Peru Guide
Around Cusco
Puente Colgante
The PUENTE COLGANTE, accessed from the Urcos to Sicuani road, is a hanging or suspension rope bridge that has been rebuilt almost ceremonially every year since before the Spanish conquest. Annually, up to a thousand locals gather on the second Sunday in June to rebuild the bridge using traditional techniques and materials, including ichu grasses, to make ropes for the 33-metre span. The building and celebrations generally take three or four days and conclude with ceremony and dancing between the area's principal ayllus, or clans. To get to the Puente Colgante you have to get off a bus or combi at Combapata, about 30km before Sicuani and 10km further south than Checacupe. From Combapata it's another 31km (45min more by car) to the suspension bridge.