Itinerary
The tour to Tipon starts at 8 am. at the lobby of your hotel. Where your guide and driver will be waiting for you and we will start our tour with:
First the Sistine Chapel of San Pedro Apóstol de Andahuaylillas, within which we can see one of the only chapels that It has a wall decorated with the famous Italian Fresco technique with the representation of Paradise, hell and the aftermath, these on each side of the entrance to the chapel and on the cornice a painting of the Virgin Mary.
After visiting this beautiful chapel we will go towards the archaeological zone of Tipon, a beautiful architectural construction dedicated to Water with a number of agricultural terraces and an impressive quantity and quality of water channels which will show us the high knowledge of hydraulics in Inca times.
We end the Tour
We will visit this place for an hours before our return to Cusco.
This entrance was protected by the guards at Rumiqolqa the access area to the city of Cusco in Inca times a very wide and thick wall well protected, however, after time for some photos after that, we will head to our last stop, the ruins of Pikillacta, built first by the Huari Chanca culture and finally inhabited by the Incas.
These ruins have a diameter of two km. squares in length and width within which we will see a fascinating distribution of squares, streets, warehouses, farms and houses, very well organized structurally and all of these protected with a paved wall within.
Here we can also observe the most important principles of pre-Inca road construction.
After approximately 45 minutes visiting Tipon we will return to Cusco and take you back to your hotel. This will be the end of the tour.
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Included
INCLUDED IN THE TOUR:
- English-speaking guides, private transportation
Not included
NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOUR:
- Entrance fees to the archeological sites, Museums, meals and tips for guide and driver.
- ($ 27.00 Price for Entrance Tickets Approximately per Person).
