Cradle to the vast Inkan Empire, the largest in Pre Colombian America, Peru´s power and gold attracted the Spanish conquistadores who used it to fund their own vast empire in the Americas. As a result colonial gems like magnificent Cusco were built on Inkan foundations, making for a fascinating hybrid culture.
Perú is peppered with Inkan sites, but none so famous as the lost city of Machu Picchu whose breathtaking image seems to grace every brochure and travel book. Peru has been blessed with natural gifts as well: a huge chunk of Amazon rain forest falls within its bounds, and visitors can hike through jungle, trek in the Andes, and surf the northern beaches all in the same week.
Cap it off with Lake Titicaca, one of the highest lakes in the world, and you have only just begun to scratch the surface.
Inca Jungle TourAncient Inca jungle trail is a rustic and rough road full of rocks and stones (with some steps on it), crossing the Urubamba river using old Oroyas (Cablecar bridges) and footbridges. You will be able to observe various wild animals of the region like birds (parrots, hummingbirds, jungle eagles, marakarakus, etc.) and fruit & medicine plants like bananas... |
Salkantay Trek to Machu PicchuThis Andean Cordillera called Vilcabamba was a place to be safe. The Incas took refuge in this Cordiller for the ast battle against the Spanish conquerors. An abrupt land with high peaks, snow-covered mountains and subtropical valleys helped to preserve peace in many Incas cities. The Spanish belieed thee cities keep large treasures... |
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Inca Trail to Machu Picchu TrekFour days of hiking on the Inca trail to Machu Picchu (the Inca´s Royal Road to Machu Picchu), the lost city of the Incas. Numerous other Inca cities, along the rouse now archarlogical com plexes,help us understand Machu Picchu in the economic, social, and military context it had for its citizens. We pass among wheat-coloured high mountains... |
Qero's Community TrekThe Nation of Q´eros is located in the Vilcanota Range of the Andes Mountains. His habitants practice subsistence agriculture at 4,300 m.a.s.l., they consume over forty varieties of potatoes and raise llamas and alpacas. The indigenous Q´eros believe they are the last existing population directly descended from the Incas, attributing... |
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Machu Picchu TourOne of the new seven wonders Machu Picchu, the los city of the incas is a wonderful place, his termal waters and exelent weather makes Machu Picchu an unforgettable destination. Take this magnificent one-day tour by train, although, if you want you can spend one night in Aguas Calientes, where we can arrange your hotel accommodations. |
Choquequirao TrekTwo miles above the Apurimac Gorge stands the imposing fort and town of Chokequirao. Hiram Bingham was brought here by a treasure-hunting provincial official, and so unexpectedly began his adventures in the highlands that led to the discovery of Machu Picchu. Bingham wrote: ´Magnificent precipices guard the ruins on every side... |
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Ausangate TrekThis is a long hike around the biggest mountain in southern Perú, the broad and majestic Ausangate (6384m), and offers glimpses of high altitude wildlife and pastoral people living with their animals, quietly apart from the turmoil of the modern world. We pass ice walls, a glacier, the cascades of a frozen river, and numerous... |
Lares Valley TrekThis remote and rarely visited region offers the trekker an insight into the real lives of the Andean farmer, dressed in their traditional brightly colored ponchos. You´ll have the opportunity to see thatched stone houses surrounded by herds of llamas and alpacas. Inside the houses you´ll see guinea pigs running loose. |
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