Cajamarca - Baños del Inca & Otuzco (25 May 2006)

Another day in Cajamarca and plenty more to see. We started off with a visit to the "Baños del Inca" - natural hot springs that Atahualpa was visiting when Pizarro arrived. There are public hot baths although we hired a private one - and boy it was very relaxing!


Lorena and I standing by the hot water - 72 degrees. It is not possible to bathe in these!


Myself by the ruins of the original "Baños del Inca".


We went on a tour in the afternoon and the first stop was to sample some of the very rich dairy products for which the city is very proud. Yummmmy.

The "Jardin de Hortensias" (garden of hydrangeas) - a thriving local business.

And the main event - "Ventanillas del Otuzco". These "ventanillas" (windows) are actually pre-inca funerary niches which have been carved into the rock.