Three Locations You Must Visit in Huancayo!

Group photo at Torre Torre park, with the towering Rock Sculptures of Huancayo!

While completing my independent study in Ayacucho, Peru over the summer, I decided to visit Huancayo because I had a friend, Joni, who was also staying in Huancayo for a cross cultural experience over the summer and so I decided I had to take some time and visit her because she said it was a great city.  I left Ayacucho for a long weekend trip and I took a twelve hour bus ride from Ayacucho to Huancayo and what an experience it was!  You can read about the bus ride here.  I arrived late in the evening and went straight to where she was staying! I must say, it was so wonderful to actually see another familiar face after a couple of months in Ayacucho. Huancayo is located in the central Andes highlands of Peru and originally in the native language Quechua, the city’s name was Wankayuq, which means ‘place with a sacred rock’. It was such a cold night as Huancayo is located in the Andes Mountains at about 10,692 feet above sea level, so her host family gave me multiple homemade blankets that I used to bundle up as to help keep me warm all night.

Read more about Huancayo on the Treasures of Traveling Website!

-- Luke Keeler