Qeswachaka The Last Inca Bridge, Andean Technology

During the Inca period, the Quechua people built hanging bridges with vegetable fibers across the Andes, connecting one community to another. Q'eswachaka is the last living Inca bridge and is restored every year for cultural and ancestral tradition reasons. The process begins with the resistant vegetable fiber called q'oya, which is used in the construction of the bridge, in this activity all members of the family participate. The process lasts three days with rituals and offerings to Pachamama and the Apus.

- We will start the trip by picking you up at your hotel (nearby or in the historic center) at 05.00 and then we will start the trip to the southern area of Cusco, where we will visit 4 lagoons as part of the first activity.

- Then we will visit the town of Yanaoca, from where we will go to the Pabellones volcano.

- Afterwards, we will go to the “Last Inca Bridge”, where we will be explained how this tradition continues to this day.

- On the way back we will visit the colonial bridge Checacupe, where we will be able to observe the differences between the two bridges.

- Finally we will arrive in Cusco and the bus will leave us near the historic center of Cusco.