Ventanillas de Otuzco and Ventanillas de Combayo

The Ventanillas de Otuzco and Ventanillas de Combayo are pre-Inca necropolises built into a hillside. Hundreds of niches, called "ventanillas" (windows) were built here by the Cajamarca people around 800 AD. Much of the these sites were plundered and destroyed by the Incas when they moved into the area. The Ventanillas de Cambayo are better preserved and more interesting than those at Otuzco.

Tours to Otuzco usually involve a side trip a nearby flower farm and cheese factory, but this site is close enough that it is easy to visit without an organized group. Otuzco is about 8km / 5mi northeast of Cajamarca and Combayo is about 30km / 18mi.