Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina

Weather: Some clouds, isolated thunderstorm in afternoon, 47/71F.

Route: From Potosi 524 km south on 14 and RN9.

Significance: Quebrada de Humahuaca is what UNESCO calls a cultural landscape. It is a valley that runs 150 km along the Rio Grande river. Its significance is that it has been lived and and traveled along for over 10,000 years - from hunter and gatherers to the present day.  It is also a good place to highlight the Qhapaq Nan - the Andean road system largely built by the Inca civilization. This road network covers over 30,000 km in the harsh terrain of the Andes from Colombia in the north to Argentina and Chile in the south.

Websites: Qhapaq Nan UNESCO World Heritage Site, Quebrada de Humahuaca UNESCO World Heritage Site

Images:

The Camina Inca along the valley (from whc.unesco.org)

Homes built by an ancient method with stones (from whc.unesco.org)