The tour begins with the pick-up from your accommodation between 4:30 and 4:45 am. If your hotel or hostel is not located in the city center, we will pick you up from the doorway of our office building. Once the whole group is gathered, around 5:00 am, we will start our journey in our private transportation.
We will then have a two hours hour van journey to the town of Combapata, where we will have our local breakfast (made of local cereals like quinoa, quiwicha, maca). After this will continue drive for 15 minutes until we will get the Combapata viewpoint, from which we will enjoy the beautiful landscapes and see where the Salcca River meets the Vilcanota, the Sacred River of the Incas.
Then, we will continue our journey to Yanaoca, one of the eight districts in the Canas province of Cusco. From Yanaoca, we will drive thirty minutes more to the Q’ewe district. From there, you will have your first glimpse of the ancient bridge suspended between the steep rock cliffs, as we drive down the Apurimac canyon.
We will then leave the car and descend 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 way across the swaying bridge, and try not to look too closely at the river several meters below! On the other side, the bridge attendant will greet us and give a brief demonstration of the bridge’s history and construction.
After visiting the bridge, we will drive to the regions where the four famous lakes are: Pampamarca, Asnacqoccha, Acopia, and Pomacanchi. Set like jewels among the gold-green hills, they shine in the warm, afternoon sun as native flamingos and other birds fly and feed around their edges. We will stop in one of the lakeshores to set our picnic blanket and enjoy our picnic.
04:30 - 05:00
Pick up each passengers from their respective hotels around of the historic center of cusco.
- 05:00 - 07:30
We will visit the famous 4 lakes of Cusco
- 07:30 - 08:30
Breakfast in Yanaoca.
- 08:30 - 11:00
We"ll arrive at the Qeswachaka Bridge where we can participate in the special "pago a la tierra" ceremony, carried out by an Andean priest - an offer to the mother earth.
- 12:00 - 13:30
Lunch at Qeswachaka Bridge.
- 14:00 - 15:00
Visit the Natural Cave of Carañahui.
- 15:00 - 17:00
Transport back to Cusco
- 17:00 - 17:30
Arrive to Cusco (San francisco square).
