Incas Channel

Construction of the Inca canal was a measure of wit and capacity to undertake the monumental work of the Incas. It's called Cumbemayo Canal and it flows down from 3600 metres on the hills of Cumbe, 7 kilometres to Cajamarca at 2700 meters. It's a gently sloping canal, dug in some sections into volcanic rock. Sometimes it travels through tunnels and bends in a zigzag to lessen the speed of the current. The Cumbemayo channel is feed by rainwater, which is very common, and the landscape around it is fascinating, with places like the forest of rocks, known as The Friars, because the shapes look like