El Valle Sagrado de los Incas

Tour of the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley of the Incas) stretching ~100km.

Top left: Learning how to spin wool into yarn, color using local natural dyes, and weave Alpaca shawls & sweaters in Chinchero. Chinchero is the mythical birthplace of the rainbow.

Top Right: View of the sacred valley from the ruins in Pisac. Beautiful agricultural terraces built by the Inca on these steep hillsides are still in use today.

Bottom left: Fortress of Ollantaytambo with gigantic solid walls, fortified gates, green terraces, guard houses, and very steep slopes. This is the only royal Incan estate that is still inhabited.

Bottom Right: Morning dew in a field of flowers with a backdrop of the Andes Mountains.