Tres Cruces

109 km / 68 miles southeast of Cusco, take the partially tarred highway (3 hours by car) to the Paucartambo from where you must travel 45 km / 28 miles to the Tres Cruces Lookout (2 hours and 30 minutes by 4×4 vehicle on a rough road)

Tres Cruces is a natural lookout located on the edge of the Manu Biosphere Reserve. This place is famous for the so-called “white ray” phenomenon that occurs when the sun rises over the horizon during the winter solstice (June, July). The light shines through the humid atmosphere and is distorted as if going through a prism. The effect causes three suns to appear, one of them seems to be jumping from one side to the other.