Capacsaya

#270 among destinations in Peru

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Capacsaya, Ccapacsaya, Media Luna or Huayurioc is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,044 metres high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lares District, and in the Urubamba Province, Urubamba District. Capacsaya lies northwest of Chicón and east of Pumahuanca, near Pumahuancajasa pass. ()

Elevation: 16549 ftCoordinates: 13°11'21"S, 72°6'45"W

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Capacsaya – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Queuñacocha, Pumahuanca, Sirihuani, Chicón.

5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Queuñacocha
129 min walk • Queuñacocha or Hatun Queuñacocha is a small lake in the Urubamba mountain range of the Cusco Region, Lares District, Calca Province, Peru. The lake lies north of Chicón, Sirihuani and Parorjo and southwest of Quisuarani, at an altitude of about 4,170 m. It is 200 metres long, and 140 metres wide at its widest point.
1.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pumahuanca
46 min walk • Pumahuanca, Pumahuanja or Yucay is a 5,318-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, on the boundary between Calca and Urubamba provinces, northwest of Urubamba.
4.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sirihuani
118 min walk • Sirihuani or Sirijuani is a 5,359-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, in the districts of Calca and Lares.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chicón
128 min walk • Chicón or Chicon is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,530 m high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District and in the Urubamba Province, Urubamba District. It is situated northeast of the town of Yucay, southeast of Pumahuanca and southwest of the Sirihuani.
4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Quellacocha
102 min walk • Quellacocha is a small lake in the Cusco Region in Peru. It is situated in the Urubamba mountain range at a height of about 4,170 metres. Quellacocha lies south west of the village Lares and north of the mountains Chicón and Sirihuani.
3.3 miE
Archaeological site
Quispiguanca
84 min walk • Quispiguanca, also Q'espihuanca and Q'espiwanka, was a royal estate of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac. The ruins of the estate are located in the northern part of the present-day town of Urubamba, Peru at an elevation of 2,910 metres.
2.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sutoc
57 min walk • Sutoc is a 4,735-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Urubamba District. It lies southwest of Pucajasa and the pass named Pumahuancajasa and southeast of Pumahuanca.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pucajasa
60 min walk • Pucajasa is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Urubamba District. It lies at the pass named Pumahuancajasa.
6.7 miSE
Mountain, Lake
Chaquicocha Mountain
172 min walk • Chaquicocha is a 4,895-metre-high mountain at a little lake of that name in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, and in the Urubamba Province, in the districts of Huayllabamba and Yucay.