Snowy Apu Ausangate – Cusco – Peru

The snowy Ausangate is the representative mountain of Cusco and the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Vilcanota mountain range and is one of the most difficult areas to visit which makes it a fabulous route to venture. Its main climate is

Inca quarry of Cachicata Ollantaytambo – Cusco

Cachicata or Inca quarry is one of the old quarries used by the pre Inca and Inca civilizations to build the vast complexes of Ollantaytambo. It was a source of large amounts of pink granite. Cachicata quarries are 14 km from Ollantaytambo.

HISTORY OF HUCHUY QOSQO

The Hispanic chronicles indicate that Huchuy Qosqo (probably a site known in Inca times as Caquia Jaquijahuana) was the work and favorite place of the Inca Wiracocha. To this, Maria Rostworoski adds, in her work "History of Tahuantinsuyo", that this sovereign strengthened the conquest over the villages of the Urubamba valley and that he chose

HUCHUY QOSQO TREK INFORMATION

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,

INCA JUNGLE TRAIL ITINERARY

Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu Mountain, Huayna Picchu or even worse, being stranded in Aguas Calientes (no return train). This tour is one of the classic routes full of adrenaline to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.

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