Tipon Travel and Tourism Guide

Today was another great day on the trip.  I went to small city about a half hour away from Cuzco called Tipon.  I saw one other tourist that probably wasn´t Peruvian, which I love.  I small city that allows you to see how it is really run.  The 30 minute bus ride cost 60 cents and dropped me off on a highway a little ways away from the center of town.  I was a little nervous when I realized that I was the only foreigner around, but I started to walk into town.  ...

Tipon is located 25 Km southeast of Cuzco (around 45 minutes by car) via the Cuzco – Puno highway. The purpose and origin of the site are open to speculation but one of the theories says that Tipon is one of the royal gardens built by Inca Wiracocha. The archeological site is made of twelve terraces flanked by stonewalls with enormous agricultural terraces, canals, and waterfalls.   The water flows from the top of the mountain Patachuán though carved stone canals of Inca origin. The...