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Who are the Quechuas?<\/strong> That is perhaps the first question you’ll ask your guide as you leave Puno, heading towards ancient pre-Hispanic chullpas, a church that is a treasure of faith, a grove of titancas \u2014the world’s largest bromeliad<\/strong>\u2014 and a museum where you’ll discover Hatun \u00d1akaj, the fearsome Decapitator.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, who are the Quechuas? Are they all the indigenous peoples of the Andes, or just the “children of the Sun”<\/strong> who consolidated the Inca Empire? And while you await your guide’s answer, the vehicle that left the “Altiplano City” around 7:30 in the morning approaches the Sillustani archaeological site.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first stop on a tour designed for you to explore the main attractions of Puno’s Quechua-rooted cities and villages<\/strong>. In this experience that awaits you every day of the year, you’ll visit Lampa, the “Pink City,” and the district of Pucar\u00e1<\/strong>, famous for its ceramic bulls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Quechuas are the most numerous indigenous people in the country, and Quechua is also a language that originated around 1000 BC in the Chav\u00edn culture, who already spoke a proto-Quechua. During the Inca Empire, this people and language spread to the northern part of the Puno region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book your tour on the Quechua Route<\/strong> now, to experience an intense day in places full of history and in natural landscapes where the geography will surprise you. <\/p>\n\n\n

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