Cuzco lies at the heart of the once-mighty Inca Empire, in southern parts of Peru. Situated at an elevation of 3350 meter, this beautiful city is very photogenic with colonial buildings and cristal clear air. We arrived here by plane from Lima on the 11th of June, but none of us had any particularily problems with the altitude. The next day we visited the Sacred Valley of the Incas, or Vilcanota/Urubamba Valley. Several Inca ruins are found in this valley, and especially Pisac and Ollantaytambo are worth a visit. The Urubamba river runs north-west down the valley, and the water ultimately ends up in Amazonas and the Atlantic Ocean.

On this page some pictures from Cuzco and the Sacred Valley are shown.