Duration

1 day

Altitude

4678 m

Physical level

medium

Overview

Viewpoint of the Condor Chonta Cusco. It is located in the Apurimac River Canyon in the Community of Chonta in the district of Limatambo Cusco at 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) and 2 hours by bus from the Imperial City of Cusco. Today, Mirador del Condor Chonta Cusco. It is an excellent place to make observation of condor that is a bigger bird that flies and in time of the Incas it was a sacred bird considered as Andean spiritual messenger. Observation of the Condor Chonta Cusco. It is the new tourist circuit for those who want to get out of the routine, more than anything, for lovers of bird watching, especially Condors (Vultur Gryphus).

At the same time you can see: eagles, sparrowhawks, kestrels, hummingbirds among others and also on the tour visit the small and beautiful archaeological remains Killarumiyoq and Tarawasi. Take a one-day tour like Laguna Humantay, Abra Salkantay and Montaña de Colores are daily departures from Cusco’s Imperial City.

 

The Andes sky is the preferred setting for one of the most impressive animals in the world: the Peruvian condor. This bird, the largest outside the aquatic world, is endemic to the entire Andean area of South America and in Peru you can see it fly in landscapes as beautiful as the Mirador de Chonta.

Itinerary

CUSCO – QUILLARUMIYOC – TARAWASI – CAÑÓN DEL CÓNDOR

 CUSCO – QUILLARUMIYOC – TARAWASI – CAÑÓN DEL CÓNDOR
  • 7:00 hrs. We start the tour, picking you up from your hotel in Cusco.
  • Visit of the archaeological site of Killarumiyoc
  • Arrival to Limatambo town and visit to Tarayhuasi (optional)
  • Lunch in Limatambo
  • Travel by tourist transportation to the community of Chonta
  • Beginning of the walk to the Mirador de Condor from the community of chinta
  • This trip has a duration of 1:30 hrs. On a distance of 4 kilometers approximately.
  • Time to enjoy the majestic flight of the condor.
  • Walk back to the community of Chonta
  • Transfer to the city of Cusco.

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