Condor Viewpoint Tour in Cusco

Description of the Condor Viewpoint Tour in Cusco

With the “Condor Viewpoint Tour in Cusco”, you will be able to observe the largest bird that flies in the Andes, considered the sacred bird of the Incas and spiritual messenger bird.

The condor canyon or MIRADOR DE CHONTA, is a place where we can locate the Andean condor, called the sacred bird of the Incas, this place offers the majestic flight of the condor in its natural habitat and the impressive canyon of the Apurimac with more than 1500 meters deep.

QUILLARUMIYOC, in it you can observe terraces, symbols engraved on the largest rocks and an ancient temple dedicated to quilla (the moon), the feminine divinity. It presents a moon carved in low relief on a large rock of marine origin, the Inca architects carved this moon in a semicircle with the rim with an inner base. This semicircle has the shape of a crescent moon carved with 7 platforms, when seen from a distance it gives the impression of being the profile of a puma, where the carved crescent moon represents the eye of the feline.

TARAWASI, is an archaeological complex. It is composed of a great platform with walls of carved stones joined in a cellular style. We can find the stone altar, agricultural terraces, fountains and irrigation canals. Tarawasi is a compound word from Quechua, ″tara″ means thorny bush that bears fruit and “wasi” which means house.

Day 1: Pick up from Hotel – Limatambo – Killarimiyoc – Tarawasi – Chonta – Condor Viewpoint

• 07.00 hrs We will start the tour picking you up at your hotel. Transportation in tourist vehicle to Limatambo – Chonta.
• 09.30 hrs We visit the archaeological site of Killarumiyoc. The term Killa – Moon, refers to the spiritual couple of Inti – Sun. In KILLARUMIYOC, is a sculpture or stone carving of the figure of the crescent moon that was used to perform the accounting of the lunar phases, which would have made at night as the new moon, crescent moon, crescent moon, crescent moon, full moon, waning moon gibosa that was related to the agricultural activity of planting and harvesting, as well as livestock reproduction of the llama, alpaca and vikuña.
• 11.00 hrs We will arrive to the town of Limatambo and visit Tarawasi (optional). TARAWASI comes from two Quechua words, the first one “Tara,” refers to a bush and “wasi” to house. This would have been one of the many complexes built by the Inca Pachacutec during his reign. In this complex we can find: agricultural terraces, in which we can observe the presence of irrigation channels; the Temple of Tarawasi; and the hacienda.
• 12.00 hrs Lunch in Limatambo. Then, we will travel to the community of Chonta.
• 14.00 hrs Beginning of the hike to the Mirador de Condor (1h 30 min./4 km). Arrival at the viewpoint, we will have time to enjoy the majestic flight of the condor.
• 15.30 hrs Return to the village of Chonta and then to Cusco.