CHOQUEQUIRAO TREK CLASSIC 4 DAYS

You can visit the architectural complex Choquequirao is situated in Vilcabamba at 3100 meters, considered the last Inka refuge and place of resistance from the invaders, when doing ....

INCA JUNGLE TRAIL 4 DAYS

Our Inca Jungle Trail classic To Machu Picchu combines adventure sports such as mountain biking, rafting, zip line, hot spring and trekking for 4 days until you reach Machu Picchu....

INCA QUARRY TREK 4 DAYS

The quarry of Cachicata was the place of extraction of the stones that were used for the construction of Ollantaytambo and many surrounding areas....

INCA TRAIL CLASSIC 4 DAYS

In the upper area close to the Skies, the Incas built one of their best-preserved cities, now recognized as one of the 7 wonders of the modern world. Many travelers and adventurers come....

RAINBOW MOUNTAIN FULL DAY

According to the research, the coloration of the rainbow mountain is due to the composition of minerals that it has: the pink color is for the red clay, fangolitas and arilitas. The whitish, for the quartzose ...

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Showing posts with label cusco destination. Show all posts

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗖𝗢 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 – 𝗖𝗜𝗨𝗗𝗔𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔

 ℒ𝒶 𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒶 𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒶𝓇𝒾𝒶 𝓈𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒶 𝒶 𝒸𝒶𝒹𝒶 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝑜 𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝒹𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓇 𝓁𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓇𝒾𝑔𝑒𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝒶 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓏𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝒾𝓅𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝑒 𝒞𝓊𝓈𝒸𝑜, 𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒸𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒾𝒹𝑜 𝑒𝓃 𝑒𝓁 𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓂𝓅𝑜. 𝒮𝓊𝓈 𝓅𝓊𝑒𝒷𝓁𝑜𝓈, 𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒶́𝓃 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓈 𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒾𝓈𝓂𝑜 𝓆𝓊𝑒 𝓃𝑜 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓇𝓇𝒶́𝓈 𝒾𝓇𝓉𝑒 𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒶́𝓈. 𝒴 𝒸𝓊𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑜 𝓉𝑒𝓃𝑔𝒶𝓈...

Monday, 13 February 2023

MACHU PICCHU

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Machu Picchu is one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World, Heritage of Humanity, Historical Sanctuary of Peru and probably the most important archaeological site in Latin America. Machu Picchu es majestic architecture comprises 140 structures throughout the citadel. Machu Picchu was built by the Inca Pachacutec around the year 1460. After being forgotten, it was only in 1911 that the American Hiram Bingham...

Sunday, 29 March 2020

INFORMACION OF HUCHUY QOSQO - CUSCO - PERU

Where is Huchuy Qosqo located? Huchuy Qosqo is located in the peasant community of the same name, just under 5 km from the city of Calca in the department of Cusco, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas; exactly at a summit at 570 m. over the Urubamba river basin (Vilcanota). The Huchuy Qosqo route is very beautiful; walking its trails will allow you to visit some Andean communities, archaeological centers and enjoy beautiful landscapes. Many people...

INFORMATION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX OF HUCHUY QOSQO

Description This complex is the most important archaeological center in the Urubamba valley, after Ollantaytambo and Pisac. The ruins are impressive, although the conservation of the site is inferior to that of Ollantaytambo or Pisac, because they are older. But unlike the aforementioned places, Huchuy Qosqo has a peculiar architecture: the buildings have been built on polished stone bases with a fine finish, with clay plaster (they are the best...

Wednesday, 25 March 2020

INCA JUNGLE TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU ITINERARY

Our Inca Jungle Short is a quick way to combines adventure sports such as mountain biking, river rafting, zip line and trek for 3 days until you reach Machu Picchu. The Inca Jungle Trail Short combines adventure sports such as mountain biking, rafting, zip line and trekking for 3 days until you reach Machu Picchu and one of the additional mountains "Machu Picchu Mountain" or "Huaynapicchu". The Inka Jungle Trail is the favorite tour for young people...

Monday, 23 March 2020

The snowy Salkantay: information about the Salkantay trek

MORE TOURS IN CUSCO TO MACHU PICCHUOne of the most incredible ways to visit Machu Picchu is through the Salkantay trek. This 5-day and 4-night hiking route crosses the imposing snow-capped Salkantay and then reaches the Wonder of the World. Would you like to know Machu Picchu with this adventure surrounded by amazing landscapes? Know everything you need to know about the Salkantay trek. What does Salkantay mean?The Salkantay is a snowy mountain...

