Choquequirao now offers camping areas, tourism services

(31 January, 2012)

The paths to the archaeological site of Choquequirao in Cusco's Santa Teresa district now have camping areas and tourism services for a better visitor experience.

The regional government said that the works were carried out through the Copesco plan in response to increasing tourist visits to the area.

The local population manages these places directly according to the agreement signed between the Copesco plan, the regional government of Cusco, the town of Santa Teresa and communities.

Choquequirao consists of nine groups of buildings of stone terraces, rooms and irrigation systems, distributed around a town square.

It could be one of the lost cities in the valley of Vilcabamba, where the Incas took refuge in 1536.

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Source: Andina, news agency.