Cusco - Puca Pucara

Puca Pucara, across the road from Tambo Machay, is the least significant site in the Cusco area and perhaps the least impressive as well. Puca Pucara means "red fort" but was more likely a storage area, hunting lodge, or stopping area for travelers rather than a fort. It is supposed to look pink in some lights, which contributed to the name. The site consists of a number of rooms, waterways and aqueducts enclosed in a wall. The lower level has a number of chambers. The upper level offers some great views over the Cusco Valley and glaciers to the south.