Dating back over a thousand years, Quilmes, Tastil and Tilcara feel at one with the Puna grasslands that surround them. Their location is as breathtaking as the architecture, nestled as they are in beautiful valleys where the highest, mightiest peaks are always on guard.
We gaze hypnotically at these immense mountains that have borne witness to the coming and going of empires and communities throughout the Tawaintisuyo period. It wasn’t just the Inca that presided during this era, but in fact dozens of indigenous communities who, over many years, stood firm and protected their land, crops and cultures right up to the present day. Customs and traditions transport us hundreds of years into the past to revive their soul – everything here is a rediscovery. You’ll find a strength and spiritual peace in the silence.
The majestic citadels of Quilmes, Tastil and Tilcara await us like an enigma, where nothing is linear and the contrast with our civilisation is stark. There’s another time, a sign language; the gods are figurative and they are present in everything, like the sun. Here, the Quechua language is binary, the ancient is embodied in stone, and the year begins in August. In this way we step into another world; a world that connects the universe with the cosmos.
Like great sages, the Inca children transmit a legend; a message of power that makes us think about who we are. They force us to look retrospectively at our lives and they give us the strength to travel to infinite heights, as if wanting to go in search of more – there is always more. When we want to realize it, we are already ourselves shrouded in myths, immersed in history, connected with the Andean universe. We are part of it.
