15.9.2015 - Lima seafront
Plaza de Armas, Lima
Basilica & Convent of San Francisco, Lima
The catacombs of San Francisco
Pre-Colombian Art, Larco Museum, Lima
16.9.2015 - Lima to Paracas
Paracas National Reserve
Playa Roja (Red Beach))
Marine fossils 36 million years ago
Elongated skulls, Paracas History Museum
17.9.2015 - Hua Cachina sand dunes
Nazca lines
From the tower
On the way to Chauchilla Cemetary
Mummies from the Nazca culture in the Chauchilla Cemetery
18.9.2015 - Cahuachi
המשך המסע לארקיפה (כ-570 ק"מ דרך המדבר)
The Pan American Highway with many heavy trucks
Stephanie at the hotel after more than 12 hours in the car
19.9.2015 - View of Arequipa, altitude 2300m with the surrounding volcanoes
Plaza de Armas
Cloisters of the Jesuit church
The 4 types of llamas in Peru: vicuña , guanaco, alpaca, and llama
Santa Catalina Monastery
20.9.2015 - vicuñas in the High Plateau (Altiplano)
Muña, a mint-like Peruvian medicinal plant that makes herbal tea to help relieve symptoms of altitude sickness
Coca leaves sold legally in Peru
Views of the High Plateau
!Altitude 4910 metres
Chivay
A celebration
Our hotel
21.9.2015
Colca Canyo: one of the deepest canyons in the world
Condors flying in the canyon
The road to Puno, Lake Titicaca
22.9.2015 - Uros floating islands, Lake Titicaca altitude 3820m
Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca
Men knitting
...Doing washing the old fashion way
Casa Andina Private Collection, Puno - A suite with oxygen (if needed because of the height)
A rainstorm over Puno & Lake Titicaca
23.9.2015 - On the way to Cusco
Raqchi - Inca archaeological site
24.9.2019 - Cuzco
Sacsayhuaman the historic capital of the Inca Empire, Cuzco
Down Town Cuzco
Plaza de Armas, Cozco, altitude 3400 m
24.9.2015 - Nuestra Señora de la Merced fiesta
Traditional Peruvian weaving in Plaza de Armas
Another fiesta in Plaza de Armas
25.9.2015
San Pedro market
26.9.2015 - The Sacred Valley
Chinchero
Maras - salt evaporation ponds
Ollantaytambo village and an Inka archeological site
Roasted guinea pig, a popular Peruvian dish
Pisac village - Inca ruins
27.9.2019 - The train to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu)
Skylodge Adventure Suites
Aguas Calientes
Machu Picchu
29.9.2015 - Madre de Dios River , The Amazon Rainforest, Peru
Puerto Maldonado
By boat on Madre de Dios River to our lodge
29.9-2.10.2015 - Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica
Fire ants
1.10.2015 - Ready for a hike in a very muddy path in the jungle
Lago Sandoval
Bats
Very muddy trail
An caiman (type of a South American alligator) eating a frog
2.10.2015 - Back in Lima
3.10.2015 - walking from city center to Barranco District
Coming back by public bus no. 7
Shopping center Larcomar at night