The annual temperature varies between 7 and 18☌ during the day and becomes much colder at night. This season is generally cold with seasonal rain and hail precipitation. The climate is generally temperate, moderately cold and rainy during the months of the rainy season (December to March). Huchuy Qosqo is located in the Peruvian “suni” region according to Javier Pulgar Vidal. In Inca times it was known as Qaqyaqawana or Xaquixaguana (Jaquijaguana), Quechua terms that translate as “place from where lightning or electrical discharges are appreciated”. It adopted this appellation in the early twentieth century due to its architectural layout very similar to the ancient city of Cusco. Huchuy Qosqo is a Quechua term that means “small Cusco”. Huchuy Qosqo is located within the province of Calca, 50 kilometers north of the city of Cusco. The archaeological zone of Huchuy Qosqo is situated within a small plateau at an altitude of 3670 meters in the upper third of the mountains that are located at the height of the town Lamay. The archaeological site of Huchuy Qosqo or Qaqyaqawana was declared Cultural Patrimony of Peru in 2003. From Huchuy Qosqo you can appreciate the opposite side crossing the Sacred Valley of the Incas, observe the perpetual snow-capped mountains of exuberant beauty as the Pitusiray and Sawasiray. It is located in a high area from where you can see the valley as a balcony, so it is also called “the place from where you can see the lightning” during storms in the rainy season.
Huchuy Qosqo is an archaeological site of Inca manufacture that enjoys a privileged location in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. 9) When to visit Huchuy Qosqo? What is Huchuy Qosqo?
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