We got to sleep in a little today before going on a tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas starting at 8am. Since we are the only 2 people on our tour, we are by ourselves on all of the bits that don’t overlap with other tours. This hasn’t happened yet.

We had the services of Hernan as our guide for the day who first took us to the ruins of Saqsayhuaman (it only sounds like sexy woman), where a very impressive temple sat at the head of the old Incan city, the shape of which was a Puma. One of the stone blocks in the temple weighs 130 tonnes, while another selection of stones gave the outline of a Llama.

Having seen the stone Llama we then went to a Llama and Alpaca Zoo where we saw traditional hand weaving being done with Llama and Alpaca wool dyed with vegetable and mineral dyes made on site. From here we went to Pisac to visit some more ruins high above the valley. The religious buildings were all made with large stones that fitted together perfectly. Below these buildings the hill had been cut into terraces for agricultural purposes, while water was channeled along the contours of the hill from a creek several kilometres away.

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