Ruta del Sol

Description Tour Ruta del Sol Cusco – Puno

With the “Ruta del Sol Cusco – Puno Tour”, you can enjoy a magical journey from Puno to Cusco or vice versa. The important thing is that through the Ruta del Sol, you will know different and beautiful destinations by bus as Raqchi or Pukara; places where the ancestral tradition that Peru lived before the discovery of America is still alive.

PUKARA is also known as the “Land of the little bull”. During pre-Columbian times, this was the place of growth of the Pucara culture, which is why it is a site endowed with many archaeological samples. If you want to know more about that ancient essence, then we will visit the Lithic Museum. In this museum you will have a global idea of what was the Pucará tradition, all its history and all those works that resisted to die with the passing of time. Ruta del Sol Bus Tour

On tours to RAQCHI, you will experience a place that shines for being solitary and nostalgic, while ancient rock buildings try to survive the passing of time. In the tour of this destination you will see sturdy columns, colcas and traditional baths of the Incas and what most catches your attention is the Temple of Wiracocha, which according to historians belonged to the Inca Empire.

Enjoy the Ruta del Sol Cusco – Puno Sun Route Tour.

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Cusco (3,399 masl)
• Andahuaylillas (3,100 masl)
• Raqchi (3,460 masl)
• Pucara (3,887 masl)
• Puno (3,827 masl)

Day 1: Pick up from Hotel – Andsahuaylillas – Raqchi – La Raya – Pucara – Puno

• DEPARTURE FROM CUSCO: Pick up at 06.00 hrs at your hotel to the Ruta del Sol Bus Terminal, luggage check-in at 06.40 am. During the route we will make several stops to see different archaeological monuments until we arrive to the city of Puno.
• ANDAHUAYLILLAS CHAPEL, dating from the seventeenth century, also known as the Sistine of the Andes for the beauty of its murals, the tour in Andahuaylillas is done by the work in gold leaf and paintings of the Cusco school that houses inside (25 min).
• Then we will visit the ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX OF RAQCHI, also known as the Temple of the god WIRACOCHA, who was the supreme Inca deity, in this place we will find Colcas or Andean granaries, we will also see magnificent buildings in stone and adobe (40 min).
• Lunch is buffet and was in the tourist restaurant LA PASCANA. The buffet consists of a wide range of national and regional food, the richest desserts and hot drinks (40 min.).
• EL PASO DE LA RAYA, Border between the cities of Cusco and Puno to more than 4335 meters above sea level where the famous snowy CHIMBOYA is located, here you can take pictures of the landscape, the visit lasts 7 to 10 minutes.
• THE LITICAL MUSEUM OF PUCARA, which is a culture that developed from 1600 BC to 400 AD located 106 km. northeast of the city of Puno, in this tour to the museum of Pucara we can find ceramics and sculptures representing zoo morphic figures, including the famous sculpture of HATUNÑAQAC that in our times would be translated as the supreme cutthroat (30 min).
• ARRIVAL IN PUNO, private terminal at approximately 17.00 hrs. Transfer to your hotel.

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH – AGENCY / DINNER – PASSENGER