BIKING IN THE ANDES
Full Day
Lima - Cusco - Puno - Arequipa
Reserve 30 days in advance
Itinerary:
We leave by our private car to the lake of Huaypo, located about
1 hour away. The scenery is wonderful, with rolling hills and a big
mountain range in the background, as we use an old dirt road very seldom
used, all in the middle of Andean crops, mainly grains. We will do a
combination of driving and biking. It takes about an hour to
pass above the town of Maras. From there we will
continue to the magnificent agricultural terraces of Moray where
different levels of terraces are carved into deep bowls/sink holes that
were used by the Inca to experiment with and adapt Andean crops to the
altitude.
We will enjoy a special picnic lunch, prepared with
product from the
region.
There and then return a few kilometers toward Maras
where we will then ride to the terraced Salinas salt
pans. A hot spring at the top of the valley discharges a small stream of
heavily salt-laden water, which is diverted into salt pans and
evaporated to produce a salt that is used for cattle licks. We get to
see them from the road and then descend to them. Here we leave the bikes
and hike in the middle of the salt ponds to the valley of the
Urubamba river below.
