Price: $110.00
Palccoyo and Raqchi (temple of Wiracocha)
Code: RMARVT
Description
Palccoyo and Raqchi (temple of wiracocha) – (full day) – Cusco, Peru
After going to this beautiful mountain why not take advantage of visiting this magical and incredible construction of the Incas, today called the temple of the god wiracocha, a huge rectangular structure of two floors that measures 92 meters long by 25.5 wide. The structure is composed of a central adobe wall between 18 and 20 meters high, with an andesite stone base. According to the chroniclers, they attribute the Inca Wiracocha to build the temple, of course it is in a government previous to that of Pachacutec the ninth Inca.
TOUR OVERVIEW:
| DEPARTURE & RETURN LOCATION | Day hike tour |
| DURATION | Full Day 4:00 – 17:00 |
| DISTANCE | 10 km (4.4 Miles) Round trip hiking |
| ELEVATION | 4,600m (15,091 feet) / 5,036m (16,522 feet) |
| GOOD FOR | Those with a sense of adventure and in good hiking shape. |
| CONSIDERATIONS | Please remember comfortable shoes, rain poncho, sun hat and sunglasses. |
| HIGHLIGHTS | Amazing landscapes of herds of alpacas and llamas, the Ausangate Mountain. |
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Itinerary
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CUSCO – CHECACUPE – COMBAPATA – PALCCOYO – TEMPLE OF RAQCHI
We will pick you up from your hotel at 6.30 in the morning we will leave Cusco in our private vehicle south of Cusco to Checacupe, after that, we will go to Combapata, the estimated time of travel is 3 hours, once there we continue for a dirt road, we will start our walk about 1 hour and 30 minutes towards the Palccoyo mountain of colors (we will walk approximately 1.5 km). We will arrive at the Palccoyo Mountain of Colors, which is located at 4900 meters above sea level, after enjoying the scenery and taking pictures, we will return by the same route to the lunch place, after lunch, we will leave 15 minutes from the town of Combapata to visit to the largest Inca temple built with adobe, the visit will be 1.30 hours and then we return to the city of Cusco arriving between 5:00 and 6:00 pm. Approximately
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