This post is dedicated to our weekend hike to the Incan ruins at Choquequirao. It was an intense hike that took us over 45 miles. We descended from 9500 feet to 5000 feet and back to 10,000 feet and that was just the way there...we did the reverse on the way home! We did have a guide and 2 mules that helped us carry all of our camping gear. The first picture above is of the majority of the ruins. It is a massive site and is still being actively excavated. Very few people go to this site each year and the day we were there, we were the only ones. There is no road, no electricity, and no running water and obviously no easy way to get there.
This picture is of Chuck in the main plaza of the ruins just as we arrived after already hiking 4 hours that day and climbing over 3000 feet. These ruins are often compared to Machu Picchu. They are more rustic in architecture, but a much larger site most of which is still unexcavated.
This is Angela sitting on a bench on our last day of the hike. It was in the morning and we had a magnificent view of the snow-capped Andean mountains all around us.
This picture is of Chuck at an overlook at the Choquequirao ruins. This gives an idea of how high the ruins are. When we were hiking, crossing the river below was the midpoint for the way there and the way back.
This next picture is of the clouds rising from the valley at sunrise on our last day on the trail. Not a bad view coming out of the tent in the morning.
The last picture is of our campsite one of the nights on the trail. As we were walking back after seeing the ruins, our guide had set up our tents and there was a rainbow over the farm where we were sleeping. Pretty picturesque. All in all this was a difficult hike, but well worth it.
This post is dedicated to our weekend hike to the Incan ruins at Choquequirao. It was an intense hike that took us over 45 miles. We descended from 9500 feet to 5000 feet and back to 10,000 feet and that was just the way there...we did the reverse on the way home! We did have a guide and 2 mules that helped us carry all of our camping gear. The first picture above is of the majority of the ruins. It is a massive site and is still being actively excavated. Very few people go to this site each year and the day we were there, we were the only ones. There is no road, no electricity, and no running water and obviously no easy way to get there.
This picture is of Chuck in the main plaza of the ruins just as we arrived after already hiking 4 hours that day and climbing over 3000 feet. These ruins are often compared to Machu Picchu. They are more rustic in architecture, but a much larger site most of which is still unexcavated.
This is Angela sitting on a bench on our last day of the hike. It was in the morning and we had a magnificent view of the snow-capped Andean mountains all around us.
This picture is of Chuck at an overlook at the Choquequirao ruins. This gives an idea of how high the ruins are. When we were hiking, crossing the river below was the midpoint for the way there and the way back.
This next picture is of the clouds rising from the valley at sunrise on our last day on the trail. Not a bad view coming out of the tent in the morning.
The last picture is of our campsite one of the nights on the trail. As we were walking back after seeing the ruins, our guide had set up our tents and there was a rainbow over the farm where we were sleeping. Pretty picturesque. All in all this was a difficult hike, but well worth it.
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