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The Condor sighting Chonta day tour is a new tourist attraction in the region of Cusco. You will be able to visit the picturesque village of Chonta. As part of this delightful day trip. You also will walk to the lookout point of Hahuacco, which is above the nesting place of the Condors with amazing views over the Chonta and Apurimac canyon in Cusco.
The Condor sighting Chonta tour is ideal tour for those people looking to see the biggest bird of the Andes flying, the majestic Condor soaring in its natural habitat the Chonta canyon. This rugged place is home to many dozens of Andean Condors and this activity is not a popular thing yet. So the lookout for the Condors is still a quiet and remote area, where only a few tourist arrive everyday.
To start this day trip, we will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco. We then start driving through a beautiful mountain scenery, after one hour car drive we will arrive to Vilcaconga great lookout for Salkantay Mountain, we then will start descending to the Valley of Limatambo. Where you can buy water or any additional last minute supplies. After a short stop at this village, we will continue our Condor sighting tour driving uphill on the dirt road towards to the community of Chonta (3,400 m).
After 1 ½ hours of moderate hiking, you will be arriving to the lookout of Hahuacco. This point has amazing views over the Condor canyon (Apurimac canyon) and Vilcabamaba mountain range. With a little bit of luck we will have a great moment watching Condors; it is common to see this majestic birds soaring in their natural habitat and overflying the Chonta canyon. In the afternoon we walk back down to Chonta for 1 ½ hours. We then drive back to Cusco.