Urubamba, Peru Urubamba, Peru Urubamba (possibly from in the Quechua spelling "Urupampa", flat land of spiders) is a small town in Peru, located near the Urubamba River under the snow-capped mountain Chicón. Located one hour from Cusco, Urubamba is the largest town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. It is also located near a number of significant ruins of the Inca Empire, including Machu Picchu. The sparse remains of the Inca palace, Quispiguanca, are within the town. Tourists often come through the town on their way to visit these sites. Urubamba is located in the Highlands of Peru. It is regarded
Vilcabamba, Peru the site where Tupac Amaru fled after the Spanish captured Vitcos. Bingham speculated in his book Lost City of the Incas that Machu Picchu was the lost city of Vilcapampa the Old, in part because Bingham only saw a small portion of Espíritu Pampa. It remained for Gene Savoy to discover the full extent of the site in 1964, and later evidence did confirm the site was indeed the old Vilcabamba. In the 1960s, the explorations and discoveries of Antonio Santander Casselli and Gene Savoy finally associated the "Espíritu Pampa" site with the legendary Vilcabamba. Their 1970 book "Antisuyo" brought