Huancavelica

Huaytara Archaeological Complex

This complex consists of a Catholic church and Inca Palace, the Baths of the Incas, where a series of channels are used to collect thermally heated water. The Inca Palace consists of a floor in the form of a trapezoid with walls 1.65 meters thick and 3.70 meters high. You can appreciate many characteristics of Inca architecture in their construction: recesses, niches, trapezoidal doorways, etc. On top of these walls colonial authorities built the Church of San John of Huaytará.

Location Access
Province: Huaytara
Distance:
Time:
200 meters from
Castrovirreyna		 5 minutes on foot
District: Huaytara
Locality
Reference:		 N/A
Site Details
Entrance Fee:
Opening Hours:
Museum & Other Services:
Adults S/2.00
Students S/1.00
Children S/.0.50		 Monday to
Saturday 9:00 -
13:00 and 14:30 -
18:00		 On-site museum,
bathrooms and guides

Incahuasi Archaeological Complex

In the city of Incahausi, on a broad terrace, lies the Palace of the Inca, the most important monument in the Huancavelica region. It’s built of polished stones, trapezoidal walls and doorways with beautifully flat and flush stonework, and niches on both interior and exterior walls. This site presents diverse living areas, plazas, warehouses and channels. There are also separate spaces that served as astronomical observatories, utilizing solar calendars and sundials.

Location Access
Province: Huaytara
Distance:
Time:
20 kilometers from
the city of
Huaytará		 30 minutes
District: Huaytara
Locality
Reference:		 N/A
Site Details
Entrance Fee:
Opening Hours:
Museum & Other Services:
Adults S/.3.00
Students
S/.1.00 Seniors
S/.0.50		 Monday to
Saturday 9:00 -
13:00 and 14:30 -
18:00		 Guide service. The
site museum and food
and drink services are
in Huaytará

Uchkus Icañam Archaeological Complex

The oldest buildings at Uchkus Icañam date from the arrival of the first shepherds and farmers (1200 BC to 100 AD), and the complex appears to have been used as an administrative center for the Chavin people of Atalla. During the reign of the Anccaras culture (1200 to 1440 AD) this place rose to great importance due to its control over the population movements in the river basin from Acoria to Lachocc. In the 15th century, it was occupied by the Inca and used as a religious complex.

Location Access
Province: Huancavelica
Distance:
Time:
25 kilometers from
the city of
Huancavelica		 5 hours on foot, 3
and a half hours by
bus, 3 hours by car
District: Yauli
Locality
Reference:		 Ichu River basin,
the peak of Uchkus
Alto
Site Details
Entrance Fee:
Opening Hours:
Museum & Other Services:
Adults S/2.00
Students S/1.00
Children S/.0.50		 Open from May to
October		 Camping facilities and
horse riding available

Archaeological Remains of the Allpas from Acobamba

Located in the community of Allpas, the complex has four distinct zones: the Ceremonial Center or “Atun Rumi,” the hundred windows or niches, the surrounding houses, and the circular platforms of Ichu Wasi and Inkacucho.

Location Access
Province: Acobamba
Distance:
Time:
7.5 kilometers
from Acobamba		 1 hour 30 minutes
on foot
45 minutes by bus
District: Acobamba
Locality
Reference:		 Community of
Allpas
Site Details
Entrance Fee:
Opening Hours:
Museum & Other Services:
Free entry Open in the
morning		 N/A

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