A trip to Peru and ancient magic in the ancient cultures and traditions to survive over the years. Take advantage of your vacation to discover the true spirit of the Andean natives, ancient customs and rituals. Relax in the hot springs along the route by the Qhapaq Nan
The fans of the culture and history found in Peru the opportunity to admire its most famous icon, Machu Picchu, one of the "New 7 Wonders of the World" and go back to pre-Inca, Inca and colonial, through centuries of accumulated art archaeological sites, villages, towns and museums.
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In the Sacred Valley. There are several communities where the visitor is welcomed into local families, allowing it to participate in the daily lives of the natives, learning their ancestral techniques of cultivation, making farming and harvesting of salt, and participating in their Andean rituals and traditional festivals.
The town offers 7 Ollantaytambo Inca trekking routes to archaeological sites, quarries, and Willoc terraces, a center of textile production Quechua.
Colonies Pozuzo and Villa Rica. The racial and cultural Oxapampa province is unique in Peru, settlers Austro Germans settled in this tropical area since 1857, defying the harsh conditions of the jungle. Cheerful and hospitable locals Pozuzo, Tyrolean and Prussian descent, invite visitors to join their coffee and agricultural tasks and visit their herb and orchid breeding centers.
In Villa Rica, there are also opportunities to participate in the process of handmade cheeses, cigars and sausages. In their guest houses, wooden houses with rich aroma of coffee, enjoying the delicious local cuisine.
In Lake Titicaca. In its islands, the Aymara receive visitors in their homes and hostels, involving them in their community work and sharing their culinary secrets, like the exquisite "huatia" or baked beans and potatoes with silversides.
On the island there are two beautiful Amanantí archaeological sites, where the natives perform ancestral rites for fertilization of the earth; Taquile is an organized town of farmers and weavers, where there are also interesting ceremonial centers and unique terraces, Llachón is a community of working and fine weavers and artisans, who share with visitors their day jobs.
Hot Springs. Discover the richness of Peru thermal. In Cumbe May to 20 km from Cajamarca, up the mountainside, to 3.670 meters, this place is known as the "Stone Forest" or "The Fraylones" stone for his whimsical ways. These heights kept the secret of two vital sources, mysticism and the origin of life, water.
Here is the most significant point of water for Cajamarca, through a system of modern art, considered the most remarkable work in hydraulic engineering of America, brought water to the city, controlling the flow rate and flow throughout route.
Even today you can see the aqueduct carved in rock over 3000 years ago. Also in this place you can visit the ceremonial altars and sanctuary in the form of a human head, within which are seen petroglyphs engraved Chavin influence.
The importance of water is also reflected in Cajamarca, the Inca Villa Termal.
A few minutes from the beautiful city of Cajamarca, Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Americas is the town of Baños del Inca, the Prime Spa Resort in northern Peru.
Its thermal-mineral water and medicinal emerge to the surface in so-called "Perolitos" recently declared monument to water.
The latest excavations expose structures of more than 2,500 years, which demonstrates the use of geo-thermal waters, existing facilities and the Hotel Resort Laguna Seca offer extensive resources of thermal-mineral water with its various medicinal properties of recovery, relaxation and revitalization.
You can stay in one of these two establishments. You will enjoy a real "relaxing." SPA
Cajamarca Inca Trail. If you want to know the natural and cultural wealth of the region APREC hand, sign up for a day of trekking on the route Sangal.
It is an excellent opportunity to photograph beautiful landscapes, as well as interact with local people and learn about their customs and traditions.
Never miss a city tour through the city of Cajamarca who keeps the heritage of the Incas and the colonial legacy and tradition. Do not forget to visit the Fundo Laguna Seca and lives the experience of a walk through Qhapaq Nan "Cajamarca Inca Trail, Laguna de San Nicolás circuit.
Includes specialized guide, mobility and box lunch. Bike ride, a horse or a tour of the Windows of Otuzco. In the Villa Termal Incas, adventure unique.
Textile Art Roads. The weaving is an integral aspect of Andean culture, also in Cajamarca.
The process at work and art of weaving expresses not only the various uses and social functions, but also largely defines the spiritual world of these cultures, the symbolic structures, in place since time immemorial.
Fernando Silva Santisteban, Cajamarca renowned historian, cites the following quotation: "At the time of the Lordship of Cuismango, in Cajamarca, had an idol or call huaca Guaillo weavers, with a shrine in the province of Cajamarca, where they arrived the monks Augustinians to destroy the shrine.
There the Indians worshiped when spun the clothes of the Inca Huayna Capac and offered him the rock guinea pigs and smeared with blood, bones and also offered him whorls, spindles and horns with those who made the clothes and cumbia (fine fabric).
