Mountain biking

Itinerary

Day 1:

Our bus will take you to the Laguna Huaypo near the village of Chinchero. This is the starting point of your mountain bike tour. On old Inca trails you will cross the altiplano of Chinchero until reaching the ruins of Moray (11 320 ft). The circular terraces of Moray had been an agricultural "research laboratory" of the Inca. The Inca took advantage of the difference in temperature from one terrace to the other one (approx. 2 ¬?F) and created an irrigation system by water channels for the cultivation of different crop strains. On the other side of the Urubamba Valley you will see dramatic snowcaps of the cordilleras Vilcabamba and Urubamba. After visiting the terraces of Moray nearly 20 km Andean downhill are waiting for you! In the afternoon you will reach the Salineras of Pichingote, which have been used since pre-Hispanic times. Enjoy this extraordinary sight as well as the single trails leading you and your mountain bike down to the Sacred Valley of the Inca. For your overnight stay we will offer you a range of different hotels in order to meet your personal preference (to be booked apart).

Day 2:

Leaving the Sacred Valley you will bike on a small road and reach the pass above the village of Calca. Surrounded by the snowcapped mountains of the Cordillera Urubamba you will start your mountain bike downhill on an old Inca trail back to the Sacred Valley of the Inca. This Inca trail leads you through secluded Andean communities, over Inca steps and narrow bridges, far away from beaten tracks.Your MTB tour ends in Calca, where our bus is already waiting for you. Arrival in Cusco in the early evening.

Notes

Includes:

  • Mountain bike
  • Helmet
  • Private bus
  • Lunch
  • Guide
 

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