the ruins of Mama Yacchi's home. Legend has it she married the Inca Mayta Capac
a modest Colca river
at Puente Inca there once was an Inca rope bridge
the incatrail to the Pacific coast
a restored old footbridge
at the Mirador de Ocolle you can admire the ageold terrasses
an age old ritual: the man plows, his woman sows
If you have some time to spare before or after the Cruz del Condor experience you should tour the area around Chivay.
Just north
of town there are ruins of an Inca arena, a restored chullpa tower and the remains of the Inca trail to the coast.
The bridge
over the Colca river has also ancient Inca roots.
The Casa de Mama Yacchi in Coporaque dates back to the time that Inca
nobles married important locals girls to expand the influence of the Inca empire. Nowadays the ruins stand in the garden of an
upscale hotel with the same name.
Terrassed agriculture here still follows procederes and rituals proven over the ages.
The man plows and the woman puts the seeds in the just opened ground. If you do not follow this sacred rite, the harvest can only
become a disaster.....
The hot springs at Thermas la Calera are located a few kilometers upstream.
We toured around Chivay
in September 2010.
the arena where the Sapa Inca showed himself to the assembled people
on the way to the watchtower there is a nice overview of Chivay
he makes the bricks himself
a unpaved road in Coporaque
we see our hotel the Colca Lodge on the other side of the Colca River
nowadays the site is a hotel
