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After taking your best pictures of the citadel, keep climbing the steps until you reach the Agricultural Sector. You´ll find yourself surrounded by llamas of many colors and sizes. I wasn´t attacked but be careful and respect their space... you never know...
Usually they don´t mind if you take a few pictures... Leave a Comment
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There are Llamas galore in Peru and Machu Picchu is no exception. They wonder around freely and mingle with the tourists. It adds a little something to your experience!!
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They are not so wild here, and I bet they are hired to cut the grass in Machu Picchu. They also pose as great focal point for your pictures. Just don't get too close... Leave a Comment Directions: Wander a bit in Machu Picchu, soon you will spot them!
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Along the Inca trail we can across these beautiful creatures, Domesticated several thousand years ago by the native South Americans valued primarily for their wool but also used as pack animals
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Here are some Llamas that live up in Machu Picchu.
Their purpose is either to keep the grass down, or as I saw them do, herd dawdling tourists who did'nt know where they were going. Leave a Comment
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It is impossible to visit Machu Picchu and not see the Llamas. There are about ten of them and they amble around the pack in a more-or-less coalesced group. There are at least two babies among them. While Llamas are not naturally found at this low altitiude, they're not completely out of place here. The Incas used llamas as pack animals, so there were plenty on hand hauling goods during the Inca times. They were also a source of food and fiber (the textile kind). It's altogether appropriate that they be here to greet you, since the Incas can't be.
But be careful (cuidado!). The llamas are wild animals. Treat them with respect, because you never know how they'll react. Leave a Comment
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Another animal that you might see while wandering around Machu Picchu is the viscachas. A viscachas is a rabbit-like critter but with shorter ears and a long fluffer tail. I saw this one while wandering alone in the residental section of Machu Picchu. It sat and stared at me for about a minute, allowing me to take a photograph. It scampered off into a hole after accidently kicked a rock. I wandered back into the same chamber that I saw this one a few minutes later. This time I came across three viscachas sitting on the rocks. They quickly scurried off into several holes in the rocks. Leave a Comment
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On the way, discovering the whole Macchu Picchu, will happend, morevoer if you are hking to reach the top of Huayna Picchu, to meet the most famous andean animal: the Lama.
A great meet up at 3.000 meters! Leave a Comment
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