The route that all the agencies in Cusco and the world will offer you is the traditional option that 99% of travelers use to reach the wonderful Choquequirao.
This route starts from Cachora, a town in Abancay that takes four hours to get there from the city of Cusco, it is the closest town to the first Capuliyoc trek point, seven kilometers away.
Capuliyoc consists of a small number of houses where you can find different services and products that you can buy before or after the walk.
The advantages of the classic option are the number of options that will be found in the market to join the circuit, all providers have the mobility and equipment to do so.
It is a pleasant, stimulating, fun and magical experience, we will visit several cities in two days before arriving in Choquequirao.
Of the two options, this is the easiest but also the least fun because we will be doing the same round trip.
How to get to Choquequirao?
The second option to get to Choquequirao is the hardest extreme trek adventure in Cusco. This is a tour reserved for people in excellent physical shape, accompanied by a good team of adventurers.
It has its pros and cons, like any trek option.
Among its main advantages is its particularity that allows you to make a different round trip.
Because the trek to Choquequirao starts from the municipality of Huanipaca, where we will find a panoramic point that will allow us to observe the mountain that we will find on the way to Choquequirao.
We descend to the Apurímac River along a path that allows us to pass through a travelers’ hacienda where we will find fruits, sugar cane, water and some puppies to keep us company.
The first camp will be on the river beach and from there we will ascend for about 20 kilometers until we reach the penultimate point before reaching Choquequirao.
In these 20 kilometers, we will cover what is normally done in 2 days with the regular route; However, the costs are high.
It is an extreme physical test for any adventurer, your body will be subject to wear and tear for six hours, but with an incredible landscape that will accompany us along the way, while the photos will be unique and special in the world, which will reassure. your. very few will be able to have a seed.
The option allows us to enter through the left side of the mountain and exit through the right side to go to Capuliyoc, where 99% of the tourists enter.
The main drawback is the lack of travel agency services for the itinerary. It’s not an option, so you’ll probably have to do it yourself.
The entire route is signposted, but we advise you not to do it alone unless you have the right equipment or the right physical condition, but always walk in a group.
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The best itinerary option for Choquequirao
If we have to choose between the two options, we definitely choose the more difficult path that takes us up the left side of the mountain towards Choquequirao.
Above all, because it is becoming more and more exciting to embark on a path in which the path is repeated, the outward journey is completely different from the return journey and can only be achieved with the second option.
But the minimum physical condition required is an obstacle, it is a difficult path and it will not be very easy to find an agency or professionals to accompany us on this path at regular costs.
However, it will be possible, you just have to look upstream for the ideal people.
If you definitely want to get to Choquequirao by any route, contact Kuskandes Trek. We have been accompanying hundreds of travelers for more than ten years to live their best experiences in Cusco and Peru.
We will find the best option to achieve your trek goals and if it is necessary to accompany you on the difficult path, we will do it.
Choquequirao is a destination that gives us the opportunity to live, in less than four days, one of the most extreme adventures in Cusco, during which we will take spectacular photographs.
