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PACKAGE ADVENTURE (7d/6n)
We pick you up in Cusco on the morning of the first day to travel the whole day to the ecological farm of Sachahuares in the tropical district of Echarati, in the province of La Convencion. During the trip, you can observe beautiful landscapes and native communities of the region.
During your stay at the farm, we teach you how to harvest and process the typical products of the region like cacao and coffee. You also stay a few days with a local farmer’s family to experiment the daily life in this tropical zone.
During 2 days, we take you to a tourist destination of the region depending on your preferences like there are the waterfalls of Mandor or Siete Tinajas, the mountain of Urusayhua or the ruins of Mosoq Llaqta.
During the dry season, you have the opportunity to do the adventurous activity of going down the river Vilcanota on a tire during one hour.
Includes:
-lodging for 6 nights
-breakfast, lunch and dinner for 7 days except for breakfast the first day and dinner the last day
-transport Cusco-Chahuares-Cusco
Not included:
-Alcoholic drinks
Duration: 7
days/ 6 nights
Best time to do this activity:
All year (except for the activity “Going down the river on a tire”, only from May to October)
Type of package:
Family (children from 8 years old can also participate with a slight adaptation of the activities to their age)
(This package includes lodging for 6 nights; breakfast, lunch and dinner for 7 days except for breakfast the first day and dinner the last day; transport Cusco-Chahuares-Cusco)
Day 1 :
We travel from Cusco to Chahuares in private transport via the route Abra Malaga or Lares. The choice of route depends on the accessibility of the road and your preference. We leave Cusco at 7 am.
Route Abra Malaga:
From Cusco we travel to Ollantaytambo where we arrive at 9 am. Here you can enjoy an hour to an hour and a half of the beauty of this small town (we do not have time to visit the ruins but you can contemplate them from the town). Then we drive to the Abra Malaga (at 4200 m altitude) and his traditional communities. Here, we will take a picnic. In the afternoon we start our descend to Quillabamba (at 1000 m altitude), capital of the province “La Convencion” and city of eternal summer. During the ride you can enjoy the change of vegetation going from grasslands to tropical plants. Before reaching Quillabamba, we make a stop at the ruins of Huamanmarca. We reach Quillabamba at 4 pm. We will not stay for long in the city but continue our trip to Chahuares (at 600 m altitude) where we arrive at 6 pm. Here you can take your dinner and rest in your bungalow.
Route Lares:
From Cusco we travel to Calca where we arrive at 8 am. We will not stay here for long but continue our trip via the Abra Lares, we make a stop at the thermal baths of Lares where we arrive at 11 am. Here you can enjoy a warm bath and we will take our picnic. At 1 pm we continue our travel during which you can observe some beautiful landscapes. At 7 pm we arrive at the city of Quellouno, capital of the district with the same name. We will not stay for long in the city but continue our trip to Chahuares (at 600 m altitude) where we arrive at 7.30 pm. Here you can take your dinner and rest in your bungalow.
Day 2:
The second day, we explore the area of Sachahuares (25 ha) during a little trekking. On the way, you can observe the local fauna and flora like toucan, parrots, native trees, cacao, coffee, small rivers and others.
In the afternoon, we harvest cacao (and coffee in the rainy season) and learn how to process these products.
Day 3-4:
These days you will spend with a farmer’s family. In the morning we will take you to the house of a local farmer. During the day, you will join the farmer and learn about seeding, harvesting and the general management of his farm. The farmer will cook for you and you will stay these nights at his home. The morning of the third day, we will pick you up at the farmer’s house.
Day 5 -6:
These days you can choose between various activities.
Mosoq Llaqta
The excursion to the archaeological complex of Mosoq Llaqta takes all day. Mosoq Llaqta is an old Inca town, hidden in the jungle of the Machiguenga community of Chirumbia in the sector of Quello Uno. The ruins were “discovered” recently and are not included in the traditional tourism so that they are still covered with jungle vegetation. At 6 am we leave Chahuares in private transport. The journey to Chirumbia takes about 2,5 hours . From the village of Chirumbia we walk through coffee plantations and further on through the highlands with scarce vegetation during 2 or 3 hours. We reach virgin forest where we walk another hour to arrive finally at the ruins. Here we take our lunch and we take our time to explore the ruins. At 3 pm we return to Chirumbia to take the car back to Chahuares.
