoy our box lunch. We will then start our descent while we admire breathtaking views of the Sacred Valley and its beautiful typical little houses, its green corn fields, crossed and irrigated by the sacred river of the Incas. The hike end at “El Rancho” in the nice community of Cachiccata. The houses in this community are built on stone foundations, using adobes (mud bricks) to build one or two stories, all with roofs made of straw. Transportation will wait for us in the community of Cachiccata to take you to our hotel in Cusco or the Sacred Valley, or straight to the train station where we would take the train to Machu Picchu. NOTE: for people who want to hike more time, we will add the Intipunku section which is an Inca construction located at the top of the mountain, from here you will have spectacular views of the Inca trail and the valley to Machu Picchu; this hike will take 2 hours more, finishing at Cachiccata.