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Paucartambo

A typical colonial town located at 100 km, about 4 hours to the east of Cusco..

Its old bridge, its beautiful church, narrow and stony streets, small squares and big houses with balconies and wide halls: Paucartambo still keeps a strong colonial air. Besides, it is one of the towns with more dancers and dances associated to the Corpus and the pilgrimage of Qoyllur Ritti.

From this town, the road goes up towards Acjanaco and Tres Cruces (in the south borders of the National Park of Manu) from where we can admire the most beautiful sunrises in the world. From Acjanaco we go down by the valley of Kosñipata as far as the village of Atalaya Shintuya in the bed of Madre De Dios River. In Paucartambo, we find rustic restaurants and hotels.