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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Urubamba

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Urubamba, Peru

Updated April 10, 2025

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Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
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Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.
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Wiñay Wayna

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
The now-vacant Wiñay Wayna Pub from the back

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The Former Wiñay Wayna Pub

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.
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Machu Colca

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.
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Salt Pans of Maras

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
3 miles from Urubamba

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Ollantaytambo Ruins

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
10 miles from Urubamba
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