Description:
Q’eswachaka is a long rope bridge that extends across the Apurimac River. Techniques have been passed down from one generation to the next since the Incan times making it a 600-year-old tradition (more or less).
Every year without fail, locals come together to build it again, just like they used to. As you can imagine, it’s no easy feat and requires a lot of hard work. Around 800 members from local communities come together to rebuild it annually.
Details:
Price:
820 USD (national & foreigners)
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Itinerary
- The Tour to Q´eswachaka Full Day begins with the collection of your accommodation between 4:30 and 4:45 am. If your hotel or hostel does not is located in the city center, we will pick you up from the door of our office building. Once the whole group is gathered, around 5:00 am, we will begin our travel in our private transport.
- Then we will have a two-hour van ride to town from Combapata, where we will have our local breakfast (made of local cereals such as quinoa, quiwicha, maca). After this, we will continue driving for 15 minutes until reaching the Combapata viewpoint, from which we will enjoy the beautiful landscapes and see where meets the Salcca River with the Vilcanota, the Sacred River of the Incas.
- Then, we will continue our trip to Yanaoca, one of the eight districts of the province of Canas in Cusco. From Yanaca, We will drive another thirty minutes to the Q’ewe district.
- From there, you will have your first glimpse of the old bridge suspended between sheer rock cliffs, while we drive through the Apurimac canyon.
- Next, we will leave the car and go down a steep path to a viewpoint to take photos, before carefully crossing the bridge together!
- Get ready for the adrenaline rush of a lifetime as you make your walk across the bridge swaying, and try not to look too close to the river several meters below!
- On another side, the bridge attendant will greet us and give a brief demonstration of the history and construction of the bridge.
- After visiting the bridge, we will drive to the regions where are the four famous lakes: Pampamarca, Asnacqoccha, Acopia, and Pomacanchi.
- Set like jewels among the green hills golden, they shimmer in the warm afternoon sun as the native flamingos and other birds fly and feed around its edges. We will stop at one of the shores of the lake to put our picnic blankets and enjoy our
picnic. - Finally, we will explore Rumi Punku before returning to Cuzco around 4:30 p.m. end of the tour in the plaza regocijo already in the historic center.
TOUR INCLUDES
• Pick up at your hotel.
• Private car to Queshuachaca (round trip).
• Professional guide (English and Spanish).
• 1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch.
• First aid box.
• Oxygen tank.
TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE
• Income
• Services not mentioned.