We needed to adjust to the high altitude and get some hiking in before our 3 day Inka Jungle hike. We took a taxi 7 miles out of Cusco up in the hills above the city to Tambomachay and visited four different Incan ruins on our 7+ mile hike back downhill to town.
First site was
Tambomachay, it sits on about an acre of land and was easy to walk around.
Only 1 Km away, across the road lies
Puca Pucara. This is another small site, easy to walk around.
We then walked down the round about 2-3 Km to the next site. There were many interesting homes and lots of sheep to see along the way.
The third site was Q'enqo or
Kenko. This is another small Incan site. Interesting to walk around and
There is an underground chamber in the rocks, complete with a stone altar.
The fourth and final Incan site along our hike was
Sacsayhuaman. This is a large Incan site on the hill right above Cusco. It is well worth paying a guide for a guided tour. There were so many interesting features we would have missed if we walked around on our own.
There was a cave with a very narrow passage and this lava rock slide among other interesting features.
The main walled area is comprised of three terraces. The longest of these walls is 400 meters.
On top of the terrace area, lies the ruins of three different temples.
From the hill top, you can see the city of Cusco below. We finished our hike by walking down to our hotel in the city.
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