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Andes Andes: Machu Picchu
01 year ago
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Andes: Machu Picchu brings the viewer in this fabled Inca city located deep into the jungle. For Hiram Bingham, the archeologist who discovered the city, it was an unbelievable dream” and you may be able to imagine his shock when he saw the city for the first time. After an interesting train ride, we start a 2 day hike at the middle of the Inca trail, in this case a trail connecting Cusco to Machu Picchu and ascend first to Huinay Huayna, another old Inca city located in the jungle.We continued the next day starting the hike before dawn in order to reach at the sunrise the Sun Gate from where we have the first gasping view over the lost city of the Incas. Descending, we explore all the quarters of the city, talking about its temples, architecture, religion, trade and science. We finish with a hike up to Huayna Picchu from where we can have a splendid view over the entire city.
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Tips on travel to the Santa Cruz Trek in Huaraz, Peru in the heart of the Andes
01 year ago
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www.kevinsworldvideotour.com The Santa Cruz trek in the Huaraz region of Peru is one of Peru’s least known but most beautiful treks. This video slideshow tells you everything you need to know before you set out.
Andes Andes: Matte de Coca
01 year ago
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Andes : Matte de Coca brings the viewer in the high elevation of Cusco, the old capital of the Inca empire, Tahuantinsuyo. In a rarefied atmosphere of this Andean city we visit the colonial churches of the city built with stones taken out from the old Inca temples, we visit its charming squares and the most important temple of the Incas, Coricancha, together with Iglesia Santo Domingo built on top of it. Further we climb one of the surrounding hills and we visit Sacsayhuaman, old citadel and religious place overlooking the city, where is held, even today, the most important religious festival of the Incas, IntiRami. We end our visit in two other sites around the city, Puca Pucara, an old citadel guarding the road to Cusco, and Tambo Machai, nicknamed also the Inca Bath.
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Andes Andes: Conquistadors
01 year ago
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Andes: Conquistadors’ brings the viewer to the Pacific Coast city of Arequipa, nicknamed La Ciudad Blanca, because of the volcanic white stone used in the construction of the city’s buildings. We visit the enchanting main square with its white cathedral, several other churches and old houses and we take our time to visit the famous Convento de Santa Catalina, well-known in the entire South America.It was nicknamed Monasterio Misteriosa, for many years very few knowing what really happened behind its walls. Founded as a monastery for the upper class Spanish girls, it has beautiful alleys and quarters, a stroll behind its surrounding walls being a real treat. Further we go for a short visit to Lima, Peru ‘s capital, where we visit among several other interesting places, the Museum of Inquisition, San Francisco monastery with its crypt containing hundreds of skulls, and the cathedral, housing the tomb of Francisco Pizzaro, the adventurer that changed the history of the Inca Empire and the entire South America.
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