Pukará de Quitor

Antofagasta Region · Chile

Pukará de Quitor, Chile
Photo: Vessna, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Good to know

Best time to go
March to November
Coordinates
Open in maps

A pre-Columbian stone fortress built by the Atacameño people on a hillside above the Río San Pedro. Its terraced walls overlook the oasis valley and were later stormed by Spanish forces.

Where next?

The world is wide open.

Sources