The Atlas Obscura Guide To Urubamba

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

Updated April 10, 2025

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Unusual Attractions in Urubamba

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Urubamba, Peru

Moray

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

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Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

Looking down to the lower level structures

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Wiñay Wayna

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

The now-vacant Wiñay Wayna Pub from the back

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The Former Wiñay Wayna Pub

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

View from below.

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Machu Colca

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

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Salt Pans of Maras

Maras, Peru

Salt Pans of Maras

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

3 miles from Urubamba

Ollantaytambo, Peru

Ollantaytambo Ruins

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

10 miles from Urubamba

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