![]() Thus, it was a very peaceful and beautiful hike.Īs we are both way more into hiking than history, we more or less skipped Huchoy Qosco on our way downwards. Furthermore, we did not see any other hikers on the trail besides some people walking around at the actual site. The landscape was beautiful and both sides of the pass are quite different, the vegetation changed quite rapidly when we descended to Huchuy Qosco and a lot of hummingbirds were scared up by our arrival. Even though it was a bit chilly at this altitude, it was very nice to rest there for a bit and enjoy the beautiful landscape. ![]() From the pass, you can see snow-capped mountains in both directions and there are some lakes up there. The host of our accomodation was even so nice to lend us his GPS, but it turned out to be not needed for this hike.įrom Taucca, we hiked up for a few hours to reach a pass at roughly 4400m before descending to Huchoy Qosco again. In Taucca, there are two starting points within 100m which are both marked by a big painted wall with some facts about the hike, so it is easy to find the starting point. going to Taucca from Cusco or starting the trek in Lamay (wouldn't recommend it), but we decided to do it from Urubamba as we used this place as a base for multiples hikes in the valley. We stayed at a hostel in Urubamba (B&B Valcava) and chose to take a cheap colectivo to Chinchero (less than 10 soles) from where we took a cheap taxi (I think we paid 15 soles) to the starting point of the hike, a very small place called Taucca. ![]() My girlfriend and I visited Huchuy Qosco during a beautiful day hike in August 2018. ![]()
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