Originally Posted by
Perdido
We are over-thinking this. The Sacred Valley loop is very obvious and it's just about impossible to get lost. Just follow the road signs, you will figure it out. Cuzco, Pisac, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, double back to the Chincheros cut off and crank up out of the Valley floor up to Chincheros and maybe take the side road to Moray/Maras and do some exploring, then back to the main road to Chincheros and Cuzco. I'm making this sound more complicated than it really is so sorry about that.
Here we go...I basically took your route you recommended in a very early post on this thread and added a larger radius to it. It seems doable. Hopefully you agree. Also, I am the most directionally challenged human on the planet so I really need to put extra care and consideration into my route planning than most.
1st Leg: Cusco to Huarcapay
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2nd Leg: Huarcapay to Pisac
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3rd Leg: Pisac to Urubamba. I'll likely camp somewhere around Urubamba before the big climb on day 2.
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4th Leg: Urubamba to Maras (Image Above From My Previous Post)
5th Leg: Maras to Pachar...see the pin that says "SaltPonds?" Is that where they are located?
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6th Leg: No route available but here's the street view of the gravel road that runs along next to the stream. That road runs all the way from Pachar to Huarocondo, which then becomes paved and leads me back to Cusco.
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Thoughts?