Inca Quarry Trail to Machu Picchu 4 Days/ 3 Nights
4D/3N
2.400 msnm
Moderate
Group
Description
THE INCA QUARRY TRAIL TREK IS BETTER WITH ANDEAN TOUR THAN WITH OTHERS!
Our specialization is in trekking, “off the beaten track.” Inca Quarry Trail Trek is a personally designed and unique trek taking you to remote and rarely visited Inca ruins. You’ll negotiate cascading waterfalls, view wild panoramic landscapes, ancient Inka aqueducts, and take yourself back in time to the Inca stonemason’s unmatched masterpieces.
If you are swayed by the sophisticated techniques hidden in these walls, then visit the old Inca quarry from where the Incas carved the rocks to build the important Ollantaytambo Inca city, the star gate to Machu Picchu. Take time to explore the living Inca city of Ollantaytambo and hike up to the dusted remnants of the old Inca hillside storehouses.
DAY 1: CUSCO – SOQMA – PEROLNIYOQ Q´ORIMARCA.
We leave Cusco early in the morning and drive for 2 hours to Choquequilla, a small ceremonial place where the Incas historically would honor the moon. A short drive from here takes us to Rafq’a. Now it is time to lace up your boots at the starting point of our trek where we meet the horsemen for our hike. We hike for about 1 hour to reach the typical Inca community of Socma. Just a hop, skip and a jump ahead, takes us to the hypnotizing Perolniyoc Cascade. It is the perfect opportunity to stop, take photos and have a snack.
Our goal is to reach our campsite at 3700m or 2139ft at about lunchtime. After lunch, we set off to explore the Q’orimarca archeological site, which served as a checkpoint during the times of the Incas.
- Meals: Lunch – Afternoon Tea Time -Dinner
- Accommodation: Camping with 4 season EUREKA tents
- Distance: 12kms/7.5 miles
- Time: 6 hours approximately
- Difficulty: Moderate.
DAY 2: QORIMARCA – INTI PUNKU – CHOQUETACARPO.
This is the most challenging but most rewarding day of the hike. A 3-hour walk takes us to the top of
the first pass, known as Puccaqasa(4370mts). After enjoying the picturesque views of the undulating
valleys below, we descend down for 30 minutes, just in time for lunch.
Rested and full of energy again, we head onward and upward for about 2 hour to the highest pass of the
trek: Kuychicassa(4450m/14599ft). From here, we head down for 2 hours to the site that the Incas called Inti
Punku, (meaning Sun Gate) with its imposing views over the valley and the horizon is engulfed by the
picturesque Veronica Mountains. We discover our campsite is just a short distance away from Choquetacarpo
(3600m/11811ft).
- Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Afternoon Tea Time – Dinner.
- Accommodation: Camping Facilities with 4 season EUREKA tents.
- Distance: 15kms/9.5 miles.
- Time: 7 hours approximately.
- Difficulty: Moderate/Difficult.
DAY 3: CHOQUETACARPO – KACHIQATA QUARRY – OLLANTAYTAMBO – AGUAS CALIENTES.
- Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
- Accommodation: Wiracocha Inn Hotel or Andean Terra Hotel
- Distance: 8kms/5 miles
- Time: 6 hours approximately
- Difficulty: Moderate
DAY 4: AGUAS CALIENTES – MACHU PICCHU – CUSCO.
- Climb up Huayna Picchu or Machu Picchu Mountain to appreciate the beauty and magnificence of Machu Picchu from the views above ($25 each additional cost)
- You will be given some time to walk to the Sun Gate or Inti Punku. (Free of cost)
- Other optional activities in Aguas Calientes include a visit to the new local museum or to the hot springs (will be an additional entrance fee).
- Meal: Breakfast
- Difficulty: Easy.
- Private transportation from the hotel to Choquequilla Trail head.
- Licensed guide fluent in English, Spanish and Quechua.
- Round trip train ticket from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes (1:37 or 3:37pm Vistadome Train to Aguas Calientes and the 4:22pm Expedition Train on the return to Ollantaytambo)
- 2 Bus tickets from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu and return to Aguas Calientes
- Admission ticket to the Machu Picchu Archaeological Complex
- Hotel with private bathroom, hot shower, wifi, storage and buffet breakfast included
- 2 person Igloo tents (large and comfortable)
- Delicious meals during the 4 days as indicated in the itinerary
- Cook and cooking equipment
- Horseman and mules, to carry all camping and personal equipment (7 kgs of your personal items such as extra clothes, sleeping bag will be carried by our mules).
- Provision of a horse with helmet supplied in case of emergency such as illness, to ensure trek can be completed by all participants
- First-aid kit including emergency oxygen tank
- Boiled water to fill in your bottles
- Guided tour in Machu Picchu
- Thick foam mattress
- Small Pillow
- Sleeping bag (minus 10 ºC) – US$ 20
- Breakfast on the first day, Lunch & dinner on the last day
- Sleeping Bag – US$20 per person per trek (It will be clean and warm)
- Air Mattress – US$20 per person per trek (Therm-a-rest mattresses)
- Walking Poles – US$15 per pair per trek (Professional Poles that can be extended)
- Personal tent: US $30 – (Please request when you book your Trek)
- Vistadome Train Upgrade – US$57 per person (For the return to Cusco (Poroy) at 4:43pm )
- Huayna Picchu Mountain – US$35 per person (Please request when you book your Trek)
- Machu Picchu Mountain – US$30 per person (Please request when you book your Trek)
- Tips for the crew, guide, cook and porters of ANDEAN TOUR.
- VISTADOME TRAIN from Machu Picchu back to Cusco (Poroy) at 4:43pm: US$57 per person
- La Cabaña Hotel: US$40 per person
- Tierra Viva Hotel: US$70 per person
- El Mapi Hotel: US$120
- Additional Night in hotel in Aguas Calientes – From US $60 (depending on choice and availability)
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