On your way to the Temple of the Moon, you pass by a jumble of rocks that most people don’t even notice. This is a pre-Inca site, likely built by the Killke people, who lived in the Cusco Valley long before the Inca began their civilization and subsequent expansion that grew to include territory from Columbia down through most of Chile, and from the Pacific into the Amazon.

At the temple you can find a stone shaped like a human heart and carvings that look like a snake. However, you won’t find anything resembling a monkey. The name actually comes from nearby children, who have played here for centuries. Long before parkour existed, children bounced off the rocks here, running and jumping until their elders told them to stop monkeying around.

On your left, as you walk by the Monkey Temple, all you can see are a couple boulders that look like they have been carved into giant benches. Walk through them and you’ll be down inside and area that’s surrounded by carved stones. Follow the path down some more and to the left and you’ll see what looks like a little cave.