Travel Tales: Temples on Wayna Picchu, Peru

We visited two Temples on Wayna Picchu, Nov. 9, 2007

Bernardina and Marco were our guides.

Ray, Ellie, Manin

To get to Wayna Picchu (young peak), we walk through Macchu Picchu (old peak).

Another spelling is Huayna Picchu. It is taller than Maccu Picchu and the Urubamba River flows around its base.

Here are some spectacular views
of the majestic mountains.

Moss and vegetation grow thickly

on side of Wayna Picchu.

We climbed steep stairs

halfway up the mountain.

Ray and Bernardina waited at the top of the hill.

We climbed past a lookout point, midway up Wayna Picchu.

We headed towards the north face,

hugging the side of the mountain,
climbing downwards, toward the jungle on the opposite side.

We squeezed beneath rocks and took a short break. Ray, Bernardina, Manin in this picture.

Down a jungle path.

The lush foliage changed with the slight changes of temperature.

Our first destination loomed ahead, around the corner.

A sacred cave known as the Temple of the Moon was adapted from the mountain cave.

The trapezoidal windows almost make the entrances appear as faces with a big headdress.

The indigenous peoples further constructed niches and built an altar
into the Temple.

The energy in this temple was cool, light and airy.

Our further destination, a little farther down the hill was

the Temple of the 12 Tribes. It is also called the Great Cavern.

Here the ancients reside. It is said that caves and water sources are places where the Apus, or moutain spirits dwell. In the quiet stillness of the cave, I felt their presences hug me, welcoming.

Supposedly mummies were buried in these caves. We saw no evidence of mummies.

Councils sent energies through Tauro (black, top left). Lemurian Mano stone read and exchanged energy with the masculine and feminine energies of the Apus, ancients and stones in the main altar.

A thousand eyes gazed from the stones and niches.
The energies were thick and penetrating.

The temperature cooled. A frisson ran down my back. Reaching out with both hands toward the big jasper, I feel the energies tingle and course through my body.

One by one, each person joined a line, hands outstretched touching the shoulders of the person in front. The sensation of complete peace, serenity and deep knowledge ran through us. We were humbled and most grateful for the energies shared by the Apus.