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5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Urubamba, Peru

Updated April 10, 2025
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Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
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Wiñay Wayna

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
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Machu Colca

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.
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This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
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