Friday, 20 March 2020

INCA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU

The Incas covered much of the South American continent. To maintain communication in such a vast territory, it was necessary to build a network of roads. Thus, the Inca ordered to build a network of roads called Qhapac Ñan (Inca Trail). The Qhapac Ñan managed to cover up to 30 thousand kilometers from the current countries of Peru, Ecuador and part of Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Colombia. The trekking route from the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu...

Friday, 13 March 2020

The different colors of the Rainbow Mountain in Cusco

Many people ask the question of why the Colors of the Rainbow Mountain, in this article we will answer all your questions and you will find some other things.The Vinincunca mountain of colors has come to fame very quickly, becoming one of the most visited tourist places in Peru by tourists from all over the world, for the great attraction of its colors and its beautiful landscape view of its snow-capped mountains that has captivated More than one...

Wednesday, 11 March 2020

Choquequirao Archaeological Site and its twelve sectors

Sectors of Choquequirao  In sector I, the sector of the plaza and temple, hanan area, located to the north and which is the highest part, there are five floor buildings, located on terraces of different levels. It is possible that they served as the residence of the priests. Higher up, there is another smaller plaza where two warehouse buildings (qolqas) and three other long residential buildings are located. (kallankas). A wall with a main...

Choquequirao archaeological complex - Cusco - Peru

It is an Inca urban construction, which archaeological studies may be better specifying in the future, as its architectural structure and functions are analyzed. Only archaeologists will determine if there is material evidence with greater antiquity in the same location.56 In a general sense, the Andean populated centers especially Inca also called liadas, are characterized by being fixed according to a distribution pattern: square; a number of large,...

Friday, 21 February 2020

ABRA MALAGA - INCA JUNGLE ROUTE

The Abra Malaga is a route that starts in the town of Ollantaytambo, Cusco and runs along the 28B Ollantaytambo - Quillabamba road through unique Andean ecosystems. This route contains two types of well-defined areas: El Abra (4,297 meters above sea level) and the lower zone (Carrizales 3,245 meters above sea level). The birds you can see are rare and highly sought after.The predominant ecosystem is the rain forest Montano Tropical or cloud forest...

Tourist attractions of the valley of Lares Cusco

The people of Lima who live in Cusco have a typical crisis due to lack of the sea. Luckily we have the hot springs of Lares, which although it is neither beach nor sea, has enough water to kill the withdrawal syndrome or at least, shuffle it a few more weeks. INFORMATION OF LARES TREKLares is in the Valley of the same name, and it is reached by means of a road that departs from Calca in the Sacred Valley (located after Pisac). It is literally on...

Saturday, 15 February 2020

Information of the thermomedical waters of Lares

Medical tourism is a type of tourism that is gradually acquiring a greater number of followers, and that has in the Peruvian territory an impressive range of resources to choose from, since if there is something that abounds in all regions of the country These are the sources that, in addition to relaxing and relieving the visitor from stress, are capable of relieving any suffering they may have. The Thermal Baths of Lares, are one of these thermomedical...

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

HUCHUY QOSQO

This complex is the most important archaeological center in the Urubamba Valley, after Ollantaytambo and Pisac. The ruins are impressive, although the conservation of the site is inferior to that of Ollantaytambo or Pisac, because they are older. But unlike the places mentioned above Huchuy Qosqo has a peculiar architecture: the buildings have been built on polished stone bases of fine finish, with clay plaster (they are the best preserved parts)...

Saturday, 1 February 2020

Archaeological complex of Choquequirao

The Choquequirao fortress is located in the Vilcabamba area, where the Incas of the Manco dynasty resisted the Spanish conquerors for 36 years (1536 - 1572), who never managed to expel them from it. The construction of Choquequirao is the work of the successors of the Inca Pachacútec, Túpac Inca Yupanqui (1471 - 1493) and Huayna Cápac (1493 - 1527). In the place, domestic and ceremonial ceramics of the classic Cuzco style were used, as well as...

Friday, 31 January 2020

What is in Choquequirao?

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...

Tuesday, 28 January 2020

History and Sectors of the Choquequirao llacta

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...

Sunday, 26 January 2020

Useful information of the last refuge of the Incas

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...

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Brief information of CACHICATA QUARRY

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...

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Walk to the Cachicata Quarries

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...