Chonta is between the mountains, which gives form to a fantastic canyon, this viewpoint is located in the ecological floor “puna” and from there you can see a wonderful landscape with forests, lakes, rivers and the flight of the condors, which is The main attraction. Chonta, currently known as the “Sanctuary of the Condors”, is…
The masks are used in nineteen different types of veneration dances to the Virgen del Carmen, both in Paucartambo and in other nearby towns within the province of the same name. The Government of Peru declared the nation’s cultural patrimony the elaboration of the Paucartambo masks, emblem of the festivity of the Virgen del Carmen…
Pachamama, who was associated with fertility and with the earth, was considered a divinity of the “chthonic” type. Because of this, he lived in the interior of the earth and on the mountain tops and was often represented with the form Of a girl. Its main functions were related to the production of food and…
A burial chamber with several members of Wari royalty. Tomb of Peru The hand of an Andean nobleman, in perfect condition, is still clinging to a piece of mortuary cloth. In the middle of a labyrinth of cameras, the archeologist Roberto Pimentel Nita (squatting on the left) examines a find. The climate of El Castillo…
Before immersing ourselves in the magical celebration, we recommend to walk calmly, the town, and to converse with the settlers who possess an inexhaustible charm and wisdom, full of legends, like the myth Juan El Oso, son of the union of a woman with a bear, who kidnaps a young peasant, mimicking the dances in…
The Western world appreciates with interest the dissemination of the news of a lost town in the Peruvian Andes with typical features of the Inca culture, this nation declared cultural heritage in Peru since 2007 is located in the province of Paucartambo, in the same district name, 200 km east of the city of Cuzco,…
The Marcahuasi plateau is one of the most enigmatic and mystical places in Peru. It is located approximately 4,000 meters above sea level, in the province of Huarochirí (Lima). You can get there with the buses that leave from Chosica to San Pedro de Casta. The Marcahuasi plateau is one of the most enigmatic and…
The Legend of Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo or also called Legend of Lake Titcaca: This was made known by the chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539 – 1616) who was the son of a Spanish captain Sebastian Garcilaso de la Vega and the ñusta Isabel Chimpu Ocllo, granddaughter of Túpac Yupanqui. The maternal…
