Day Hikes
Cusco day hikes: one of the best activities to stay in shape and get adjusted to the high elevation and serious trekking tours, Cusco a regions of wonders has several opportunities to stay active and discover amazing places, here we have several hiking option from easy activity in the streets of Cusco visiting plazas, markets and historical sites, up to challenging day hikes; Here is a list of some of our selection that we have made for you:
Cusco city walking tour; visit the city center, sun temple “qoricancha”, the cathedral of Cusco, san Blass neighborhood, and important streets. Cusco antisuyo Inca trail; an amazing Inca trails that used to lead to pisac and other provinces, recently restored show several archaeological sites along the way, 3 hours of intermediate hike. Hummingbird terraces hike; a new hikes by trail to the rupestrian ants and the hummingbird terraces in Zurite (as part of our social project we worked with the community to adequate the trail).
Then, there also other hikes such as: the sacred pumamarka hike; trail that takes you to a nice inca village. Hike if pisac; trail that leads from pisac inca cemetery crossing by the religious building up to the bottom in the pisac in the sacred valley. Huantay lake tour; a day trip that involves 2 hours walk to get the nice glacier lake near by Salkantay mountain, etc.