Yunga Cruz

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3 days

¨The best Inka trail in Bolivia¨. Sean B.

The roughest and most impressive of the precolonial trail used by the Tiwanacu and Inca cultures and also the least frequented one. The Yunga Cruz trail links the desert Altiplano and the Yungas, the lush subtropical valleys covered with thick cloud forest, sitting between the high Andes and the infinite green carpet of the Amazon Basin.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• The most exciting but hardest of the three so-called Inca Trails.
• Fewer people, less litter and more wildlife.
• Great views of Illimani´s east face
• Incredible variety of landforms and vegetation across the various altitude zones.

PROGRAM

Day 1. After breakfast you will ride in direction to Chuñavi , 5 hours from La Paz, where the porters and the animals will be waiting, later after 3 hours you arrive to the campsite next to a stream of water nearby the Khala Ciudad mountain.

Day 2. Today you will leave in direction to Cuchilltauca mountain, which is about 1 ½ hours from the campsite. Later after 3 hours you will reach Yunga Cruz mountain to set camp.

Day 3. Start descending towards Yungas, after three stream crossings, the vegetation gets thicker. Two hours later and with the help of a machete you will reach a clearing and from there will head to the road to Sikilini (in 3 hours). In additional 2 hours you will reach Village of Chulumani. Stay overnight at a Hotel or head back to La Paz.

LAND COSTS INCLUDE:

• Transportation
• Food. We eat high quality meals using fresh local ingredients.
• Top quality mountaineering tents are provided.
• Mules or porters
• Guide

LAND COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE:

• Meals except while trekking
• Personal gear
• Hotel in Chulumani
• Gratuities to guides and staff
• Insurance
• Rescue or medical expenses that may occur during the trip.