Rumicolca | Wild Camping

Peru

Details

Verified:
2 months ago
Altitude:
3243.0 masl
Website:
Contributor:
El Moglander

Amenities

Electricity:
No
Wifi:
No
Kitchen:
No
Restaurant:
No
Showers:
No
Water:
No
Toilets:
No
Big Rig Friendly:
Yes
Tent Friendly:
Yes
Pet Friendly:
Yes

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Description

Just off the main road, we didn't stay but we met some peruvians who were camping with tents and all.

Should be fine parking here- though there will is a lot of truck traffic going past in daylight hours. The ruins are the old gateway/ control post to Cusco for those coming from the South. First built by Wari culture, then added to by the Incas. There is also a nice 15 minute hike down to Lake Huacarpay below, just follow the path downhill.

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The parking attendant will not let us stay here. His handling is very unfriendly...

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No sign of a Security Guard, but we were woken by a couple of Police Officers at 11pm and told it wasn't safe to park here overnight. They said we should continue up the road and park at a grifo instead.. Our first encounter with Peruvian police, and thankfully a pleasant one :)

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We camped (with 2 tents) through the entrance down the steep slope on the grassy area. Pretty and perfectly out of sight. The guard checked in later and didn't mind us camping there at all.

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Rumicolca is the name of this Inca site. It was the old gateway/ control post to Cusco for those coming from Puno direction. The base is actually pre-Inca built by the Wari culture ( who built the nearby Piqillacta ruins across the road), Then the Incas merely added on top of it. So a nice historical spot to camp. The road does get quite a lot of trucks going by, but not too bad at night

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just met the securityguard and he did NOT allow us to stay for the night!!! 😡

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pretty ruins en el parque archeologico pikillacta

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Grassy parking area at some nameless ruins. Quiet. FREE

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Tried to camp in the car park of the free ruins just down the road. The wardens told us to park here for the night. Free.

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Just off the main road, we didn't stay but we met some peruvians who were camping with tents and all.

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