What is "choquequirao"

Choquequirao (in hispanicized spelling), Chuqi K'iraw or Chuqik'iraw ( Quechua chuqi metal, every kind of precious metal/gold (Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system) is an Incan site in south Peru, similar in structure and architecture to Machu Picchu. The ruins are buildings and terraces at levels above and below Sunch'u Pata, the truncated hill top. The hilltop was anciently leveled and ringed with stones to create a 30 by 50 m platform.

Choquequirao (3,050 m) is in the spurs of the Vilcabamba mountain range in the Mollepata district, Anta Province of the Cusco Region above the valley of river Apurímac. The complex is 1,800 hectares, of which 30–40% is excavated.

The site is reached by a two-day hike from outside Cusco.