Getting to Know Huilloc Alto

By: Emily Radek, Marketing and Communication Intern Ascending into the mountains, about 4,000 feet higher in altitude than Ollantaytambo, you reach Huilloc-Alto. The drive is long enough to sit and enjoy the views from the car window. Once you reach Huilloc, a twisty road continues farther up the steep mountain slope. Huilloc Alto is one of our partner tourism cooperatives located in the small community of Huilloc. ‘Alto’ references the group living in the higher portion of Huilloc, as it stands at 13,000 feet above sea level. As you look out the window on the steep drive up, the bright...