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Baños del Inca — Cajamarca, Peru

Cajamarca/Peru

Baños del Inca

The hot springs in the northern Peruvian Andes where Atahualpa was camped in 1532.

By Gregor Ludwig CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23614442

Bathing
Indoor / Outdoor
Accommodation
Hotel on site

Baños del Inca lies six kilometres from Cajamarca, in Peru's northern highlands. The Inca ruler Atahualpa was resting at these springs with his army when the Spanish arrived in November 1532, and a stone pool traditionally identified as his bath survives on the site.

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Why visit

The springs are hot enough to require cooling, and the complex runs both public pools and private tubs. It combines an unmistakable historical setting with everyday local bathing culture.

The water

Thermal water

Source
Baños del Inca springs
Character
Hot mineral water cooled before bathing; used since pre-Hispanic times.

Practical information

Gallery

By Gregor Ludwig CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23614442

Location

Cajamarca, Peru-7.1636, -78.4636View on Balnevia map

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