Huchuy Qosqo Treks

Huchuy Qosqo is the archaeological site known as the “Little Cusco”, located north of Cusco. It was originally an administrative and military center located in Pisac with many constructions around it, Inca buildings with perfect work in fine stones and granary structures called collcas where food was stored and preserved, since it was an important agricultural center for producing corn.

Its name in Quechua means Little Cusco. It is located at an elevation of 3650 meters (11,800 feet), above the town of Lamay, at 3000 meters altitude, and the Sacred Valley. The site received its name in the 20th century; previously it was known as Kakya Qawani. Pedro de Cieza de León, in his Second Chronicle of Peru, claimed that the palaces were built by Viracocha, the eighth Inca.

Among a large number of buildings, some of stone and others of adobe, there is a kallanka (great hall), 40 meters long. To supply water to the site, there is an irrigation canal built by the Incas, lined with stones for about 800 meters. The site is inaccessible by public road.