Another called Huaca Quispeguayanay was adored for saliesen dyes well and did great feasts and offerings. "For each task involving the tissue used classic wooden looms are Andean waist (Callu) and pedal (of European origin).
It is necessary skill that develops within the home where young children from seeing their mothers perform such tasks that are gradually learning.
Or he's weaving are engraved in his memory and his fingers measures designs that repeat forever, from generation to generation.
In Cajamarca, Farm Porcón. This is a cattle ranch established in 1535 that today offers visitors the opportunity to meet and share, as one, communal labor of the peasants.
In its 12,000 hectares is developed a successful plan of farm, livestock and forestry.
You can participate in cooperative activities such as milking, observe the work in craft workshops, cheese making, classification of seed potato, timber.
It also offers exciting optional tourist services, such as forest walks, visits to archaeological sites and tours of the ancient Inca Trail in the Sierra.
The museum Kuntur Wasi. More than a thousand years in the hamlet of La Conga (San Pablo, Cajamarca) the settlers built the first ceremonial center at Cerro La Copa To do so painstakingly altered the original form of the mountain, providing it with platform and open spaces we now call square.
Today a clear sky and beautiful scenery where the green seems to put together and displayed in various shades, welcome to all those attracted by the nature and historical legacy of ancient Andean civilization, come to this village located on 2.273 meters sea level to visit the museum Kuntur Wasi, a Quechua name that means "House of the Condor."
Opened in 1994, is under the direction of Prof. Yoshio Onuki Japanese archaeologist, who became managing director of excavations in 1985 with the support of UNESCO.
If you're passionate about archeology and in good shape, do not forget to climb the impressive Cerro Kuntur Wasi, will enrich the Andean culture and history and if you can, stay to enjoy the stunning sunsets.
More recently four graves were discovered, with objects of gold. It has increased the number of restored pottery and other objects of stone and bone.
This project plans to restore the front facade composed of three installments of containment walls (100 meters wide and 10 meters high) and a central staircase (11 meters wide).
The restoration of the plaza with four monoliths is designed to give the public the concrete image of the U-shaped temple, one of the most notable features of this ceremonial center training (1200-50 BC) with a complex architectural and stone sculptures.
T he excavations, small-scale initiatives have been expanded. It has 95 workers, 10 archaeologists and students, who have brought to light how valuable treasures of the temple and kept for many years, this has led to a gradual change in the village dramatically improving living conditions.
The treasure is in the museum Kuntur Wasi care for the people of the community who exhibits it as a symbol of development achieved by those who preceded them. The Hill, the temple restored and the museum has become the mark of identity of the residents of San Pablo.
GLOSSARY QUECHUA Aclla Huasi. Selected House. Amaru. Snake. Ayllu. Social Division, lineage. Ayni. Mutuelle, a system of mutual services. Borla. Insignia power of the Inca. Callanca. Room or house of stone. Calpa. The strength or power of mind or body, augur. Colca. Tank to store food or objects. Co-regent. "Heir to the Inca who shared some responsibilities with it. Coya. Reina, very prominent woman. Curaca. Lord principal of a village. Jerky. Meat salted and sun-dried for preservation. Chasqui. The messenger, voice used in Cusco. E Inca. Guaranga. The number one thousand in the organizational system, ideal number of thousand households. Hanan. Mitad above. Hurin. Bottom half. Huaca or guaca. Temple idol idol or the same Hatun Runa. Big man, even the man she married and took the prime of life. Huauque. Brother of the man, also double the Inca Mamacona. Muchacha chosen to work in the acllahuasi. Mascapaycha. Tassel, insignia of the Inca. Minka. System compliance work or substitution obligation, based on an agreement Antelo. Mita. Time, Time, time, frequency. Mitimae or mitmaq. Persons sent to a strange place to meet a state task. Mocha. Adore, revere, Castilianized of muchhani word. Purucaya. Burial ceremony. Pururauca. Piedras who became mythical warriors. Quipu. Ropes and knots of different colors that were used to count objects and historical facts. Quipucamayos. The manager of the quipu. Reciprocity. Socioeconomic organizational system that regulated the provision of services at various levels and served as a cog in the production and distribution of goods. Sapa Inca. also disappeared. Big. Main Inca on others. Tambo. Posada, inn. Tian. Seat, insignia of nobles sidewalk. Tupu. Measure length and area, also the verb measure. Ushnu. Small stone structure located in the middle of main squares that served as a throne for the Incas during certain ceremonies or rituals. Yana. The server, the servant who serves. Yunga or yunca. The coastal plains and its inhabitants.