Waterfalls of Mandor
You can find the waterfalls of Mandor at half an hour drive from Quillabamba. We leave Chahuares at 9 am. Around 11 am we leave the car and start walking to the waterfalls. The walk takes around one hour where after we reach the waterfalls and you can take a refreshing bath. We take our lunch here and we will return to Chahuares around 3 pm.
Siete Tinajas and Zoological Parc of Pampa Concepcion
The waterfalls of Siete Tinajas are located very close to Echarati. Because of its rocks with very peculiar forms it is the major tourist sample of the municipality of Echarati.
We travel around one hour in car from Chahuares to get to the waterfalls. The waterfalls are close to the road (500m) so it is not necessary to walk a long way. There you can observe this curious waterfall and take a bath in the ponds formed by the rocks.
On the way back to Chahuares we will stop at the small zoological park of Pampa Concepcion where you can observe the wild animals of the region.
Urusayhua
The Urusayhua mountain is considered as the major Apu (god of the mountain) of this region.
During this excursion we go up the mountain up to certain part. There is no accessible road to the top so we have to limit the walk to the lower part of the mountain.
We leave Chahuares at 7 am in the morning to arrive at the foot of Urusayhua at 8 am. From there we walk through beautiful wild nature to reach some exceptional waterfalls. The jungle of Urusayhua is still wild and can show us some surprising wild animals. The walk will take about 5 hours.
In the afternoon, you can visit the ecological farm of the family Durand.
Go down the river Vilcanota on a tire (only during dry season from May to October*)
In the dry season, when the river is low and calm, you can go down the river on the tire of a truck. We take you to the riverbank in Acopampa, where we leave you in the hands of 2 experienced guides that will accompany you during one hour over the river. After this adventure, we wait for you on the beach of Chahuares with a appetizing lunch. After lunch you can relax on the beach the rest of the afternoon, swimming in the river or sunbathing on the sand in the company of a nice beer.
*You can only go down the river Vilcanota when the water is calm. It can happen that in the month of May the waters haven’t gone down enough so that we will have to cancel this activity. In the same way, the water can rise already in the month of October so that also in this month there is a possibility that this activity will be canceled.
Day 7 :
The last day, you will process the cacao (and coffee) you harvested so you will be able to take with you your own chocolate and coffee. There is also a possibility to learn about the processing of the cocaleaf into cocaflour which can be used in the making of cocaspaghetti, cocabread, cocacookies, etc.
In the afternoon, we will travel to Quillabamba where you will take public transport to Cusco.
During your stay at the farm, we teach you how to harvest and process the typical products of the region like cacao and coffee. You also stay a few days with a local farmer’s family to experiment the daily life in this tropical zone.
During 2 days, we take you to a tourist destination of the region depending on your preferences like there are the waterfalls of Mandor or Siete Tinajas, the mountain of Urusayhua or the ruins of Mosoq Llaqta.
During the dry season, you have the opportunity to do the adventurous activity of going down the river Vilcanota on a tire during one hour.
Includes:
-lodging for 6 nights
-breakfast, lunch and dinner for 7 days except for breakfast the first day and dinner the last day
-transport Cusco-Chahuares-Cusco
Not included:
-Alcoholic drinks
Duration: 7
days/ 6 nights
Best time to do this activity:
All year (except for the activity “Going down the river on a tire”, only from May to October)
Type of package:
Family (children from 8 years old can also participate with a slight adaptation of the activities to their age)
(This package includes lodging for 6 nights; breakfast, lunch and dinner for 7 days except for breakfast the first day and dinner the last day; transport Cusco-Chahuares-Cusco)
Day 1 :
We travel from Cusco to Chahuares in private transport via the route Abra Malaga or Lares. The choice of route depends on the accessibility of the road and your preference. We leave Cusco at 7 am.
Route Abra Malaga:
From Cusco we travel to Ollantaytambo where we arrive at 9 am. Here you can enjoy an hour to an hour and a half of the beauty of this small town (we do not have time to visit the ruins but you can contemplate them from the town). Then we drive to the Abra Malaga (at 4200 m altitude) and his traditional communities. Here, we will take a picnic. In the afternoon we start our descend to Quillabamba (at 1000 m altitude), capital of the province “La Convencion” and city of eternal summer. During the ride you can enjoy the change of vegetation going from grasslands to tropical plants. Before reaching Quillabamba, we make a stop at the ruins of Huamanmarca. We reach Quillabamba at 4 pm. We will not stay for long in the city but continue our trip to Chahuares (at 600 m altitude) where we arrive at 6 pm. Here you can take your dinner and rest in your bungalow.
