Choquequirao to boost Peru tourism industry

Peru’s government is planning to open up the mountaintop citadel of Choquequirao – known as Machu Picchu’s “sacred sister” – with new roads and a cable car to take visitors to the remote Incan ruins


PERU
Lima

Area of detail
10km 6 miles
Choquequirao 3,050m
Machu Picchu 2,430m
Kiuñalla
Route of trek
Apurimac River
Cachora
Cable car: Will shorten two-day trek to 15-minute ride. Expected to boost daily visitors from about 30 to 3,000


CHOQUEQUIRAO: Ruins of Incan administrative and religious complex date from 15th century
Living areas
Great terraces
Upper plaza (Hanan)
Canal
Principal temple
Lower plaza (Hurin)
Llama corrals
Living areas
White stone llama terraces
Ceremonial platform (Ushnu)
Priests’ houses
100m 110 yds


Sources: Bloomberg, Proinversión, Société des Américanistes 
Pictures: Wikimedia 
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