Tambo Colorado and Apu Amaru : Visit Paracas

Tambo Colorado and Apu Amaru

This tour is a full day, and takes us to the important Inca palace of Pachacutec (builder of Machu Picchu) and the mysterious 3 km long snake design, made up of 5,200 holes in the ground, of Apu Amaru (Snake Mountain.)

We depart from the Paracas History Museum at 9 am, and proceed directly to Tambo Colorado (Colourful Inn) which, being the palace, also serves as a control check point on the Inca Road from the highlands of Peru, including Cuzco, to the Pacific Coast.

Apu Amaru is a place shrouded in mystery, because even Sr. Juan Navarro, director of the Paracas History Museum does not know who made it or when. As stated, it consists of 5,200 holes in the ground, each carefully lined with stone, and forms the shape of a gigantic snake that winds up the ridge of a mountain, for 3 km (2 miles.)

About Paracas

Paracas is a sleepy seaside fishing village south of Lima. four hours by bus which will soon be an international destination for wildlife tourists and archaeology enthusiasts.

The weather in Paracas is ideal; sun practically year round with a gentle breeze coming off of the ocean giving this desert oasis on the ocean a constant 22 to 25 degrees C.

We invite you to visit the Paracas History Museum to experience 10,000 years of human activity in this one small and exotic area of the world. Located one block from the central pier where visitors board the boats to the Ballestas Islands.

Tours to Cuzco, Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca are also available: www.hiddenincatours.com

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Tambo Colorado and Apu Amaru

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