Peru - One Day Tours - CAJAMARCA Cumbemayo

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ONE DAY TOURS - CAJAMARCA
Cumbemayo

5 Hours

Located 19 km southwest of Cajamarca up a dirt switch back to 3,390 meters is Cumbemayo (8 a.m.–5 p.m. daily, $2), a shrine of carved water canals that still confounds archaeologists. The canals are at least 2,000 years old, but the exact date—and the reason they were built—is unknown. The lines are so perfect, and the rock ground so smooth, that it is difficult to imagine these works of art being carved with obsidian hammers, the state-of-the-art technology at the time. Because Cajamarca has an abundant water supply, the canals were not necessary, so they may have had a ceremonial or religious function. If you arrive at this spot early in the morning, the religious explanation of Cumbemayo becomes more plausible. The power and energy of the area, which is covered in ichú grass and punctuated by bizarre volcanic formations, is palpable.

To the south west of the city, at an altitude of 3,500 metres/10,600 feet, you will find a group of geological formations and first rate archaeological sites, including spectacular rock formations ("Los Frailones"). Visit the pre-Inca aqueduct, cut into the rock, unique in South America, a rock sanctuary in the shape of a human head preceded by a staircase carved in the stone, petroglyphs and many neighboring grottoes and boulders.

Sagitar Travel does not book a tour by itself. A 3 night minimum booking is required.

ONE DAY TOURS - CAJAMARCA Cumbemayo

ONE DAY TOURS - CAJAMARCA
Cumbemayo