CONDOR CANYON IN CUSCO CHONTA - FULL DAY

Don’t have enough time to visit Colca Canyon condor’s flight in Arequipa? We have a new route to see flight condors for you departing from Cusco ending in Cusco, where we will be able to appreciate diverse landscapes that surround the place, the mountains, ravines, rivers and the snowy ones of Humantay and Salkantay, also we will see the archaeological zone of Killarumiyoc and Tarawasi. To finish with the wonder that this tour offers, we will see the Andean Condor in its natural habitat, the Condor is considered a sacred bird of the Incas.

To start the adventure, after picking up from your hotel, we leave the city of Cusco to take a road that will take us to our destination. During the trip we will visit important archaeological sites at the time of the Inca, the Quillarumiyoc archaeological site (this is the temple of the moon and fertility) and the archaeological site of Tarawasi (Inca Tambo) in these places our guide will give us to know the reason of its importance and the function that fulfilled each of them. Continuing up to 4100 meters, we reach the Chonta community, where we will have our lunch.

Start walking on a wide path up to the Condor’s viewpoint Canyon, we will have a brief explanation and time to observe the flight of the Condor and the accompanying landscape. After the indicated time, we will return to the beginning of our trek to take the car and return to the city of Cusco. Upon arriving in Cusco we were left at Plaza Regocijo to finish our trip.

• Pick up from hotels located in the center of Cusco
• Shared transportation (roundtrip)
• 1 Lunch in Chonta community
• Entrances fees to Condor Canyon
• English/Spanish speaking driver

• Transfer back to your hotel (all passengers are left in the Regocijo square a few blocks from the main square)
• Tips.
• personal expenses
• Extra drinks.
• Snacks.
• Horse (if you cannot make the trekking), you can pay to mule driver S/. 50 Soles per person

• Maximum Altitude: 4100 masl
• Low Altitude: 33 50 Masl
• Trekking time: 1h to 1h30min approximately

It is necessary:

To do the tour, we recommend having a preliminary stage of acclimatization of 1 day, so that your body fits better during the walk, since we will be on a path of altitudes above 4000 masl. For this, we recommend drinking plenty of hot coca tea that will help a lot in the process of acclimatization.

What to bring with you

• A light backpack with a change of clothes for the whole period of the trek - prepare for a wide range of changes in temperature.
• Rain gear (jacket and pants if you have them available) or rain poncho. Plastic ponchos can be purchased in Cusco for about $ 1.
• Sturdy shoes, waterproof boots for trekking is advised. Extra socks are a must.
• Warm clothes, including jacket, fleeces, gloves, scarf and hat
• Camera, films and batteries (batteries consume more quickly under cold conditions).
• Hat or cap to protect from sun, rain and cold.
• Sunscreen and sunglasses.
• Toilet paper
• Snacks: biscuits, energy bars, chocolate, fruit, granola, etc.
• We suggest you bring water sterilizing tablets in case you pick up water from streams.
• Your own medical kit with any special medications you might need, Sorojchi PILLS, blisters protection, etc.
• Small towel.
• Cash - sufficient for snacks, tips and souvenirs.
• Walking sticks or trekking poles
• Binoculars (if available)