Cota CocaLocation: Rediscover Machu Picchu > Peru & the Andes > Cota Coca -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Another Lost City Discovered!
Hidden in a valley, about 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Machu Picchu.
Cota Coca was discovered by the Ziegler - Thompson Expedition. Archaeologists and explorers Gary Ziegler and Hugh Thomson have uncovered the ancient Inca dwellings from the dense jungle carpet, where they lay hidden for over 5 centuries.
Cota Coca is situated at the meeting place of the Yanama and Blanco rivers. The site is 1.850 m (6,070 ft) high.
The complex consists of approximately 30 stone buildings. These are particularly large dwellings, some of the buildings have 20 m (66 ft) in length.
Ordinary travelers are not likely to visit Cota Coca. It is a remotely located site, in an area where there are no roads, no hotels not even drinking water. But there are poisonous snakes, dangerous insects... plenty of them. Cota Coca is not for tourists, at least, not yet. |
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