Choquequirao Peru Travel

Welcome to Choquequirao, Peru!!!

THE CRADLE OF GOLD

GENERAL INFORMATION

It is located at an altitude of 3,200 meters between Santa Teresa's district and at the right hand of the Apurimac river, behind Machu Picchu. The residents of Abancay and Curahuasi say that it was the place where they had taken refuge, the last Inca that left Cusco after the defeat of the last King of the Tahuantinsuyo, Manco Inca, that resisted the Spaniards between 1536 and 1572, that had already taken possession of Cusco, the capital of the Empire. 
The name Choquequirao, comes from the Quechua words, Choque that means Gold non beneficiary and Quirao, to rock you or to lean on; giving the name of Cradle of Gold, although more to the reality is leaning to the mountain that has gold. 
The Count Sarticus, French adventurer, went to Choquequirao in 1834. There is documentation of 1710, that mentions that, it was one of the 4 towns, of the region of Vilcabamba, where the incas installs the resistance next to Choquekurai, Vilcabamba, the great main room of the Inca and a town of Silversmiths of the Inca. 
Leons Angrant, a stupendous drawer, vice-consul of France in Peru between 1834 and 1838, visited the place and made an excellent map and notes in pencil. 
Its architecture is constituted in base of Pircas (rock walls). 
In the decade of the 90's the Plan Copesco intervenes in its arrangement. In these last years with the help of the French Embassy, their restoration has been achieved. 

CLIMATE

The climate is relatively lukewarm during the whole year; quite rainy between the months of November and March; dry and warm between April and October, advisable season to visit it. The annual minimum temperature varies between 8°C and 11.2°C. In the months of June, July and August, the temperature, many times gets to under zero. The annual maximum temperature varies from 20.4°C to 26.6°C.