The Inca city of Machu Picchu is located 112.5 km. northeast of the city of Cusco at 2,350 meters, within the Machu Picchu Archaeological Park, which covers a large area of ​​the province of Urubamba in the Cusco Department. The surface of the Archaeological Park, urban and agricultural covers a total of 32,592 hectares, is located on the eastern slope of

Legend has it that in ancient times, landed on the beaches of the existing San José cove a great float of strange rafts, manned by a brilliant cortege of foreign warriors, who were commanded by a man of great talent and courage, named Naylamp, who founded a civilization. Their descendants are the builders of the great culture

There were three native cultures that inhabited the highlands: the puquinas (Tiahuanaco), the Aymara and Quechua. The puquinas disappeared, while the Aymara and Quechua still live there. The first inhabitants settled in the Peruvian highlands in Puno between 10,000 and 12,000 BC, the first big event Altiplano Pukina culture, the most powerful and progressive southern