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+51 999 580 814
info@perugoldentreks.com +51 999 580 814
info@perugoldentreks.com
Cusco is onsidered as the main capital of the Incas culture. The history, tradition and reality indicate that the Inca city had the shape of a Puma or Mountain Lion (with the Felis color). A feline was considered as the special deity among the Quechuas. As an evidence of this, the name of the street Pumakurko has been maintained, and it represents the “Puma’s backbone”. The Pumaqchupan district or the “Puma’s Tail” can be found in the junction of the Saphi (“Root”) river and the Tullumayu (“Bone River” or “Thin River”). These junctions are located in frontvof the Savoy Hotel. Next to that, the head of the puma is located in Saqsayhuaman, whose name derives from “huaman del saqsa” or “marbled head”. Cusco is a city with a rich cultural and historical heritage.
We pick you up from your hotel at 13:00 pm with our tourist transport. Firstly we will visit the main cathedral of Cusco. Afterwards we take you to Koricancha (temple of the sun) and Santo Domingo convent. These are perfect examples of the Inca and Spanish culture. Thereafter we will take the bus and drive to Saqsayhuaman, one of the biggest arqueological sites of Cusco. We will continue to Quenqo (Temple of the Moon) with its impressive rock carvings and tunnels carved into the solid rock. This religious temple is dedicated to the worship of mother earth.
Nearby Qenqo we will see the small fortress Puka Pucara, used as a military control entrance gate to Cusco. Walking a few minutes from there, we will arrive at Tambomachay (Baths of the Inca). Afterwards we return to Cusco city at the end of the day around 18:00 pm.