Museo Litico Pukara

Interesting Museum with Pre-Inca Artifacts

Our last stop on the Bus Tour from Cuzco to Puno was at the place. The town’s name Pukara derives from “Puka” which means “Red” since the rocks on the mountain glow red at sunset, and “Kara” which mea...

Come If you enjoy BC archeology

This is very small museum ( just three rooms), proudly run by local villagers of Pukara. It contains ancient carvings and pottery and tools used and discovered in the immediate area from the time 400 ...

Contradiction

Award for one of the tiniest museums ever. Overcrowded as all the touristic vehicles seem to point these sterile artefacts out as a highlight. The fiesta outside with music from the Peruvian army and ...

Interesting museum

This museum is located close to the main square. It has some fascinating pieces recovered from the PUKARA site. It is quite modest but well set up. We really liked that the local school children we...

Just one of the stops we made

This town and museum was just one of the stops from Cusco to Puno. The museum is very very very small. We took one look with the group and decided to hit the coffee shop while they finished the tour i...