Humantay Lake Trek
Soraypampa, Mollepata District, Cusco Region
Humantay Lake is a turquoise glacial lake at 4,200 metres in the Vilcabamba range — a day-trek destination that has become one of the most popular excursions from Cusco for its extraordinarily coloured water (a milky turquoise from glacial sediment) set against the snow-capped peak of Mount Humantay (5,473m).
Puca Pucara
Carretera Cusco-Pisac, km 7, Cusco
Puca Pucara ('Red Fortress' in Quechua, from the colour its limestone takes at sunset) is a small Inca ruin 7 kilometres northeast of Cusco on the road to Pisac — probably a military post and tambo (relay station) that guarded the approach to Cusco from the north and served as accommodation for travellers and officials moving between the capital and the Sacred Valley.
Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca)
Vinicunca, Cusipata District, Cusco Region
Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca or Montaña de Siete Colores) is a geological wonder 100 kilometres southeast of Cusco — a mountain whose exposed sedimentary layers create stripes of red, yellow, green, turquoise, and lavender across its slopes, producing one of the most visually extraordinary landscapes in the Andes.
Sacsayhuamán
Sacsayhuamán, Cusco
Sacsayhuamán is the most impressive Inca fortress in existence — a massive stone complex on the hillside above Cusco whose zigzag walls of precisely fitted megalithic blocks (some weighing over 100 tonnes) have defied explanation since the Spanish arrived and found them already ancient.
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