Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day
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$108.72
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$108.72
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Ages 3-80, max of 20 per group
Duration: 10h
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English, Spanish
- Professional Tour Guide (Licensed)
- Transport by private vehicle
- Lunch
- All fees and taxes
What's not included- Gratuities
- Entry/Admission - Ingapirca Ruins
- Departure details
- Traveler pickup is offered.
- Hotel pickup is offered. View the hotel list on our checkout page to see if yours is included among the pickup points.
Return details- Returns to original departure point
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 28838P21- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- A moderate amount of hiking is involved
- Operates in all weather conditions, please contact us for more details
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- What you can expect during your visit
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Temperature checks for tour participants upon arrival
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Community- Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.
- Which attractions will I visit with Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day?
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- How much is Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day?
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- What is the Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day cancellation policy?
- Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day on Tripadvisor
- Which company provides Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day?
- Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day is hosted by Cuenca Bestours. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Cuenca Bestours on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Inca Trail Culebrillas to Ingapirca 1-Day on Tripadvisor
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 28838P21
About the operator
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lawyergirl
00A delightful adventure
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BarbUnderwood
00Excellent half day loop trail tour
We had a super time on this half day tour. Picked up on time. Our guide was a naturalist and knew so much about flo…
Mary W
00Traditional dishes done well!
It was great going to the market, then. Seeing how all the ingredients were used in the soup and chicken. We also t…
Gerardus d
00Flawless and enjoyable
With just a week left, I inquired for a customized two-day trip. Response was quick, friendly and adequate. Despite…
LARyan
00Tour & transfer between Cuenca & Guayaquil
This was a great way to add to a transfer between Cuenca & Guayaquil. We stopped in Cajas national park & also at a…
LARyan
00A great day out
This was an excellent day trip with clear communication from the organizers. Ingapirca was fascinating, bigger & mo…
guidoq1999
00Insightful Ecosystem Tour
Highly recommended. Really beautiful. Group tour guide Andreas is knowledgeable about the ecosystem.
_steph91986
00A great day in Cajas
Our Cajas full day tour was one of the highlights of our trip to Ecuador. Juan was our guide and was enthusiastic a…
sandramP6040DK
00The guide makes the trip
My favourite part of the trip was learning from Wilson. I appreciated his flexibility in tailoring the trip to our …
easybreezytravelgirl
00Shop and cook like a local - Super fun and delicious!!
This was so much fun! We visited the Mercado (which is interesting in and of itself) and got food for the meal we w…
easybreezytravelgirl
00Super fun and informative tour. Great way to explore Cuenca!
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dianebK99TA
00Amazing and gorgeous
The mountains are far more beautiful than the pictures show. If you can book the all day hike. You will hike lower …
travelsaroundUSA
00Great half day tour
Wilson picked us up at the airport - he was waiting with a sign with our name on it. We drove to the Panama Hat Fa…
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00Fun tour with beautiful scenery!
We had a fantastic tour with Wilson! He was extremely knowledgeable, patient, generous and fun! We learned a lot ab…
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00A great way to get quickly acquainted with Cuenca
The half-day personal tour is a great way to quickly get acquainted with Cuenca. We used this tour as a starting pl…
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Kay C
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Sep 2022 • Friends
The hike was incredible, Juan was so knowledgeable about the landscape, plants, and animals. We were the only people we saw for the entire hike and had Sangay all to ourselves!
El trek fue increÃble, Juan tuve mucho conocimiento sobre el paisaje y la naturaleza. Fuimos solos en todo el trek y no vimos a nadie.
El trek fue increÃble, Juan tuve mucho conocimiento sobre el paisaje y la naturaleza. Fuimos solos en todo el trek y no vimos a nadie.
Written September 13, 2022
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Nicki E
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Sep 2021
While staying in Cuenca, we did two half-day hikes at nearby national parks. Both were arranged ahead of time through Cuenca Bestours. Great communication all the way along, and our guides were wonderful. Each tour included pick up and drop off at our hotel.
The Ingapirka/Inca Trail hike started in Sangay National Park at Laguna Culebrillas. From there our guide, Luis, led us along a portion of the Inca trail that once connected Quito with Cusco, including a stop at the ruins of an Incan way station. We never saw a single other hiker along the way—just a couple of caballeros going in the opposite direction. It was a fairly easy hike, not too much going up, but it’s soggy and there was a lot of puddle & stream jumping toward the end, so we were glad to have waterproof boots because our shiny new hikers were COVERED in mud by the end of the hike. I also recommend wearing quick-drying wool socks because I sometimes slammed a foot into water that flooded my entire boot.
This biosphere was also a paramo, but it felt different from Cajas. Cajas is, like, this crazy terrain that completely changes every time you turn a corner, whereas the scenery along this portion of the Inka Trail is more uniform with incredible views of mountainscapes and clouds. We hiked for 3 ½ hours with gorgeous views, and then a driver brought us to the town of Ingapirka where we relaxed in a local restaurant and enjoyed a hot lunch and warm Ecuadorian moonshine (which I suspect was a perk of being with Luis, a homegrown Ingapirkan).
Next came a short guided tour of the Ingapirka ruins. It was interesting to see the blending of Cañari and Incan traditions in the structure, and Luis provided great background to what we were looking at.
The drive from and back to Cuenca was an hour and a half each way. Luis pointed out interesting sites along the way and told their stories. He was also happy to stop along the road when we wanted to take a picture. Once you get to the town of Ingapirka, it’s a very bumpy vertical drive of almost an hour to the starting point of the hike.
The Ingapirka/Inca Trail hike started in Sangay National Park at Laguna Culebrillas. From there our guide, Luis, led us along a portion of the Inca trail that once connected Quito with Cusco, including a stop at the ruins of an Incan way station. We never saw a single other hiker along the way—just a couple of caballeros going in the opposite direction. It was a fairly easy hike, not too much going up, but it’s soggy and there was a lot of puddle & stream jumping toward the end, so we were glad to have waterproof boots because our shiny new hikers were COVERED in mud by the end of the hike. I also recommend wearing quick-drying wool socks because I sometimes slammed a foot into water that flooded my entire boot.
This biosphere was also a paramo, but it felt different from Cajas. Cajas is, like, this crazy terrain that completely changes every time you turn a corner, whereas the scenery along this portion of the Inka Trail is more uniform with incredible views of mountainscapes and clouds. We hiked for 3 ½ hours with gorgeous views, and then a driver brought us to the town of Ingapirka where we relaxed in a local restaurant and enjoyed a hot lunch and warm Ecuadorian moonshine (which I suspect was a perk of being with Luis, a homegrown Ingapirkan).
Next came a short guided tour of the Ingapirka ruins. It was interesting to see the blending of Cañari and Incan traditions in the structure, and Luis provided great background to what we were looking at.
The drive from and back to Cuenca was an hour and a half each way. Luis pointed out interesting sites along the way and told their stories. He was also happy to stop along the road when we wanted to take a picture. Once you get to the town of Ingapirka, it’s a very bumpy vertical drive of almost an hour to the starting point of the hike.
Written September 25, 2021
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