The salkantay mountain: is part of the andes mountain chain that was born in venezuela and ends in the argentine patagonia peru and bolivia is the part central where the mountains reach a height of 6000 meters on the level of the sea, the quechua (inca) worshipped these mountains with a special name apu cusco (sacred mountain) north salkantay and ausangate to the south were the protective gods of the ancient capital of south america city cusco