CHOQUEQUIRAO TREK PERU

What Hide Choquequirao?

Choquequirao is believed to have been a city built with the purpose of controlling the invasion of its neighbors by the Chanka tribe at the beginning of the formation of the Inca empire in approximately 1380. Following the invasion of Francisco Pizarro and his army in 1535, death From Atahuallpa (Inca king) in Cajamarca, Manco Inca emerged as the new king of the empire after a bloody struggle in the current city of Cusco for the rule of the empire, the Inca army was defeated by the conquering army led by Francisco Pizarro. Then the family, army and survivors escaped into the jungle finding a refuge in this inhospitable place “Choquequirao-Vilcabamba”.
Manco Inca and his children resisted for 60 years, frustrating each conquering excursion. In 1565 with the death of Manco Inca at the hands of soldiers of the Almagrista faction, the resistance lost its leader and culminated years later with the capture and execution in the current main square of the last heir of the Inca dynasty “Tupac Amaru “So I finish a part of the history in these places that you can relive walking through these wonderful places .