The Inca Trail is by far the MOST famous trek in South America and is rated by many to be in the top 5 treks in the world. In just 26 miles (43km) it Manages to combine beautiful mountain scenery, lush cloud-forest, subtropical jungle and and, of course, a stunning […]
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Pisac
The community of Pisac is located at 33km from the city of Cusco, is one of the most important places in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. For more information, check you route on your travel all along the Valley. Pisac is divided on 2 parts, the archaeological, wich is […]
Read MoreMachu Picchu Discounted Tours
Selection Machu Picchu travel programs, please make a choice Program Duration Highlights MACHU PICCHU EXPRESS 3 DAYS 3 Days and 2 Nights Cusco, Machu Picchu MACHU PICCHU CLASSIC 4 DAYS 4 Days and 3 Nights Cusco, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley MACHU PICCHU SPECIAL 4 DAYS 4 Days and 3 […]
Read More100 years Celebration to Machiu Picchu
All the Machu Picchu pictures you’ll find online can’t and won’t compare the detailed labor that the Incas had to put on, in order to get this amazing result. Not only Machu Picchu but lot’s of archaeological sites spread through Peru show the perfection that this culture had in mind, […]
Read MorePalomino Islands, San Lorenzo, El Front’n and Cavinzas.
Palomino Islands, San Lorenzo, El Front’n and Cavinzas. This Group of Islands is one of the best destinations in Callao, due to the major attraction that is the sea lions, living free on his natural habitat, and also several types of seabirds like Seagulls, Pelicans and many others. The quantity […]
Read MoreTrekking Inca Trail
The Inca trail to Machu Picchu (also known as Camino Inca or Camino Inka) consists of three overlapping trails: Mollepata, Classic and One Day. Mollepata is the longest of the three routes with the highest mountain pass and intersects with the Classic route before crossing “Dead Woman’s Pass”. Located in […]
Read MoreHow To Get To Machu Picchu
To travel by train to Machu Picchu, PERURAIL, the company that operates the Southern Railways, offers a wide variety of services which cover the needs of the different types of passengers to the former Inca citadel or the nearby area. 1. To take the so called INCA ROUTE Cuzco/Machu Picchu/Cuzco […]
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Intihuatana, the place when the sun gets tied, It was a religious construction, conformed of 4 sides, considering like the 4 cardinals points (north, south, east and west) located at the top of the sacred mountain, after climbing around 70 steps, is a wonder of the ancient technology, given the […]
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Muyucmarca, The round place,When the Spanish conquers arrive to the fortress, the chroniclers that write everything that happened misunderstood the name of the tower, change it for Muyumarca, and not Muyucmarca. Actually, the name that remains was Muyucmarca, due that the local natives cannot change his language by a foreign […]
Read MoreIntipata Ruins
Intipata Ruins, the place of the Sun. This site is one of the less known of the whole Inca Trail, because you can’t see it at first sight, but if you are curious, you can see these beautiful platforms, and the way the sun sets over these structures is amazing, […]
Read MoreMachu Picchu Trips
There are 112krn of railway line between the city of Cusco and the station of Puente Ruinas or Machupicchu. The trip starts in the station of San Pedro in Cusco, zig-zagging up the Picchu mountain until it reaches the highest point, a spot called “El Arco” (the arch), in the […]
Read MoreInca Trail Availability
If you are thinking in come to Peru and do one of the most famous an unforgettable treks in southamerica as it is the Inca trail, definitely there are some conditions that you need to know about the availability. The Inca Trail is closed in February for maintenance, so this […]
Read MoreIsland Taquile: The textile art
Taquile is an Island on the preuvian sid of Lake Titicaca, a 45 from the city of Puno. The inhabitants, known as a Taquileños speaks Quechua and Spanish. In 2005, “Taquile and its Textile Art” were honored by being proclaimed “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” by […]
Read MoreOllantaytambo
Ollantaytambo Was a site with many archaeological structures like astronomic observatories, administrate, agricultural and urban. Is a city with the remain of his Inca legacy, since this still keeps some of the constructions that were built by the Incas, and the natives are still using it like 400 years ago. […]
Read MoreLake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca The Titicaca Lake: The Mount of the Puma . The name Titicaca comes from the two Quechua words Titi which means Puma and Caca which means mount, this name is a reminder of the felines that lived many centuries ago in the vicinity of the territory. One peculiar […]
Read MoreInca trail to Machu Picchu
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was built by the Incas; it is a highly advanced network of nearly 40,000 thousand kilometers of trails to connect the distant corners of their vast empire that stretched from Quito in Ecuador down to Santiago in Chile and east to Mendoza in Argentina. […]
Read MoreMachu Picchu Cusco
The city of CUSCO capital of the Inca Empire, nominated by the UNESCO as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity, because of its magnificent architecture and also cultural richness. CUSCO means in quechua “navel of the world”, because for the Incas this site represents the center of all: life, culture, military […]
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The imperial City of Cusco, known for the entire world because is one of the wonders of the world and not for less, it’s an impresive and beautiful city, which squares, walls and buildings are a reason to be amazed. This city which had captivate turist and researchers its located […]
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Nazca Lines, The mystery behind the pictures The Nazca Lines are a group of traces that are located in the Jumana pampas, on the Nazca desert, between the towns of Nazca and Palpa, they were draw by the Nazca culture, and there are hundreds of these lines, from geometric figures […]
Read MoreWiñaywayna ruins
Wiñaywayna, forever young, Is an archeologic site, located at the southwest of Machu Picchu Sancturay, between Putyutamarca and Intipunku, at 2700 meter above the sea level, perfect for your tour adventures. Wiñaywayna consists of two constructions, one is located on the top, and the other is below that, united by […]
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