CIRCUITO DE HUACAS (FULL DAY TREKKING)

PUMAMARKA-KILLAWATA-RUMIWASI-KALLACHAKA-SALAPUNKU-Q’ENQO-SACSAYHUAMAN

Itinerary

This circuit takes us to discover the ancient magical and religious aspects of Cusco, visiting by foot the ancient ritual sites. In this way we will try to get closer to this rich Andean culture.

We will be collected from Cusco and taken to the eastern part of the city. We will begin our tour by visiting Pumamarka (The temple of Anawarke, the wife of Pachacutec), appreciating its fine architecture, embodied in a semi-circular torreon similar to that of Qorikancha. Next we will visit

Killawata (where the moon is amarra), and Rumiwasi (house of stone) whose main door is aligned perfectly with the ocaso de la Cruz del Sur el 15 de mayo.

We will continue our trek by the Inka trail from Antisuyo until arriving to Kallachaka, another fine construction which apart from being used for ritual purposes, was also used as an astronomical observatory.

From Kallachaka we will go to Salapunki (Temple of the moon), where in ancient times there were figures of animals such as monkeys and snakes inscripted into the stones. Making use of its natural state, its constructors built a temple in the cave that is crowned with a hole so that when there is a full moon, and more likely in the season of winter, at midnight the light from the moon illuminates the whole temple.

We will continue our trek until arriving to Q’enqo where we will finally finish our morning visiting these splendid constructions.

We will have lunch in a local restaurant whilst staying in the archeological park, and after resting we will finish the day by visiting the magnificent Sacsayhuaman and its surrounding areas. We will get the chance to visit the viewpoint Cruz Moco where excellent panoramic photos can be taken of the city of Cusco. We will be able to visit all three amazing touristic zones until sunset, where we will then return back down to the city.