The unforgettable Quechua experience: the Camino del Inca
With a French girl and an Italian guy met at the hostel, we decided to go trekking through the famous Camino del Inca, then visiting the crater of Maragua and eventually Potolo for the dinosaurs footsteps. Two days if everything was ok. Obviously no guide, altrough it is possible and highly recommended.
Took the bus early in the morning from Sucre to Chataquila. The landscape was beautiful so the 2 hours descending the Camino del Inca flow by.
Some rest in Chaunaca, paid the 10 Bolivianos to pass through, and we took the road to Maragua.
Everyone warned us. There are 2 routes and the easiest is just walk down the main road. The other one would take us to nowhere as the path is not clearly marked. We needed to walk along a river and then cross a bridge and start hiking a mountain.
Guess what? As soon as we saw the river we decided to follow it. In 3 hours we were at the footbridge to cross. This was located behind an abandoned church and just close to a ghost town Socopampa.
The bridge didn't have a good look. It was actually closed. We opened the gate and realized that it was oblique.
Too late to go back so we decided to go through it. Slowly. Very slowly.
Surprisingly an old lady was waiting for us at the other extrimity of the bridge. We had to pay 10 Bolivianos more to enter Maragua. Never been so happy to pay a ticket. It meant we were on the right way. Even better, we were at just 1 hour to Maragua "city center". At least, this was what she said.
So, altrough now we had to go up (very up) we were very happy.
And here started all... To be continued
Ps. The 20 Bolivianos we had to pay for this route go to the local community.
Took the bus early in the morning from Sucre to Chataquila. The landscape was beautiful so the 2 hours descending the Camino del Inca flow by.
Some rest in Chaunaca, paid the 10 Bolivianos to pass through, and we took the road to Maragua.
Everyone warned us. There are 2 routes and the easiest is just walk down the main road. The other one would take us to nowhere as the path is not clearly marked. We needed to walk along a river and then cross a bridge and start hiking a mountain.
Guess what? As soon as we saw the river we decided to follow it. In 3 hours we were at the footbridge to cross. This was located behind an abandoned church and just close to a ghost town Socopampa.
The bridge didn't have a good look. It was actually closed. We opened the gate and realized that it was oblique.
Too late to go back so we decided to go through it. Slowly. Very slowly.
Surprisingly an old lady was waiting for us at the other extrimity of the bridge. We had to pay 10 Bolivianos more to enter Maragua. Never been so happy to pay a ticket. It meant we were on the right way. Even better, we were at just 1 hour to Maragua "city center". At least, this was what she said.
So, altrough now we had to go up (very up) we were very happy.
And here started all... To be continued
Ps. The 20 Bolivianos we had to pay for this route go to the local community.
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