Mountain Biking, Mountain Bike Tours, Urubamba, Cusco, Peru, Sacred Valley, Chinchero, Pisac, Moray
Chinchero Highlands Challenge
This tour requires a medium to high level of fitness for someone who is not acclimatised to high altitude conditions. It is designed to be a challenging 1 day ride. Although the climbing undertaken is mostly of a gradual nature the ride starts at over 3500m and attains a maximum altitude of over 4200m.

Departure - 7:45AM from Los Jardines.
We will be driven to Corao and arrive there approximately 8:30AM.

After unloading the bikes and performing a final safety check, we will embark on an ascent of approximately 450 metres, passing through Quechua farmland and villages, to reach the first pass of 4000 metres, after approximately 12 kilometres, giving you spectacular views of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. A short distance further from this pass will allow you more views of the valley including Pisac.

From this vantage point you can also see the village of Patabamba, a few kilometres further on in our direction of travel, where we may be able to see some of the best examples of Andean textiles being fabricated. Approaching Patabamba we will gain some speed as we descend to about 3800 metres.

After Patabamba we will pass through another Quechua village, named Quenco, from where we will start our second major ascent to 4200 metres into more amazing scenery before descending to pass through more villages and by Laguna Piuray and into Chinchero for a well deserved lunch.

After lunch we can visit the Inca ruins of Chinchero to allow our meal some time to digest before we continue on to Urubamba following the route of the Andean Landscapes & Incan Laboratory Exploration tour.

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