Inca Quarry Sun Gate by Horse Full Day
Sun Gate Tour by Horseback
Our Sun Gate tour offers you a one day tour by horse, from Ollantaytambo to the Sun Gate, with beautiful scenery all along the way. The horses are looked after a local professional team in horseback riding and adapted to these kind of jobs.
We are the only locals that offer this adventure in horseback riding to reach the top of the mountain to enjoy that wonderful view, we offer you a local guide from the same place to learn and understand how is the connection between the locals of the Community Cachiccata.
As was before this place before adventurers, as were the mummies in the Inca quarries, and now as in return all these places.
The Briefing
It will be organized at your hotel one day before your departure to be clear about the adventure days. After receiving the details, you can ask your questions to the person who is in charge of taking you to the tours. The best way to explore the sun gate is by horseback or walking, the connection with nature and culture is the best way to enjoy the andes
Itinerary
Sun Gate tour Itinerary
Early in morning we pick you up 6:00 am from your hotel or air Bnb within cusco city. the drive itself is most interesting as we have amazing view of the mountains also passing through a few towns trailhead. The drive to Ollantaytambo is about 1:30 minutes. and we will be staring our horse riding to sun gate will be way up about 3:30 minutes to get to our destinations SUN GATE
The cachiccata route is a good option to only do a one-day tour and the scenario it offers is incomparable with no many visitors.
Our Sun Gate route is a mountain with many attractions. The temple of the sun is a stone construction, with an amazing entrance. In front of the temple, we have a wonderful view over the mountain of Veronica, the third largest mountain of the region of cusco with 5682 meters high.
The sun gate is a sacred place for many people who visit the place, people who believe in the Andean religion, this is the perfect place to make their offerings and to connected with mother earth, we have people who go as pilgrims just to feel the positive energies and connected with them.
We are sure to be very respectful of places like this sacred entrance to the mountain, Veronica, we work hard to understand and teach our clients who travel with us from the place of Cachiccata, Indigenous guides who have more knowledge of these places, for example Ronald tour guide of peru.
The route to the entrance of the sun we will also have to visit the quarries of the Incas which is located at the base of the black rock mountain. Here used to be the process of cutting the rocks to transport it to the city of Ollantaytambo and thus build the buildings that can be seen in the city of Ollantaytambo, the last city before entering Machupicchu inca city.
Our local expert guide will take you to some unforgettable places so you can enjoy the ride and explore fully our Inca culture.
Inclusions
Sun Gate Tours by Horse Included
- Tourist guide fluent in English, spanish and quechua.
- Bus round trip Cusco to ollantaytambo – ollantaytambo to cusco.
- Water
- Horses
- Horse man
- Boxlunch
Not Included in The tour
- breakfast
- waters to drink
- dinner
- tip to the crew
What To Bring
- Raincoat
- Sunglasses
- Camera with external battery
- Sun cream
- Hat for the sun and for the cold
- Hiking sticks
- Mosquito repellent
- Hiking shoes, trousers and jumpers
Departures & Price
Departure dates 2018
Price group
$ 90 per person
students: discount of $20, but you have to supply us with a copy of your ISIC card when you make the booking. Children up to 15 years of age will be charged as students, under the condition that you supply us with a copy of the passport at the time of booking time.
Note:
A minimum of two people is required to run the trek, and there is a maximum of eight people per group.
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