Espiritu Pampa or plain of the spirits and Vilcabamba or the last capital of the Incas.
Persecuted by the Spaniards, the Incas had to take refuge in the most remote regions of the mountains and jungle.
Sensing that he was menaced, Manco Capac, the last Inca, with members of the elite and a few militars, decided to form a neo-politic empire in the center of this valley to perpetuate the tradition of their civilization. At this time, this area was one the the hardest to access, since it was occupied by terrible tribes of warrior like the Ashaninkas and the Cañaris.