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- Choquequirao Archaeological Site: The main draw is this Inca complex on a ridge over the canyon, often called the sacred sister of Machu Picchu. Plazas, ceremonial platforms and a hanging sector of terraces spread across the slope, and entry is paid at the gate.
- Llama Terraces (Ushnu Pata lower sector): Below the main plaza, white stone llama figures are set into the terrace walls. They are small and easy to pass, so look along the retaining walls as you descend.
- Sunch’u Pata: The ceremonial platform is a short walk above the ruins. Its open ridge gives wide views down to the canyon and across to snow peaks, and it is a good place to rest.
- Apurímac River Crossing at Playa Rosalina: At the canyon floor you cross the river on a bridge and often camp. The heat, sand and water here are a sharp contrast
- Choquequirao Archaeological Site: The main draw is this Inca complex on a ridge over the canyon, often called the sacred sister of Machu Picchu. Plazas, ceremonial platforms and a hanging sector of terraces spread across the slope, and entry is paid at the gate.
- Llama Terraces (Ushnu Pata lower sector): Below the main plaza, white stone llama figures are set into the terrace walls. They are small and easy to pass, so look along the retaining walls as you descend.
- Sunch’u Pata: The ceremonial platform is a short walk above the ruins. Its open ridge gives wide views down to the canyon and across to snow peaks, and it is a good place to rest.
- Apurímac River Crossing at Playa Rosalina: At the canyon floor you cross the river on a bridge and often camp. The heat, sand and water here are a sharp contrast to the cold, high ridge you left behind.
- Capuliyoc Viewpoint: Near the trailhead, this lookout offers the first view into the Apurímac canyon, with the river a long drop below and the far slope where the ruins sit. Condors sometimes circle the canyon here.
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