CUSCO DESTINATION AGENCY

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 ....

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

INCA JUNGLE TO MACHU PICCHU

February 25, 2020inca jungle, inca jungle classic, inca jungle express, INCA JUNGLE IMPERIAL, inca jungle path, inca jungle trek, travel, travel to machu picchu1 comment

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 and one of the additional mountains "Machu Picchu Mountain" or "Huaynapicchu". The Inca Jungle route is the favorite tour for young people from all over the world who come to Cusco in search of deferent adventures and extreme sports. As a Tourism Agency located in Cusco...

ABRA MALAGA - INCA JUNGLE ROUTE

February 21, 2020CUSCO, cusco destination, inca jungle, inca jungle classic, inca jungle express, INCA JUNGLE IMPERIAL, inca jungle path, inca jungle trail, PERU, tourism peru, tours in peru, travel, travel to machu picchu1 comment

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

February 21, 2020CUSCO, cusco destination, lares, lares trek, LARES TREK VIA QUISHUARANI, larestrek, PERU, tourism peru, tours in peru, travel, travel to machu picchu1 comment

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...

General information of the Valley of Lares

February 18, 2020LARES TREK VIA PATACANCHA AND WILLOQ, LARES TREK VIA QUISHUARANI, larestomachupicchu, larestrek, travel, travel to machu picchu, travel to machu travelñ picchuNo comments

The Lares Valley is located between the eastern slopes of the Andes and the northern part of the Urubamba Mountain Range, it is a place with beautiful glacial lagoons and warm subtropical ravines, it also has a great variety of vegetation and wildlife. information of Lares Trek It is surrounded by a mountain chain of the mountain range, where the snows of Verónica, Sawasiray, Pitusiray and Chicón are located. Small communities of Quechua-speaking...

Information of the thermomedical waters of Lares

February 15, 2020cusco destination, lares, lares trek, LARES TREK VIA PATACANCHA AND WILLOQ, LARES TREK VIA QUISHUARANI, larestomachupicchu, larestrek, MACHU PICCHU, travel, travel to machu picchuNo comments

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...

HOW TO GET TO HUCHUY QOSQO

February 10, 2020HUCHUY QOSQO, Huchuy Qosqo alza, huchuy qosqo route, huchuy qosqo to machu picchu, huchuy qosqo trek, huchuy qosqo trekking, huchuyqosqo, huchuyqosqotrekNo comments

What do we observe in Huchuy Qosqo? Long grouping of terraces with walls as retaining walls, which leave terraces suitable for agriculture. Three-story building, the first two are two almost regular polyhedra and the third is adobe. The enclosure is rectangular and of excellent quality. Foundations and remains of two identical buildings, inside and arranged next to it, in succession. A long adobe building, rectangular, on a prominent platform, a...

Secrets of Huchuy Qosqo

February 08, 2020CUSCO, CUSCODESTINATION, HUCHUY QOSQO, huchuy qosqo hike, huchuy qosqo route, huchuy qosqo to machu picchu, huchuy qosqo trek, travel, travel to machu picchu, travel to machu travelñ picchuNo comments

Huch’uy Qosqo (Quechua: “Little Cuzco” also called Yuchuy Cuzco) is an archeological site 50 km north of Cusco, in Peru. It is located at an altitude of 3,600 meters, above the city of Lamay, in the district of Calca, province of Calca, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The site was named in the twentieth century; He had previously been known as Kakya Qawani. Pedro de Cieza de León, in his Second Chronicle of Peru, said that the palaces were built...

HUCHUY QOSQO

February 05, 2020cusco destination, CUSCODESTINATION, HUCHUY QOSQO, huchuy qosqo hike, huchuy qosqo hiking, huchuy qosqo route, huchuy qosqo trek, huchuyqosqo, huchuyqosqotrek, travel, travel to machu picchuNo comments

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)...

Inca quarry of Cachicata

February 04, 2020cachicaquarry, cachicata, cachicata quarry, cachicata trek, cachicata trek to machu picchu, cachicatatrek, CUSCO, CUSCODESTINATION, inca quarry, inca quarry trek, inca quarry trek to machu picchu, PERU, travelNo comments

This place was dedicated to the extraction and carving of the stones that were used for the construction of Ollantaytambo and many surrounding precincts. This place is located about 14 km from the Inca town of Ollantaytambo and has three groups of quarries: Molle Pucro, Sirkusirkuyoc (it was the largest of the three), shows the evidence of having been fully operational when the Spanish arrived in this area . And finally Cacchicata or Kantirayoq,...

Useful information of the Inca quarries of Cachicata

February 03, 2020cachicata, cachicata quarry, cachicata trek, cachicata trek to machu picchu, cachicatatrek, inca quarry, inca quarry trek, inca quarry trek to machu picchu, travelNo comments

The Walk towards the enigmatic Cachiccata Quarries 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. The adventure will take you to one of the most spectacular routes, full of beautiful and spectacular views of the sacred valley and the mystical city of Ollantaytambo, this is one of the beauties that...

Archaeological complex of Choquequirao

February 01, 2020CHOQUEQUIRAO, choquequirao information, choquequirao path, choquequirao route, choquequirao to machu picchu, choquequiraoimperial, choquequiraotrek, cusco destination, travel, travel to machu travelñ picchuNo comments

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...

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...