ANCIENT TOWN OF HUCHUY QOSQO - Hiking Peru Tour Operator

ANCIENT TOWN OF HUCHUY QOSQO

CODE: hike-03
Program: 2 days / 1 night
CIRCUIT: CUSCO – HUCHUY QOSQO – LAMAY - CUSCO

A walk to the fascinating site where the Inca chief Viracocha lived. The mummy that was found here is said to be of him. The ruins are part stone and part adobe and of special interest is the presence of horizontal wooden braces inside the corners of some of the buildings. There is a fine `kallanka`, great hall, some 40m long, a great esplanade, where were held parades, and lots of terraces. Some of the houses are ‘post-inca’ , but in inca-style, and there is a Spanish-style reservoir.

Itinerary:

1st day: Start the hike near Tambo Machay and walk slowly going up into the hills above Cusco. Passing a big lake you are already entering the area of small ruins: terraces and remains of an inca bridge. After almost an hour more you enter H´uchuy Qosqo and can see all the restored buildings and terraces.

Camp near the ruins.

2nd day: Time to explore the ruins and then after you walk down to the village of Lamay and take transport back to Cusco.