the city of cuzco is located in the Andes Mountains, in southern Peru. It was the center of the Inca Empire six hundred years ago. cuzco is 3,350 meters above sea level, and it is surrounded by mountains as high as 6,000 meters the local people are used bo the .altitude arn to climbing the steep olopes of the area they carry heavy loads on their backs or they use llamas visitoes to cuzco often have difficalty adjusying to the high altitude and it may take them several days to get used to it