Kanaracay is located along the shore of Huacarpay Lake. Huacarpay Lake is best know now for the wonderful views of birds that lovers of nature enjoy. Urpicancha means 'field of wild doves' in quechua. These terraced ruins on the east banks of the Waton Lagoon, a permanent 8.2 metre deep part of the Huacarpay Lagoons, are believed to originally have been built by the Wari pre-Inca culture, later occupied by the Inca, and may have been the birthplace of the Inca Huascar who fought a war against his half- brother Atahualpa. Huacarpay is the birthplace of the Inca Huascar. The ruins of his palace are situated on the south western edge of the biggest of the three lakes forming Huacarpay. According to the archeological surveys existent in the area, it was estimated by Johan Reinhard and the local INC representatives that most probably archeological remains within the lagoon should be situated in the southern half of the biggest lake of Huacarpay, right in front of Huascars birthplace. There were no specific legends indicating archeological remains in this lake. We were at the ruins of Kanaracay at about 1:36 PM on the afternoon of March 23, 2011.

The first choice of where to go in order to visit the Kanaracay Huari Archaeological Ruins, near Cusco, Peru is to fly in to Cusco, Peru to visit the Piquillacta Huari Archaeological Ruins first . Then from Piquillacta drive about 1km. further to Kanaracay at the edge of Lake Huarcapay. The Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (IATA: CUZ, ICAO: SPZO) is located in the city of Cusco, in southeastern Peru. Cusco is a principal tourist attraction in Latin America, and it receives various domestic flights as well as some international flights. There are several really nice hotels in Cusco. 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. We have links to Magical Cusco Tours on our page so that they can arrange your tours of the town of Maras and the Salt Mines Of Maras, near Cusco, and the surrounding areas. Click on any of their links on our pages and they will give you a 4% discount for taking their package tours. Mention delange.org. Merchant Code Inka2010 for your discount! We suggest letting Ana Maria handle your tour. Note: The 4% discount applies to package tours only! Discount does not apply to hotel bookings, domestic or international tickets, meals or any other service booked as a single activity. Magical Cusco Tours also has a culinary tour that you may enjoy.Click Here For: Taste Of Peru.com their culinary tour page. We also have links to Priceline.Com on our pages, in case you may prefer to use their services.