GPS Track Details | ||
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Difficulty: | 2/5 - Easy | |
Track length: | 8.74 Kilometers | |
Total Ascent: | 188 Meters | |
Total Descent: | 197 Meters |
A-1 El Chaupi Loop
Distance 8.7 km
Time 45 minutes
Altitude 1495 m – 1580 m
Ascent 109 m
Descent 118 m
Rating Easy
Start Bus-terminal Vilcabamba
End Bus-terminal Vilcabamba
This short, easy loop is a relaxing ride along the Rio Vilcabamba-valley, down to the Hacienda San Joaquin, across the river and back on the Cucanama-highway to Vilcabamba.
Route: Start this ride north along the highway, and pass the Puerta de Entrada (Vilcabamba entrance-Arch), cross the Bridge at the conjunction of the Rio Chamba with the Rio Uchima (From this point on, the river is called Rio Vilcabamba) then follow the main road another 200 meters to the sign pointing to Hosteria Madre Tierra on your left. Follow this dirt road on the right-hand side of The Rio Vilcabamba Valley. Passing Hosteria Madre Tierra http://www.madretierra.com.ec/ , orchards, sugarcane fields and scattered houses and the Dominican cloister “Puerta del Cielo”, you’ll reach the hamlet of el Chaupi, where, to your right, you’ll notice the guarded entrance to the gated international community of the Hacienda San Joaquin http://www.haciendasanjoaquin.com/ . Instead of entering the Hacienda, take the little path leading down to the suspension bridge, crossing Rio Vilcabamba. 300 meters uphill from the bridge you’ll reach the sealed Vilcabamba-Linderos road. Turn left onto the sealed road, which leads back to Vilcabamba.