The Luxury Peru Travel Company

A Half Day Tour of Cusco and the Inca Sights nearby, where you will be accompanied by a qualified English speaking guide.

 

We start the tour at the Inca ruins of Tambomachay.  This was an Inca sanctuary dedicated to the cult of water, a place reserved for Inca Royalty. 

 

We then proceed on to visit Puca Pucara (Quechua for red fortress).  This is an Inca archaeological site located again on the peak of a hill and is thought to be a military position and an administrative centre. 

 

We proceed on to visit Qenko; a sanctuary dedicated to the adoration of animals, and consists of ruins formed by a rocky site with stairs in a zigzag, and a main building similar to a circular amphitheatre where 19 window sills are located as a way of seats.

 

We then proceed to one of the most important Inca sites in South America the enormous Fortress of Sacsayhuamán.  Its construction took over seven decades and required the work of some 20,000 men.

 

Thereafter we will visit Cusco Cathedral which is one of the finest Colonial Cathedrals in the Americas.  Building started in 1560 and was declared completed in 1664.  

 

Finally we proceed on to visit Coricancha, it was the most important temple in the Inca Empire, dedicated primarily to Inti, the Sun God.  It was one of the most revered and respected temples of the city of Cusco, Peru.