Today was a “transfer day” for us. From Aguas Calientes we went first by train to Ollantaytambo, then by bus to Cusco and then by plane to Lima, the capital of Peru.
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South America has a population of 418 million people and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. On the west coast, the Andes are the longest mountain range in the world with a length of 7,500 kilometres from Venezuela to Patagonia. The highest mountain in South America is the Aconcagua at 6,961 metres. The longest river in South America is the Amazon, at about 6,448 kilometers, which is also the most water-rich river on earth. Hardly any other continent offers such diverse landscapes: from lush rainforests, to high volcanoes, cloud-covered cloud forests, red-hot canyons, ice-blue glaciers and white dream beaches. The largest cities in South America are São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, Lima, Santiago de Chile, BrasÃlia, MedellÃn and Caracas.
Machu Picchu – Historic Sanctuary of the Incan citadel (Peru)
Today the alarm clock rang just before 5 o’clock and we were looking forward to a very special highlight of our world rise: the visit to the ruined city of Machu Picchu. We really wanted to see the old city of the Incas in the Andes and it was one of the first places to plan our world trip 🙂
» Read the full blog postPerurail – By train from Cusco to Aguas Calientes (Peru)
Today we had the 110 km long bus and train journey from Cusco to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu). Day 44 of our trip around the world Wanchaq Bus Station in Cusco For us it was time to get up this morning, because we had chosen a train from Perurail at 7.55 a.m. We walked from the hotel with small luggage for 3 days (we had stored our suitcases in the hotel) to the bus station Wanchaq in Cusco. The route …
» Read the full blog postCusco – Tourist Attractions, Things to Do & Photo Spots (Peru)
After a late breakfast in our guesthouse we wanted to take a closer look at the city of Cusco. Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the seventh most populous in Peru and had a population of 430.000. The city was the capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th century until the 16th-century Spanish …
» Read the full blog postPass road La Raya – By bus from Puno to Cusco (Peru)
Today our journey through Peru continued by bus from Puno via the pass road La Raya in the Andes to Cusco.
» Read the full blog postPuno & Lake Titicaca – Floating villages of Uros in Peru
The night before, we booked a half-day tour on Lake Titicaca to the floating villages of the Uros via our Hotel Tierra Viva Puno Plaza in Puno.
» Read the full blog postBy bus from La Paz (Bolivia) to Puno (Peru)
Today, the 300 km long route from La Paz (Bolivia) via Copacabana to Puno (Peru) along Lake Titicaca was ahead of us.
» Read the full blog postEduardo Avaroa National Park – Sol de Manana Geyser Field (Bolivia)
After the first part of the day we got to know the northern part of the National Park “Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa” in Bolivia, our journey continued south to the Eduardo Avaroa National Park. Day 38 + 39 of our trip around the world The mountain lakes in Eduardo Avaroa National Park On the dusty path you can always pass beautiful mountain lakes in Eduardo Avaroa National Park. At this point we had reached the highest point …
» Read the full blog postEduardo Avaroa National Park – Rock Valley & Laguna Colorada (Bolivia)
Today the alarm clock rang already at 6 o’clock, because the visit to the Bolivian National Park “Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa” was on our daily program.
» Read the full blog postSalar de Uyuni – The largest salt desert in the world (Bolivia)
After a visit to the railway cemetery in Uyuni, the next stop on our tour was the salt desert “Salar de Uyuni”, which we had been looking forward to in advance 🙂
» Read the full blog postUyuni – The old railway cemetery in the desert (Bolivia)
Today was the start of our three-day tour through the salt desert “Salar de Uyuni” and the Andina Eduardo Avaroa National Park in Bolivia with the fist stop at the old railway cemetery in the desert.
» Read the full blog postLa Paz – Things to Do & the Valle de la Luna (Bolivia)
With LAN Airlines we flew at noon from Santiago de Chile with a short stopover in Iquique to our next destination to La Paz in Bolivia. Day 35 + 36 of our trip around the world Our arrival in Bolivia Our flight from Santiago de Chile to La Paz in Bolivia went over the up to 6,500 meters high mountain range of the Andes. La Paz’s place in the world’s first La Paz was founded in 1548 and is now …
» Read the full blog postSantiago de Chile – Tourist Attractions, Things to Do & Photo spots (Chile)
At noon we landed well with Aerolineas Argentinas in the capital Santiago de Chile on the west coast of South America. The entry went quickly and without problems and we say “Hello Chile” 🙂
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Late at night we arrived in Buenos Aires today at the airport “Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery”.
» Read the full blog postIguazu Falls – The waterfalls on the Argentine side (Argentina)
After we had looked at the Brazilian part of the Iguazu waterfalls yesterday, the Argentine side was still on the agenda.
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