January 2020 ~ CUSCO DESTINATION AGENCY

Friday, 31 January 2020

What is in Choquequirao?

January 31, 2020CHOQUEQUIRAO, choquequirao information, choquequirao path, choquequirao route, choquequirao to machu picchu, CUSCO, cusco destination, MACHU PICCHU, PERUNo comments

Choquequirao has only been excavated 30%. Despite this, it already has several very important Inca constructions: Main square: the main square or Huaqaypata divided the site in two. It is a two-story stone construction. Next to him, there are other buildings connected to each other. Colcas - Typical buildings of the main Inca centers. In Choquequirao, these platforms have internal subdivisions. The purpose of these deposits was to store products...

History and Sectors of the Choquequirao llacta

January 28, 2020CHOQUEQUIRAO, choquequirao information, choquequirao path, choquequirao to machu picchu, CHOQUEQUIRAO TREK, choquequiraotrek, cusco destination, travelNo comments

The lost city of the Incas of Choquequirao was probably built in the fifteenth century, along with the city of Machu Picchu, during the administration of the Inca Pachacútec. However, this statement is contradicted by other historians who claim that its construction was later than Pachacútec, during the governments of Túpac Yupanqui or Huayna Cápac. Choquequirao Trek Information In the Inca era, Choquequirao was a very important cultural and...

Useful information of the last refuge of the Incas

January 26, 2020CHOQUEQUIRAO, choquequirao information, choquequirao route, CHOQUEQUIRAO TREK, CUSCO, cusco destination, PERU, travel, travel to machu picchuNo comments

Spectacular and distant, lonely and forgotten, Choquequirao (3,085 masl) is ruled on the top of an almost impregnable mountain in the province of La Convencion, department of Cusco, reason that made it for more than 40 years the last bastion of resistance of The children of the Sun, who sought refuge in their stone walls, after the defeat of Manco Inca, the rebel Inca, will visit palaces, two-level temples, fountain systems, canals, aqueducts, and...

Brief information of CACHICATA QUARRY

January 21, 2020cachicata, cachicata trek, CUSCO, cusco destination, inca quarry, inca quarry trek, PERU, travel, trekNo comments

This place was dedicated to the carving and extraction of the stones that were used for the construction of Ollantaytambo and many surrounding precincts. This place is nine kilometers from the Inca town of Ollantaytambo and has three groups of quarries: Molle Pucro, Sirkusirkuyoc (it was the largest of the three), shows evidence of having been in full operation when the Spanish entered this area. And finally Kantirayoq or Cacchicata, where another...

Walk to the Cachicata Quarries

January 15, 2020cachicata, cachicata quarry, CUSCO, cusco destination, inca quarry, PERU, travelNo comments

The Walk to the Cachicata Quarries is located in the Ollantaytambo district, the living Inca city, this wonderful walk will take you to know one of the little known places where the stones were extracted for the construction of the cultivation terraces, temples and The entire archaeological complex of Ollantaytambo. We venture into a route full of beautiful and spectacular views of the sacred valley and the mystical city of Ollantaytambo. We will...