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Baños del Inca, Cajamarca
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Useful Information:
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Cajamarca region. Baños del Inca district at 2720 masl / 8924 fasl, 6 km / 4 miles east of Cajamarca (2759 masl / 9052 fasl). |
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Mild and rainy; warm days and chilly nights.
Average temperature: 16ºC (61 ºF). |
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Open all year round. |
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By air: Daily flights link Cajamarca and Lima (1:15 h).
By land: Cajamarca is 862 km / 536 miles from Lima (13 hours), 295 km / 183 miles from Trujillo (6 hours), and 265 km / 165 miles from Chiclayo (6 hours).
Public transport available from Cajamarca to the Inca Baths.
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Description:
The Thermal baths of the Incas, or Pultumarca in the Quechua language, in the North Eastern Andes of Peru are reputed for their medicinal hot springs. Chlorine and sulfur waters spring from sources at 70ºC (158ºF) and are reputed to cure bone and nervous system conditions. Facilities include individual pools, bungalows, hotels, swimming pools and saunas. The stone pool where Inca Atahualpa used to bathe is open to visitors.
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