Rainbow Mountains Palcoyo, Inca bridge Qeswachaka and Waqrapukara

We will leave Cusco around 5:00 am. On the way we will have local breakfast and afterwards we will continue our trip. Driving time to trekking trail start point – around 3.5 hours. Trekking to Waqrapukara will take around 3.5 hours. After rest in the ruins we will continue along beautiful Apurimac Canon where till today you can meet condors. This part will take 3 – 4 hours.

We will finish our trekking in one of the Andean villages from where we will take a car back to the hostel.

Dinner and afterwards free time to rest.

Trekking time: 6.5 – 7.5 hours
Maximum elevation: 4200 m. above sea level

Rainbow Mountains Palcoyo

Today we will start very early in the morning. Private transport will take you from hostel/hotel. Our drive will take around 3.5 hours with local breakfast on the way. We will reach our first attraction, Rainbow Mountains. On the way we will see alpacas, lamas and at the end we will arrive almost on 5000 m. above sea level from where you can see colorful peaks. It is worth to walk in the area for 1 or 2 hours to see mountains from different perspectives. The views are worth the effort which is a little bigger on this elevation.

Trekking time: 2 hours
Maximum elevation: 5000 m. above sea level

Inca bridge Queswachaca

On the way back from Rainbow Mountains we will continue our driving by around 1.5h to next attraction, Inca bridge Queswachaka. We will walk Inca Trail (part of famous roads system Qhapaq Nan) in order to arrive to the place where bridge is located. Not only we will have a chance to see it, but also to walk on it.

Cultivating tradition for years is nowadays quite a challenge. But not for local communities from Cusco region, from Quehue district. Four of them meet each year for few days to rebuild Inca bridge from the scratch. The construction details are being passed from generation to generation. Everything in order to keep exactly the same style and use the same materials like 500 years ago Incas did. Thanks to this beautiful tradition and strong will of local people, we can see Inca technique till today.

New bridge is ready each year in the second part of June. You can walk on it to cross Apurimac river all year round. More about Qeswachaca bridge on our blog here.

After day full of attractions around 4:00 pm we will start driving back to Cusco in beautiful mountain scenery. Driving time around 3.5 hours.

Trekking time: 2.5 – 3.5 hours
Maximum elevation: 5000 m. above sea level