Today, we went on a short tour to a place called Sillustani. It sits in the Lake Umayo peninsula. A war-like tribe called the Colla people, burried their nobility here in funerary towers called chullpas. The structures are massive- you can see them scattered along the hilltops. Other people, including the Incas, used this sacred site as well.
The cylindrical structures vary in size, some housing complete families, or a group of shamans or kings. They were burried with plenty of food and belongings for their next life. Only a small hole facing east was left unsealed.
So this was our last full day in Peru. We take a night bus tonight to Tacna, then a short train ride in the morning across the border into Chile!
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