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                          | day 01: from cusco to  cachora and santa rosa | 
                        
                          | we will collect you from your hotel and we will travel for 3 hours until  the village of cachora (2800 meters) it is here where we will find our local  muleteer, from this village we will begin our choquequirao trek. on the first  part of the trek we will climb up the steps (high steps) of capuliyoc, from  here we can appreciate the great apurímac canyon, then we will descend up to  the apurímac river where we will have lunch in a place called rosalina beach  (1550 m.). in the evening we will make our ascent up our base camp santa rosa  duration of 3 hours. 
                              time of trek:  approximately 06 hours. | 
                        
                          | day 02: from santa rosa to choquequirao and  raqaypata | 
                        
                          | after our breakfast we will head towards choquequirao, where we will arrive  approximately mid-day. here we will visit the complex archaeological remains of  choquequirao which is considered to be as important as machupicchu. it is  important to know that in the evening it might see condors.                               this day we will  spend the night in raqaypata located at the head of the complex.                                trekking time:  approximately 05 hours.  | 
                        
                          | day 03: from choquequirao to maizal. | 
                        
                          | after our breakfast  we will descend from raqaypata our lunch spot, where we will be entering a warm  intense climate; in the evening we will begin our ascent towards maizal where  we will see and appreciate inhabitants of the area, here we will spend the  night in our tents.                               trekking time:  approximately 08 hours  | 
                        
                          | day 04: from maizal to yanama. | 
                        
                          | we will begin very early after our breakfast (7.00am) because of the  climate and the fifth day they are in general cold, rainy and with a lot of  moisture; especially in yanama, the place where we will arrive after climbing.  we will spend the night in tents.                               trekking time: approximately 9 hours. | 
                        
                          | day 05: from yanama to collpapampa. | 
                        
                          | in the morning after  our breakfast we will continue with our ascent to reach the “paso yanama” then  we will descend to the santa teresa valley after we arrive at the santa teresa  river; we continue with our trek for along the river up till we reach totora  where we will have lunch. then in a more agreeable climate we will descend to  collpapampa, where we will have dinner and spend the night in tents                               trekking time:  approximately 08 hours. | 
                        
                          | day 06: from collpapampa to patallacta until  santa teresa. | 
                        
                          | we will begin our  trek at 7.00 am approximately we will descend again closet o the santa teresa  river until we arrive at the beach town, where we will have our lunch and  finally we will spend the rest of the day in the santa teresa village and we  will also spend the night.                               trekking time:  approximately 07 hours. | 
                        
                          | day 07: from santa teresa to the hydro electrics  and aguas calientes. | 
                        
                          | after breakfast we  will descend and cross the suspend bridge, then 40 minutes trek we will have an  adventure crossing by the oroya (iron system bridge) on the urubamba river and  we will continue up to the hydro electrics. finally, two hours of trekking via  the train tracks and we will arrive at aguas calientes where we will have lunch  and spend the night.                               trekking time:  approximately 05 hours | 
                        
                          | day 08: from aguas calientes to machupicchu and  cusco. | 
                        
                          | on this day we will  leave much earlier for the journey to machupicchu and to arrive at machupicchu  and fine the best lockout; from here there is a strategic place to observe the  first beams of sun on this citadel; then we will do the complete visit with our  guide. also you will have free time to possibility of climb huayna picchu or to  visit the incan bridge and/or the temple of the moon. finally we will take the  bus to return to aguas calientes and then later we will take the train to  cusco. | 
                        
                          | choquequirao  trek to machupicchu including: | 
                        
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                            tourist transportation from cusco to  cachora village.professional trekking guide.experienced cocineromeal in the trekkingbasic hotel in aguas calientes village.camping equipment (mattresses and tent)cooking equipment entrance fee to choquequirao.entrance fee to machupicchu. muleman  mules or horses carry the equipment (tents  and mattresses) and the foodticket train in backpacker service to cuscosales tax  | 
                        
                          | excluding | 
                        
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                            sleeping  back
last  lunch in aguas calientes village. | 
                        
                          | price | 
                        
                          | choquequirao  trek to machupicchu price: us$  …….by person | 
                        
                          | what to bring? | 
                        
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                            sleeping bag 
rain jacket or poncho (plastic ponchos can be purchased in cusco)
strong comfortable and waterproof footwear 
one complete change of clothing 
sweater and jacket 
water bottle and purification tablets (can be by in local pharmacies in  cusco) 
flashlight 
hat or cap 
sun block 
insect repellent 
toiletries, towel and toilet paper 
selection of small snacks, chocolate, dried fruit, biscuits etc 
swimsuit (if you plan on visiting the hot springs) 
original passport on the trail  | 
                        
                          | choquequirao weather | 
                        
                          | (april – november) dry seasonday temperature 18ºc/33ºc
 night temperature 3 ºc/11ºc
 (december – march) wet seasonday temperature 15ºc/24ºc
 night temperature 0 ºc/9ºc
 
                              is recommendable have  yellow fiber vaccination (malaria)
it is also important to be well  acclimatized to the altitude for that try to spend 2 nights in cusco (3400m)  prior to do the trek. | 
                        
                          | horses hire | 
                        
                          | horses can carry up to 95 k. = us$195 for the full duration of the  tour. each horse comes equipped with saddle and assistant who will provide food  and care the horse every day. |