These are spectacular Inca ruins which protected the strategic entrance to the lower Urubamba Valley. There is a temple area at the top of steep terracing which helped to provide excellent defences. Stone used for these buildings was brought from a quarry high up on the opposite side of the Urubamba river - an incredible feat involving the efforts of thousands of workers. The complex was still under construction at the time of the Spanish conquest and was never completed.
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| Can you see the Puma face on the mountain? |
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| My son, Peter at the Hostal Sauce where we stayed...Awesome! |
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| View of ruins from our hotel bedroom window |
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| Grain storage houses |
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| Ladies in main square |
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| Truck full of corn with riders on top. View from our bdrm window |
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