The town
of Machu Picchu, in the Urubamaba
Valley, exists solely as a base camp for people to
view the magnificent ruins by day and have a
nice place to catch their breath by night.
Day 2: We have breakfast at 6:00, then we go to Cruz del Condor
view point in our transport, stopping in the village
of Yanque and in a very impressive look out point to appreciate the amazing hydraulic system developed by the Collaguas ethnic group showed in this wonderful platforms and terraces
of the Colca
valley, then we continues to stop at La Cruz Del Condor to appreciate the deep Colca Canyon and the flight of the condor, after this we change the conventional guide for a trekking guide, then the rest of the group return to Arequipa, and you will start a new tour with our private trekking guide for Colca, that's why we call this excursion the mixed tour, we arrive to the side of the canyon and we start to hike Colca, descending 1000meters for 3 about hours, We will have lunch in the village of San Juan de Chuccho, here you will have a really nice view of the deepest canyon on earth, from this village after we continues again this hike true the Colca canyon arriving first up to Cosñirgua then we continue to Malata Village and after these interesting visits we'll go walk down the Canyon to Sangalle Valley, a beautiful place located at the bottom of the» el cañón del Colca&r
valley, then we continues to stop at La Cruz Del Condor to appreciate the deep Colca Canyon and the flight
of the condor, after this we change the conventional guide for a trekking guide, then the rest
of the group return to Arequipa, and you will start a new tour with our private trekking guide for Colca, that's why we call this excursion the mixed tour, we arrive to the side
of the canyon and we start to hike Colca, descending 1000meters for 3 about hours, We will have lunch in the village
of San Juan de Chuccho, here you will have a really
nice view of the deepest canyon on earth, from this village after we continues again this hike true the Colca canyon arriving first up to Cosñirgua then we continue to Malata Village and after these interesting visits we'll go walk down the Canyon to Sangalle
Valley, a beautiful place located at the bottom of the» el cañón del Colca&r
Valley, a beautiful place located at the bottom
of the» el cañón del Colca».
This train ride is suppose to be one
of the
nicest journeys in South America due to the very impressive
views of the andean landscapes, snow capped mountains, andes pintoresques villages, the sacred urubamba river, and some inca remains along both sides
of the
Valley and finally the high jungle
of Aguas Calientes, where the representative from Hotel Wiracocha will meet you and settle you into your accommodation.