Choquericao top destination for 2007?

An article by M. Carpenter of Block News Alliance predicts that Choquequirao could become one of the World’s top destinations by 2007.

A partly excavated Inca citadel located amongst the spurs of the Salkantay Mountain Range (La Convención province, department of Cusco), Choquequirao bears a striking similarity in structure and architecture to Machu Picchu and is referred to as its sister. “It translates to “golden cradle” in the Quechua language -says Carpenter-, but everyone’s calling it the new Machu Picchu.”

Choquequirao admits far fewer tourists than Machu Picchu, but the ruin is no less delightful. These are comprised of buildings and terraces at different levels, from the lower level Sunch’u Pata to the truncated hill top. The hill top has been levelled and ringed with stones to form a platform of 30×50 meters wide.

Access to Choquequirao is still quite difficult and strenuous. It takes a two-day hike or horseback ride from Cachora village, located some 30 km away. The route from this village to the ruins follows a well-defined trail that plunges steeply into a gorge of the Río Apurímac and then back up the far side. There are several primitive camp-sites along the way. Cachora can be reached by car from Cusco in about 4 hours.

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