Q’eswachaka – The Inca Bridge

Tour details

Built in vegetable fiber known as ichu, located in the department of Canas del Cusco at more than 3700 m a.s.l., this bridge crosses the river Apurimac with more than 28 meters long and 1.20 meters wide and its maintenance exists since the time of the INKAS and its renewal is annual with a duration of 4 days of dances and festivities that begin on the first Sunday of June.

Itinerary

CUSCO – CUSIPATA – ACOMAYO – 4 LAGOONS – PABELLON VOLCANO – QESWACHAKA BRIDGE.

  • Time to pick up by bus around 4:30 am to 5:30 am (approx) from your lodging, we will head south of Cusco to the area known as Cusipata (2 hours) where we will have our delicious breakfast semibuffet.
  • 4 LAgunAS: We will go back to our bus and travel for approximately 30 and we will arrive at the first lagoon known as POMACANCHI , we will make a brief stop for the explanation of the place and then continue to the next lagoon called ACOPIA where we will have again a stop and an explanation about the place, we will continue our tour until we reach the lagoon ASNAQOCHA where we will visit this beautiful place and know its name, finally we will reach the lagoon PAMPA MARCA .
  • VOLCÁN PABELLÓN: We will continue our tour in our tour we will also visit a small volcano known as PABELLÓN .
  • PUENTE INCA QESWACHAKA: Continuing our journey we will arrive to the last Inca bridge known as Qeswachaka, associated to the archaeological site of Llantuco where we will be able to observe the imposing Apurímac river and we will also have the explanation of our tourist guide on the construction and the material known as Ichu, finishing the visit we will return to the town of Cusipata where we will have our delicious semi buffet lunch.
  • After lunch we will be ready to return to the city of Cusco where the car will make the last stop near the main square, we will arrive between 5:30 to 06:30 pm.

Includes

  • Pick up at your accommodation.
  • Transport back and forth well equipped.
  • Specialized bilingual professional guide ESP-ENG
  • Semi-buffet breakfast in tourist restaurant in Cusipata
  • Semi-buffet lunch in tourist restaurant in Cusipata
  • First aid kit.

Not included

  • Income to the bridge: foreign s/20 and national s/10
  • Appetizers (snacks)
  • Propines (optional)

What to bring

  • Comfortable tennis shoes
  • Sunglasses
  • Sunscreen
  • Cap or hat
  • Jacket
  • Camera
  • Extra money

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