CITY TOUR (FULL DAY)

Itinerary

-Sacsayhuaman- Q’enqo- Pukapukara- Tambomachay- Qorikancha- Museo Andino de UNSAAC

-Tour of the main city attractions: Main plaza, Hatunrumiyoq (stone of 12 angles), San Blas

Neighbourhood, San Pedro market

SACSAYHUAMAN

According to Inca oral history, Tupac Inca “remembered that his father Pachacuti had called city of Cuzco the lion city. He said that the tail was where the two rivers unite which flow through it, that the body was the great square and the houses round it, and that the head was wanting.” The Inca decided the “best head would be to make a fortress on a high plateau to the north of the city.”[5]:105 But archeologists have found that Saksaywaman was built by the preceding Killike culture; it was expanded by the Inca beginning about the 13th century.

Q’ENQO

Q’enqo in Quechua means ‘labyrinth’ and one of its uses was as an astronomical observatory. In Inkanato times, it was easily visible from Qorikancha.

PUKAPUKARA

Pukapukara means ‘Red Strength’. It is a military construction, also used as an astronomicalobservatory. It is composed of large walls, terraces and stairways. It was part of the defensive set of Cusco.

TAMBOMACHAY

Its name in Quechua is derived from two words; Tampu which means collective accommodation and Mach’ay which means place of rest. It is compiled of structures of finely carves stone, aqueducts and waterfalls. It is related to the worship of water and is considered as one of the shrines of the first sect of Antisuyo.