ENCHANTED VALLEY

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Type:: Trekking Perú
Visited Destinations:: Cusco

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DESCRIPTION A 5-hour walk, 10 minutes away from Cusco; something else to improve the clients´ satisfaction before or after visiting Cusco and its wonders. If you have a free day in Cusco, don´t lose the opportunity to visit the ENCHANTED VALLEY. A lovely, enigmatic place at only 15 minutes from the historic center of Cusco where time appears to have stood still since ancestral days. During a 5-hour walk you can discover and even decipher the mysteries surrounding the as yet unseen Inca temples. You can also appreciate and enjoy our city´s areas of major natural conservation, with abundant and diverse Andean flora and fauna in the areas where the Incas lived. Runtime: 6 hours Difficulty Level: Easy Trek Type: Private Departures: Every day When: April to December Language: Spanish, English (according to client´s wishes)

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Itinerary

ITINERARY

The experience begins with departure from the hotel to the starting point of the walk at Huayracpunku ( this word means Gate of the Wind in Quechua); we continue along a little valley where time stands still, along a signed path. At the beginning of the road, and just in front of us, we see the pyramidal terraces of Machuchoquequirao whose kilns date back to colonial times and remind us of what this pretty valley has lived through.

Continuing along the same path we enter into a fantastic and well-preserved area of Andean flora and fauna which is very typical of this zone, with species that are endemic to the South of the country; we also notice trees which are native to Cusco, smell the aroma of medicinal plants used in the past whose characteristics are still transmitted by the people of the area. We then reach the Inca Temple of Inkilltambo which shows us the agrarian mindset and skills of the ancient Cusco dwellers.

In the middle of the Enchanted Valley, we take a well-deserved rest which will fill our spirits with joy for being alive and able to share the wonders of this place. We will be offered refreshments prepared by the women " hampimakis" of the Yucanypata community, located inside the Sacsayhuaman Park. Afterwards we enter the Inca pathway called "Qapaqñan" which led the Incas to the antisuyo, the jungle. Here we will see marvelous waterfalls and rock formations from which the Incas extracted large stones to be used for the construction of their palaces. A little later we visit the enigmatic temple of Amaru Marca Wasi and Kusilluchayoc before we return to the point where we began; here, if we still wish to continue understanding the logic of the ancient Inca dweller, we begin our descent to the historic center of Cusco.

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