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Cusco | Pachatusan and Urubamba Valley

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Flight Cusco - Lima, view down the valley of the Río Urubamba (also known as Río Vilcanota, headwaters of the Río Amazonas) in NW direction to the Cordillera Urubamba with Nevado Sahuasiray (5818 m) in the right background. Pachatusan (4842 m) appears in the left central foreground, whereas the Cordillera Vilcabamba with Nevado Salkantay (6271 m) is shown in the left background of the scene.