Canchacanchajasa

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Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Canchacanchajasa is a 4,987-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Urubamba River. Canchacanchajasa is situated southeast of Sirihuani, north of Cóndorhuachana and Huamanchoque and southwest of Sahuasiray. It lies in the upper part of the Cancha Cancha valley at the Lares trek. ()

Elevation: 16362 ftCoordinates: 13°13'12"S, 72°0'32"W

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

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

5.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Queuñacocha
134 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.
1.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sahuasiray
37 min walk • Sahuasiray, Sawasiray, Colque Cruz or Ccolque Cruz, is one of the highest mountains in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,818 metres high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, northwest of Calca.
2.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sirihuani
73 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.
3.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chicón
87 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.
2.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ancasmarca
69 min walk • Ancasmarca, also known as Pitusiray or Sallcasa, is a 5,198-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River.
5.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Quellacocha
144 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.
4.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Quispiguanca
118 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.
4.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pitusiray
105 min walk • Pitusiray is a 4,991-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Huamanchoque
66 min walk • Huamanchoque is a 5,156-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, north of the Vilcanota River.
5.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chulluncunayoc
152 min walk • Chulluncunayoc is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 metres high. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District, east of the Urubamba mountain range.
3.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pucaorjo
83 min walk • Pucaorjo is a 4,776-metre-high mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Lares District.