Route Lares:
From Cusco we travel to Calca where we arrive at 8 am. We will not stay here for long but continue our trip via the Abra Lares, we make a stop at the thermal baths of Lares where we arrive at 11 am. Here you can enjoy a warm bath and we will take our picnic. At 1 pm we continue our travel during which you can observe some beautiful landscapes. At 7 pm we arrive at the city of Quellouno, capital of the district with the same name. We will not stay for long in the city but continue our trip to Chahuares (at 600 m altitude) where we arrive at 7.30 pm. Here you can take your dinner and rest in your bungalow.
Day 2:
The second day, we explore the area of Sachahuares (25 ha) during a little trekking. On the way, you can observe the local fauna and flora like toucan, parrots, native trees, cacao, coffee, small rivers and others.
In the afternoon, we harvest cacao (and coffee in the rainy season) and learn how to process these products.
Day 3-4:
These days you will spend with a farmer’s family. In the morning we will take you to the house of a local farmer. During the day, you will join the farmer and learn about seeding, harvesting and the general management of his farm. The farmer will cook for you and you will stay these nights at his home. The morning of the third day, we will pick you up at the farmer’s house.
Day 5 -6:
These days you can choose between various activities.
Mosoq Llaqta
The excursion to the archaeological complex of Mosoq Llaqta takes all day. Mosoq Llaqta is an old Inca town, hidden in the jungle of the Machiguenga community of Chirumbia in the sector of Quello Uno. The ruins were “discovered” recently and are not included in the traditional tourism so that they are still covered with jungle vegetation. At 6 am we leave Chahuares in private transport. The journey to Chirumbia takes about 2,5 hours . From the village of Chirumbia we walk through coffee plantations and further on through the highlands with scarce vegetation during 2 or 3 hours. We reach virgin forest where we walk another hour to arrive finally at the ruins. Here we take our lunch and we take our time to explore the ruins. At 3 pm we return to Chirumbia to take the car back to Chahuares.
Waterfalls of Mandor
You can find the waterfalls of Mandor at half an hour drive from Quillabamba. We leave Chahuares at 9 am. Around 11 am we leave the car and start walking to the waterfalls. The walk takes around one hour where after we reach the waterfalls and you can take a refreshing bath. We take our lunch here and we will return to Chahuares around 3 pm.
Siete Tinajas and Zoological Parc of Pampa Concepcion
The waterfalls of Siete Tinajas are located very close to Echarati. Because of its rocks with very peculiar forms it is the major tourist sample of the municipality of Echarati.
We travel around one hour in car from Chahuares to get to the waterfalls. The waterfalls are close to the road (500m) so it is not necessary to walk a long way. There you can observe this curious waterfall and take a bath in the ponds formed by the rocks.
On the way back to Chahuares we will stop at the small zoological park of Pampa Concepcion where you can observe the wild animals of the region.
Urusayhua
The Urusayhua mountain is considered as the major Apu (god of the mountain) of this region.
During this excursion we go up the mountain up to certain part. There is no accessible road to the top so we have to limit the walk to the lower part of the mountain.
We leave Chahuares at 7 am in the morning to arrive at the foot of Urusayhua at 8 am. From there we walk through beautiful wild nature to reach some exceptional waterfalls. The jungle of Urusayhua is still wild and can show us some surprising wild animals. The walk will take about 5 hours.
In the afternoon, you can visit the ecological farm of the family Durand.
Go down the river Vilcanota on a tire (only during dry season from May to October*)
In the dry season, when the river is low and calm, you can go down the river on the tire of a truck. We take you to the riverbank in Acopampa, where we leave you in the hands of 2 experienced guides that will accompany you during one hour over the river. After this adventure, we wait for you on the beach of Chahuares with a appetizing lunch. After lunch you can relax on the beach the rest of the afternoon, swimming in the river or sunbathing on the sand in the company of a nice beer.
*You can only go down the river Vilcanota when the water is calm. It can happen that in the month of May the waters haven’t gone down enough so that we will have to cancel this activity. In the same way, the water can rise already in the month of October so that also in this month there is a possibility that this activity will be canceled.
Day 7 :
The last day, you will process the cacao (and coffee) you harvested so you will be able to take with you your own chocolate and coffee. There is also a possibility to learn about the processing of the cocaleaf into cocaflour which can be used in the making of cocaspaghetti, cocabread, cocacookies, etc.
In the afternoon, we will travel to Quillabamba where you will take public transport to Cusco.
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