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The site features monolithic statues and a museum featuring ceramics, semi-precious stones and gold objects. Tours from Cajamarca are S/100, however if you can make it there on your own, the entry fee is S/4.50.
Kuntur Wasi is the name given to the ruins of a religious center with complex architecture and stone sculptures, located in the Andean highlands of Peru. It is believed the inhabitants had a link with the Chavín culture.
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An Evangelical farming colony with tourist services and a zoo.
A pre-Colombian aqueduct built around 1000 BCE to bring water from the mountains to the town of Cajamarca during the dry season. Tours from Cajamarca are S/18 per person. Food and drinks are readily available at the site. It's possible to walk from Cajamarca but allow around five hours each way for the 20 km trek. The site is at an altitude of around 3500 m and can be quite cold and wet (in the rainy season).
Mirador Apu Rumitiana Santa Apolonia
From the hill you have a great view over Cajamarca. It contains a "seat of the Inca" where the Inca emperor supposedly addressed his subjects. In order to get to the top of the viewpoint, you need to pay an entry fee.
Catedral de Santa Catalina
This Catholic cathedral was built in the Baroque style. Construction of the cathedral began in the 17th century. It is located on the main square, the Plaza de Armas.
Museo Arqueológico y Etnográfico del Conjunto Monumental Belén
Archaeological and ethnographic museum in the historical building of Belén.
Cuarto de Rescate
The only building left from the Inca empire in the city is this room, where the Inca Atahualpa was held captive by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.