Long ProgramsOur journeys take you on an exploration of Peru in all its extraordinary diversity, from the arid desert coast with its vineyards, colonial cities and ancient remains of pre-Inca cultures, to the Inca heartland of the Andes and the unparalleled biodiversity of the Amazon rainforest.
2. PERU, ECUADOR AND GALÁPAGOS
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We begin in Peru?s only maritime national park - home to penguins, colonies
of seabirds and flamingos, and the occasional condor down from the mountains to
feed on the placenta of new-born seal pups. We follow the condor into the Andes,
for a week?s trekking through remote mountains, forests and sub-tropical valleys
untouched by tourism to Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley and the immutable
splendour of Cusco. Our journey ends in the realm of the condor, perched on the
edge of the world?s deepest canyon as these magnificent creatures rise from
below us on the morning thermals.
3. PACIFIC, ANDES AND AMAZON
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Our journey begins on Peru's arid coast, where the Humboldt and El Niño ocean currents combine to create the world's most fertile oceans, home to colonies of sea lions and penguins and the cradle of ancient fishing cultures.
4. THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF PERU
( 24 days 23 nights ) PER24
A unique journey though the chronology of empire in Peru. From the Spanish
capital we travel away from the ocean to the origin of formative civilization in
Peru, the 3,000 year old subterranean temples and zoomorphic motifs of Chavin de
Huantar. Beyond the frigid waters of lake Llanganuco at the foot of Peru's
highest mountain (Huascarán, 6768 meters / 22,200 ft.), from the warrior sculptures of Sechín we continue though the vestiges of the Moche and Chimú cultures to the site of the Inca empire's denouement at Cajamarca, now sleepy colonial town.
South of Lima, the arid Paracas peninsula was once home to the eponymous pre-Inca culture that produced history's finest textiles, and is now the refuge of an extraordinary diversity of marine fauna.
The wine growing region Ica, the world's lasgest astronomical calendar at Nazca, the neo-colonial elegance of Arequipa with its fine cuisine and the lake Titicaca, the cradle of the Inca creation legend, bring us to Cusco. Once the capital of the greatest empire ever seen in the Americas, Cusco is now the hub of the South American travel industry and a Mecca for all travellers to the continent.
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| Toll Free | 1 - 866 - 264 - 5570 (from Canada and USA) |
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| Cusco | Pasaje Pumaqchupan 196 - 204 | |
| tel. | +51 84 238971 / 222105 | |
| fax. | +51 84 224167 | |
| cusco@peruvianodyssey.com | ||
| Lima | Jr. Cantuarias 270 - 2do Piso - Miraflores | |
| tel. | +51 1 2412700 | |
| fax. | +51 1 4478369 | |
| lima@peruvianodyssey.com | ||
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