Takesi Trail
A pre-Columbian path
Description
The Takesi road takes its name from a hamlet located on the route, it is a road that runs approximately 35 kilometers, paved during the pre-Columbian era, much of which is still intact. It is worth mentioning that this route is one of the best preserved today.
This pre-Hispanic route is one of the many that linked the different ecological levels, the highlands, with the warm zones, traveled since time immemorial by people who exchanged tropical products with products from the highlands, where the great local cultures settled. They also constituted routes of immigration and conquest.
Location
Takesi Trail
Altitude
4.620m Max / 2.050m Min
Difficulty
Basic
Duration
3 Days / 2 Nights
Day 1.
La Paz – Choquecota – Takesi Ranch
We will leave La Paz to the town of Choquecota (3,900 m.) in private transport for two and a half hours, where the porters will be waiting for us. There we will begin the hike, passing by the San Francisco mine and an impressive landscape of the Mururata (5,870 m.), Then we will begin to ascend until we reach the Apacheta at 4,800 m., The climate in this region begins to be colder. After a rest in Apacheta, we will begin to descend for ten minutes, then we will stop for lunch, we will continue the hike until we reach the Takesi ranch (3,800 m.). Camping site.
Day 2.
Takesi Ranch – Chojlla Mine
We continue our hike during the journey we can appreciate the lush vegetation of the Yungas, from the village Kakapi (2800 m.), Around 12:00 we will have lunch on the banks of the river, after an hour and a half of rest, we continue walking to reach the Chojlla Mine (2280 m.)
Day 3.
Chojlla mine – La Paz
today we only have to go back to the city of peace
- Private transportation
- Guide
- Food
- Cook
- Camping equipment
- Mules and/or porters
- Income
- Sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Other material for personal use.
