Chivay to Cabanaconde travel guide

From Chivay, the main road goes west along the Colca Canyon. The first village, after 8 km, is Yanque, where there’s an interesting church and a bridge to the villages on the other side. Beside the renovated Inca bridge, a 20-minute walk from Yanque plaza, is a large, warm thermal swimming pool (US$0.75). The next village after Yanque is Achoma, 30 minutes from Chivay along the Cabanaconde road. There is an old settlement where you can camp. The road continues to Maca, which barely survived an earthquake in November 1991. Then comes the tiny village of Pinchollo, with a basic hostal on the plaza (a room full of beds and one shared bathroom). There are no restaurants but you can eat at the Comedor Popular. From here it is a 30-minute walk on a dirt track to visit the geyser Hatun Infiernillo. You can walk from Pinchollo to the Sabancaya geyser in approximately seven hours. Boys will offer to guide you there. For information, ask for Eduardo, who acts as a guide. He lives next to the plaza.