We left our hotel in Cusco and headed to the Inka Express, tourist bus company depot. On this page we are leaving Andahuaylillas. Driving to South East of Cuzco, on the road leading toward Puno, for about 119km, there we arrived at Raqchi village which is in the district of San Pedro de Cacha, the province of Canchis. Raqchi is located on the right bank of the Vilcanota River, at an altitude of about 3500 mts. (11500 ft.). Its pre-Hispanic name was "Cacha". The most important building within the complex is the "Wiraqocha Temple", which according to ancient chroniclers was made built by Inka Wiraqocha in homage to the Superior Invisible God of the Andean people: "Apu Kon Titi Wiraqocha". Leaving Raqchi we take a short drive to Sicuani; which is a relatively large highland town, about two hours from Cusco. The town is pleasant and surrounded by very pretty hills. Sicuani is a major intersection, with the road to Arequipa passing it. We left on the drive to Puno on April 19, 2006. We found this trip to be a very interesting tour to many places on the way to Puno.

Since this trip is between Cusco, Juliaca City, & Puno Peru; you have two choices of airports when planning to make the trip. One choice is Cusco, the other is Juliaca. The Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (IATA: CUZ, ICAO: SPZO) is located in the city of Cusco, a city in southeastern Peru. Cusco, a principal tourist attraction in Latin America, receives various domestic flights as well as some international flights. Or you can fly into the Inca Manco Cápac International Airport (IATA: JUL, ICAO: SPJL), known as Aeropuerto Internacional Inca Manco Cápac in Spanish, located in the city of Juliaca, thirty minutes from the city of Puno at Titicaca Lake. It is run by CORPAC S.A. (Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviación Comercial S.A.), a government-run organization that oversees the management of Peruvian airports. Its runway is the longest in Latin America. While it is called International; it does not serve international flights! You can fly into Peru to the international airports located at Lima, Arequipa and Cusco. Then you can be flown into the Inca Manco Cápac International Airport. Then, you could stay at Juliaca or you can be transported from the airport of Juliaca, to the town of Puno in a taxi; with an average cost of about US $20; or in a minibuse, with an average cost of about US $5 per person. The leading hotels in Puno have transportation back to the airport. There are several Guided Tour Agencies offering standard city and archaeological tours of the areas of both Cusco, Puno, and Juliaca. We found that when touring Peru, Magical Cusco Tours gave us the best service of all. They even arranged very personal tours based upon our ages and experience. They were there for us whenever we needed them. Click on any of their links on our pages and they will give you a 4% discount for taking their tours. Mention Delange.org; Merchant Code GD882010 for your discount! We suggest letting Ana Maria handle your tour. We do this all the time. It is safe and it works!!! We have never experienced a problem doing it this way! It is advisable to book reservations ahead of time, as hotels, especially in high season, are quickly booked up. We also have links to Priceline.Com on our pages, in case you may prefer to use their services.