Wakra Pukara Short Walking Tours

In the morning around 4 am you will be picked up from your hotel and we will drive around two and a half hour drive towards Marcaconga village, then continue into the district of Pitumarca, where we will eat breakfast in a little local restaurant.

After breakfast, we will return to the car for thirty more minutes of driving along a zig-zagging, unpaved mountain road.

Then we will make our final preparations for the trek. We will walk across gently rolling terrain for about two hours, observing gorgeous landscapes studded with small glacial lakes along the way.

Once we arrive at the Wakra Pukara Overlook, we will pause briefly to take our first photos of this incredible fortress perched on the edge of a canyon. We will then descend for about forty minutes along a steep, cliffside path into the site itself, while the Apurimac River runs swiftly below.

We will explore the ruins for approximately an hour and a half, climbing through the remains of the temple complex, taking photos against the incredible canyon scenery, and resting on clifftops in the shadows of the stone walls enjoying our box lunch.

Then we will begin the ascent back the way we came. We will reach the car after about three hours of trekking, and return to Cusco at approximately 6:00 pm.