Kutimpu, Archaeological site in Puno Region, Peru.

Kutimpu (Cutimbo) is an archaeological site 20 km southwest of Puno city, in the Pichacani District, at 4,023 m above sea level. It consists of two plateaus in the Cutimbo and Viluyo pampas, where several chullpas, stone burial towers for important personages of their time, stand on the open grassland. Cave paintings are also found at the site.

This burial ground developed during the Colla Kingdom era and remained in use through Inca control of the region. The site served as a necropolis for regional leaders and religious figures across multiple periods of Andean rule.

The burial towers at this site reflect how Aymara communities honored their deceased by constructing permanent stone homes for them. This burial practice reveals deeply held beliefs about honoring ancestors and maintaining connection with the dead as part of daily community life.

Kutimpu lies about 20 km southwest of Puno, on two plateaus in the pampas of Cutimbo and Viluyo at 4,023 m above sea level. The climb to the stone tombs and cave paintings is on foot over open, unshaded ground, so allow time to acclimatise and go slowly. Bring warm layers, sun protection and water; the highland weather shifts quickly.

The name Cutimbo may derive from Quechua for giant armadillo. The site holds cave paintings as well as stone chullpa tombs, and Peru declared it National Cultural Heritage by Resolution R.M. No. 296/INC-2003. It lies about 20 km southwest of Puno city, on two plateaus in the pampas of Cutimbo and Viluyo at 4,023 m.