Is Huamachuco The Dreamiest Place In Peru? We Think So

Crowds at Marcahuamachuco

Each season Unleashers go to Peru’s most awe-inspiring pre-Incan fort, Marcahuamachuco, nestled 12000 feet up in the Andean foothills. This place is pure magic; misty green mountains, baby llamas, steaming hot-springs, astoundingly tall hats, wood-fired bread, and the best damn hot chocolate going. All the majesty and wonder of Machu Picchu and Cusco with zero other tourists.

Images by Cath.be

Unleashers en route to Huamachuco

A cacophony of llamas brought all the joy

Possibly the prettiest plaza d’armas in Peru

Our guide invited us to his father’s house to see him weaving a hat

Mouth-watering homemade churros in front of the town school

Huamachuco town

Morning drive to the hot-springs

Sophie likes to help shepherds take a load off

“Any other of you weird tourists want to hold my baby goat?”

Hot-springs!

Best possible place for wool-spinning

After a long day of hot-springs and delicious food

Huamachuco from a distance

We were the only tourists at Marcahuamachuco all day (all week?)

Soooo many gorgeous moments of clouds rising and revealing

Marcahuamachuco entrance

Obligatory group shot!

Air cactuses have a field day on these many-thousand-year-old walls

The pictures and descriptions don’t do this place justice - the drive there and the major sites are stunning and the town itself is a gem. Last year, this trip to the mountains was most of our clients’ favourite experience — next to surfing obviously!

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