The view back towards the Trekkers Hotel. |
 The Temple of the Waterfall. |
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While we left our campsite with rain slickers on, by the time we got to the ruins the
rain had stopped and things started to clear up... With essentially three sites to explore
(the upper and lower temples and the waterfalls) we went straight through the ruins to the
waterfalls and worked our way back. I don't know if it was the season or the time of day
but we had the place essentially all to ourselves, only seeing a couple of hikers coming
up the path via the 'Short Trail' from the river below. <<< The Urubamba River framed through a doorway of the Temple of the Rainbow. |
Although similar to Intipata in terms of the terracing down the mountainside, that's as far as the similarity goes. There are many more buildings and the workmanship is of a higher level. In addition there is the sequence of ceremonial baths and the temple structures. With the waterfall in the background, most likely the whole focus of this place (in addition to food production) was in the worship of water. If you need to be convinced that this was an ideal place for this kind of thing, just visit the Waterfalls...
One of the residential structures framing the mountains beyond... |
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Admiring the river valley...
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