Tour Wakrapukara

We invite you to visit this wonderful place. Wakrapukara. It consists of enjoying a walk to get to know on the route to be in contact with the beauty of the landscapes, see lagoons, fauna and flora at 4,300 meters of altitude. Recommended for those who love walking and contact with nature. It is an archaeological site in Acomayo, located at a height of 4,300 meters above sea level, it was built by the Qanchis and later conquered by the Incas. It was declared in 2017 as Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the Ministry of Culture. The building would be an Inca sanctuary destined to worship its main deity the "God Teqsi Pachacamaq Wiraqocha" God of the Qanchis and is located on platforms, squares and a stone forest. Waqra (horn), Pukara (fortress), or horn-shaped fortress. However, for the communities of Acos this fortress is known as Llamapukara, as they assure that the horns are actually ears of a llama that remains alert in the presence of foreign people. Waqrapukara Cusco, it is also an Inca sanctuary means that it had great political and religious power. It consists of 2 groups: the first group is in the highest area of ​​the building, there are two groups of enclosures separated by a central space of considerable amplitude and these in turn have passages, double jamb façades and niches that function as ornaments and the second group is in the lowest area and consists of 8 terraces 150 meters long and 2 meters high. Also, you can see two enclosures with double jambs and niches plus 5 enclosures that are located at the eastern end.

• 04.00 hrs We will go to the hotel to pick you up and then head south of the city to the town of Marcaconga, then we will arrive at the District of Pitumarca where we will have breakfast.
• Then we will board the transport that will take us for another 30 minutes through a zigzagging unpaved road to the place called Punta Highway. Here we will stop for about 10 minutes to make the last preparations before the walk.
• We will walk along a slightly flat route with small ascents and descents the first 2 hours, we will see beautiful landscapes, high Andean lagoons until we reach the Waqra Pukara Viewpoint where we will stop to take photos of the Waqra Pukara Archaeological Complex.
• From here we will begin the descent for about 40 minutes until we reach the same ceremonial center. As we get closer, we will observe gigantic stone formations that give depth to the Apurímac River Valley.
• We visit the ceremonial center of Waqra Pukara for 1h 30 min. And after a mandatory photo session, we will start the return for 1 hour of ascent towards the Waqra Pukara Viewpoint and there we will take a 10-minute break.
• Then we will continue the climb for about 30 minutes until we get back to Cochas. Where the road will be longer than 2 hours until reaching the end of the highway, we will board the transport back to Cusco, return time 2 h 30 min.