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SAN PEDRO DE CASTA & MARKAWASI - PERU

San Pedro de Casta Peru is a small village at 3 kms. from Markawasi and 80 kms. from Lima Peru. Includes Markawsi program in a tour or camping.

The weather in Peru changes according to the altitud. San Pedro de Casta has cold weather and semitropical. Also has changes, hot during the day and cold at night.

HISTORY OF SAN PEDRO DE CASTA

This region has a rich historical past in Peru, it was formed by this old tribes, the Carashatos, afterwards the Wari's, man of great size that maybe were the ones to carve the stones of Markawasi and to end the Varayoq, that lived there before the Incas. The town of San Pedro De Casta was founded aprox. in 1571, by the Real Ordenanza of the Viceroy Toledo. Electrolima S.A. contributed to the construction of the road and the Autisha bridge in 1961. By 1969 the town receives the title of Comunidad Campesina.

PRINCIPAL PLACES TO SEE

EL MIRADOR. It's in the highest part of San Pedro de Casta, were you can see all the Santa Eulalia Valley.

QUEBRADA CALLULA. Nice place to take a small trek up to the Malca hill, crossing the farmlands of the community.

MARKAWASI. A plateau located 3 kms. from the town that can be reached in 3 hours. This place has diferent rock formations and energy spots.

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VISIT CASMA, THE KINGDOM OF THE SECHIN'S AND THE OLDEST SOLAR OBSERVATORY IN AMERICA!!!

Casma, on the north coast of Peru. Holds two archaeological sites, SECHIN, known as the Great Warriors of Casma and CHANQUILLO, the oldest Solar Observatory in America.

SECHIN is decorated by motifs representing the human drama of the war, being a unique site in Peru. CHANQUILLO, located in the top part of a hill, with three ovoid walls with strategic entrances that lead to well elaborated passages were the ceilings are made of thick Algarrobo wood. Across on the east side, its located a hill that has on its top, 13 towers, that according to the archaeologist Ivan Ghezzi, the movement of the Sun during the whole year coincides with one of the 13 towers, been able to define the solstices and equinoxes.
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OUR NEW PROGRAM NORTH PERU ARCHAEOLOGICAL WONDERS!!!

A Program of 12 Days / 11 Nights. Visit these great pre-Inca cultures that are located in the North of Peru.It includes 16 tours, 9 nights in Hostels, entry fees to the sites and museums, the meals are on your own. Also you will have a Trip Leader Guide (English speaking), the whole way around, making you participate closer to the local people and travel more secure.
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