Tambo Machay

Location:
near Puca Pucara
Cusco, Peru

Ruin

V!VA User‘s Description

Located just a 15-meter walk along a sign-posted path from the main road past Puca Pucara, Tambo Machay ruins are one of the more impressive examples of Inca baths, which can be found at nearly every important Inca temple, including Pisac, Ollantaytambo, and Machu Picchu. Water was worshipped by the Incas as a vital life element, and the painstakingly carved network of aqueducts and canals that comprise these baths echo the importance of and fascination with water. The complex consists of three tiered platforms which ingeniously channel spring water into three impressive waterfalls that continue to work today. The quality of stonework indicates that the site was probably restricted to higher nobility, who might have used the baths only on ceremonial occasions. The site also has an impressive Inca wall that rises above the ceremonial niches.    

Price Description: Enter with the Cusco Tourist Ticket.

Open Hours from:7 a.m.

Open Hours to:5:30 p.m.

Days Closed:none