"Matucana" Matucana by El_Sueco

Matucana Travel Guide: 5 reviews and 12 photos

Matucana is 85 km from Lima, at the Central Highway Lima - Huancayo.
Altitude: +2389 m

The village is surrounded by the mountains, which sometimes cover the sun.

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Go to Matucana to see the high mountains, on the way from Lima you will see a lot of this type of hills/mountains of... more travel advice

The railway from Lima to Huancayo is the highest normal-gauge 1.44 m railroad in the world. more travel advice

Building the railway was a titanic effort, through the mountains there are several tunnels, of which you here see... more travel advice

The lack of space for curves have made it necessary to form zig-zags where the train goes back and forth to climb up. more travel advice

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besbel Feb 7, 2003 at 2:33 PM

Never imagined a tourist would go to Matucana. Great site!
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eviltooth Feb 4, 2003 at 9:41 PM

The tunnels remind me of those through the Tairoko Gorge which my grandpa helped built. :)
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matcrazy1 Jan 25, 2003 at 4:49 PM

Great page, interesting destination!